Nicola Malinconico

He painted the chapel altarpieces for the church of St Michele Arcangelo in Anacapri.

He also painted still life paintings recalling work by Pietro Paolo Bonzi and Paolo Porpora and influenced by the Flemish still life painter David de Coninck.

[1] Around 1700, he was commissioned by bishop Oronzo Filomarino to decorate the cathedral of Gallipoli in the province of Lecce.

He completed large canvases of Christ clearing the moneylenders from the temple in the counter-facade; Entry into Jerusalem, Miracle of the lame, Burial of Saint Agatha.

[2] Achille della Ragione - Nicola Malinconico pittore di natura morta - Napoli 2009