Crescenzio La Gamba
Crescenzio La Gamba (* before 1750, active in the second half of the 18th century in Naples ) was a classicist painter in Naples.
Life
Nothing is known about his training course; like his alleged father Antonio Gamba (active 1718–1759), he was probably a pupil of Francesco Solimena . He worked mainly as a fresco painter of mythological content. He worked on several projects with Antonio Dominici .
Works (selection)
- Theater in the Palace of Caserta : panel painting "Apollo tramples Pytia" and frescoes of the nine muses (around 1760)
- Palazzo Reale, Gran Sala of the Court Theater (Teatro di Corte) in Naples: frescoes (together with Antonio Dominici )
- Villa Campolieto ( Herculaneum ): paintings “Four Seasons” and “Mythological Scenes”
- Chiesa San Giovannino (Ottaviano): ceiling frescoes (1759)
- Castel Capuano: frescoes
literature
- Gamba, Crescenzo (della) . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 137 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Crescenzio La Gamba . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 48, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22788-4 , p. 213.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Gamba, Crescenzio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1779 |
| Place of death | Naples |