Giacomo Farelli

He trained under Andrea Vaccaro, whose style he at first followed, but he afterwards imitated with more success that of Guido Reni[1] and Luca Giordano.

[2] He painted a The Fall of the Angels, and The Ascension for the church of Santa Maria Maggiore of Naples.

[3] He also painted for Pietà dei Turchini, Gesù Nuovo, Santi Apostoli and for the Congregation of Sette Dolori in Naples.

He returned to Abruzzo, and painted a large fresco in the Palazzo Ducale of Jove fights the Giants and Life of Hercules.

Domenici describes these frescoes on the Life of Hercules as poetic conceits, with a brave ideation that leads to great works.