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Domenico Gargiulo called Micco Spadaro (1609/10 – 1675)

• Was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
• He was mainly active in Naples.
• He is 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 workshop of the battle-painter Aniello Falcone, where he was a contemporary of Andrea di Leone and Salvator Rosa.
• He also worked with Viviano Codazzi, to whose architectural paintings he added the figures.
• Among his pupils were Pietro Pesce and Ignazio Oliva.
• He was patronized by collectors such as Gaspar Roomer.
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