Painter

Domenico Gargiulo called Micco Spadaro (c. 1609-1610 – c. 1675) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Naples and known for his landscapes, genre scenes, and history paintings. Domenico Gargiulo was the son of a sword maker. This earned Domenico the nickname ‘Micco Spadaro’ (‘spadaro’ means ‘sword maker’). He was trained in the […]

Giovanni Andrea Sirani (4 September 1610 – 21 May 1670) was an Italian Baroque painter from Bologna. He is best known as the father of the female painter Elisabetta Sirani. Sirani trained initially with Giacomo Cavedone, then worked in the studio with Guido Reni. He became entangled in various conspiracies circling around the death of