Lorenzo Vaccaro

Lorenzo Vaccaro (1655 – 10 August 1706) was an Italian late-Baroque sculptor. He worked in a formalized restrained style.

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

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. .[1]

Sources

  • A Bozzetto by Lorenzo Vaccaro Revies by Andrew Ciechanowiecki, The Burlington Magazine (1979) p250-253
  • Bruce Boucher (1998). Thames & Hudson, World of Art (ed.). Italian Baroque Sculpture. p. 80.
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