Lorenzo Vaccaro

Place: Naples

Born: 1655

Death: 1706

Biography:

Lorenzo Vaccaro was an Italian late-Baroque sculptor. He worked in a formalized restrained style.
He was born in Naples, the son of a lawyer. He apprenticed with Cosimo Fanzago and Dionisio Lazzari. He was a close friend of Francesco Solimena. He was murdered at Torre del Greco in August 1706.
His son Domenico Antonio Vaccaro was also a sculptor. The ceramic sculptor Giuseppe Laguidara was one of his pupils. .

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