Ascanio Luciani (1621–1706)

• Also known as Ascanio Luciano.
• Was an Italian architectural painter.
• He is believed to have been born in Naples in 1621.
• When the architectural painter Viviano Codazzi took up residence in Naples in 1634, Luciano was just 13 years old.
• It is believed that Luciano trained with Codazzi before Codazzi left Naples around 1650.
• Luciano became a member of the Congregation of painters of Ss. Anna and Luca.
• Luciano lived until a very old age and died in Naples on 18 August 1706.

• Luciano was a specialist of architectural paintings, capricci, compositions with figures among ruins, and some vedute.

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