Paolo de Maio

Paolo de Maio or Majo (Marcianise, January 15, 1703 - Naples, April 20, 1784) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.[1]

History

His brother Ludovico de Majo (born Maricianise, October 12, 1695) was also a painter.[2]

He was a pupil of Francesco Solimena in Naples. He was prolific in Naples, painting the cupola and around the windows for the church of Santa Maria Egiziaca a Forcella; a San Domenico (1742) for the church of Gesù e Maria at Corso Umberto; a San Niccolò (1772) for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Caponapoli; the Four Evangelists for the church of Trinità in via Roma; as well as frescoes for the ceiling of the church of Monte Cassino. He painted a canvas for San Gennaro in Mugnano del Cardinale, as well as Evangelists (1782) for the church of Verginiani in Casamarciano. He painted a number of canvases in the 1760s for the church of the Camaldoli of Nola (Visciano).[3]

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