Domenico Mondo
Italian painter
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| Intro | Italian painter | |
| A.K.A. | Domenico del Mondo Domenico Del Mondo | |
| A.K.A. | Domenico del Mondo Domenico Del Mondo | |
| Places | Italy | |
| was | Artist Painter | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 12 May 1723, Capodrise, Province of Caserta, Campania, Italy | |
| Death | 10 January 1806Naples, Metropolitan city of Naples, Campania, Italy (aged 82 years) |
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Domenico Mondo (1734 in Capodrise near Caserta – 1806 in Naples) was an Italian painter, active in both a late Baroque and Neoclassical styles.
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He studied under Francesco Solimena. Mondo became director of the Neapolitan Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1789–1805. He was the author of an altarpiece at Sant'Aspreno ai Vergini in Naples, and frescoes in the Reggia of Caserta. 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.