Michele de Napoli

Michele de Napoli (April 28, 1808 – March 24, 1892) was an Italian painter, mainly of grand manner historic and religious paintings in a Neoclassic style in Naples, Italy.

He was born in Terlizzi, in the province of Bari to Giuseppe de Napoli and Maria Michele Mastrandea.

Initially intending to become a lawyer, he moved to Naples at the age of 19 to pursue studies, but became attracted to art.

In 1859, he painted a St Benedict resurrects a peasant boy for the Benedictine church in Catania.

In 1876, he returned to paint two canvases (Baptism of St Augustine and Death of St. Jerome) for the Altamura Cathedral.