Paolo Domenico Finoglia (c. 1590 – 1645)

• Was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period.
• Finoglia was born in Orta di Atella, near Naples.
• He sometimes signed his work Neapolitanus.
• He likely apprenticed with Ippolito Borghese, but derived from Battistello Caracciolo.
• In 1610–1616, he completed a series of works in Lecce.
• He painted extensively in 1620–1626 in the Certosa di San Martino in Naples.
• One of Finoglia's masterpieces is the decorative series of ten large canvases on episodes of Torquato Tasso's epic Gerusalemme Liberata.
• The series was commissioned for the family castle starting in 1634 by the count of Conversano, Giangirolamo II Acquaviva d'Aragona.
• Finoglia first started working for the Count in 1622, when he decorated the bedroom ceilings with scenes from the story of Jacob and Rachel.
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