Neapolitan Baroque

Domenico Gargiulo (c. 1609 – c. 1675), better known by his nickname Micco Spadaro, was an Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman who served as the preeminent “visual chronicler” of 17th-century Naples. 🎨 Unlike many of his contemporaries who focused on idealized religious subjects, Gargiulo is celebrated for his vivid, topographically accurate depictions of contemporary Neapolitan […]