Lorenzo de Caro, ca. (1719-1777)

• Was an Italian painter.
• He was a native of Neapol.
• His name was known only from the autograph on the canvases.
• Decaro is known to have married the 22-year-old Anna Mariana Bozza in 1743.
• The couple had 10 children.
• According to a “census” of the local parish in 1757, the painter’s studio was in Vicolo della Porta piccola del Rosario.
• Decaro lived and worked at that address, according to recently discovered documentation in the archives of the Banco di Napoli.
• The records of the Banco San Giacomo include receipts of rent payments made by the painter in 1768 and 1769 to his landlord.
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