Paolo Porpora

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Paolo Porpora, Tortoise and Crab , Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy , 1656
Paolo Porpora, Reptiles , Museo di Capodimonte , Naples

Paolo Porpora (1617-1673) was an Italian painter of the Baroque , the predominantly in Naples worked and to Blumenstillleben specialized.

He is a documented student of Giacomo Recco, the father of Giuseppe Recco, and worked under Aniello Falcone . He was a member of the Roman Accademia di San Luca from 1656 to 1658 . Apparently he was influenced by still life there by Dutch painters. Among his students were Giovan Battista Ruoppolo (1629–1693) and the Neapolitan artist Onofrio Loth (1665–1715).

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  1. Filippo de 'Boni: Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione. . Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio, Venice; Googlebooks 1852, p. 584.