Domenico Mondo
Domenico Mondo (1734 in Capodrise near Caserta – 1806 in Naples) was an Italian painter, active in both a late Baroque and Neoclassical styles.
Biography
He studied under Francesco Solimena. Mondo became director of the Neapolitan Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1789–1805.[1] He was the author of an altarpiece at Sant'Aspreno ai Vergini in Naples, and frescoes in the Reggia of Caserta.[2] He also painted for the parish churches of Sant'Andrea Apostolo and of the Immaculate Conception of Capodrise; and for the church of Ave Gratia Plena in Marcianise. In the palace of Caserta, he painted decorations for the Hall of the Alabardieri, a job for which he was chosen by Luigi Vanvitelli.[3]
References
- ^ Le belle arti, Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 193.
- ^ Treccani Encyclopedia.
- ^ Comune di Capodrise; Famous men of the town.
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