Giacomo del Pò

He was born in Palermo (other sources say Rome or Naples), the son of Pietro del Pò who was also his teacher.

He was chiefly occupied in decorating the mansions of the Neapolitan nobility with emblematical and allegorical subjects.

Rome possesses only two of his pictures, one in the church of Sant'Angelo in Pescheria, and the other in Santa Marta al Collegio Romano.

He also worked in Naples, where he painted frescoes for the Palatine chapel in the Royal Palace.

He was a contributor to the scenography of the operas Giasone, il Minotauro, and Arianna at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples.

Giacomo del Pò , detail of ceiling painting for the Obere Belvedere, Vienna