Carlo Amalfi or Aniello (1707– 1787) was an Italian painter, active in the Kingdom of Naples as mainly a portrait artist.

Biography

Carlo was born in

Piano di Sorrento Piano di Sorrento is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about southeast of Naples. Piano di Sorrento borders the following municipalities: Meta, Sant'Agnello, Vico Equense. V ...

or Vico Equense. Among his most prominent portraits is that of Prince

Raimondo di Sangro Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of Sansevero (30 January 1710 – 22 March 1771) was an Italian nobleman, inventor, soldier, writer, scientist, alchemist and freemason best remembered for his reconstruction of the Sansevero Chapel in Naples. Early ...

, located in the

Cappella Sansevero The Cappella Sansevero (also known as the Cappella Sansevero de' Sangri or Pietatella) is a chapel located on Via Francesco de Sanctis 19, just northwest of the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, Italy. The chapel ...

of Naples. Other works by Amalfi can be seen in churches in Nocera, and in the grand council hall of

Castel Capuano Castel Capuano is a castle in Naples, southern Italy. It takes its name from the fact that it was at that point in the city walls where the road led out to the city of Capua. The castle is at the southwest end of via dei Tribunali, and until re ...

in Naples, where he worked in 1752 alongside the quadrature painter Giovanni Battista Natali. He also painted some genre works in the style of

Gaspare Traversi Gaspare Traversi (February 1722 – 1 November 1770) was an Italian Rococo painter best known for his genre works. Active mostly in his native city of Naples, he also painted throughout Italy, including a stay in Parma. Biography Early ...

.Treccani entry.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amalfi Carlo 1707 births 1787 deaths People from Sorrento People from Campania 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Naples Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists Artists from the Kingdom of Naples