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Vaccaro's monogram is present on a number of his paintings. It is composed of his initials A and V interlaced, with the left leg of the A over the left part of the V, and vice versa for the right parts. As the bar of the A is omitted, the center of the two letters creates a diamond shape. Sometimes
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period. Vaccaro was in his time one of the most successful painters in Naples, a city then under
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Vaccaro became very successful and almost every collection in Naples boasted at least one painting by him. Vaccaro also had patrons in other parts of Italy. From 1635 he started exporting religious canvases to Spain for religious orders and noble patrons. He was further patronized by the
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Very little is known for certain about Andrea
Vaccaro's early life. Andrea Vaccaro was born in Naples as the son of Pietro Baccaro and Gioanna di Glauso. His father practiced a legal profession. Vaccaro first applied himself to the study of literature. He then turned to art. Where it was earlier
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In 1665 Vacarro was one of the founders and head of the 'Congrega dei SS Anna e Luca', a form of painter's guild that likely had as its aim to promote the status of artists in Naples. Between 1650 and 1670, Vaccaro's art was highly influential on
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It has been difficult to attribute authentic works to
Vaccaro as his stylistic development is not very well understood. As he operated a large workshop assisting in his works or creating copies of his work, attributions have been fairly difficult.
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On 16 February 1628, Angela
Geronima, a child of the young artist and his first wife was baptized. This suggests that he had already established a family by this time. No further information about this first marriage is available.
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Vaccaro was initially influenced by
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In the latter part of his life Andrea
Vaccaro was also active as an official in the confraternity called the 'Confraternita dei Bianchi of the Conservatorio of the Pietà dei Turchini' from 1657. He was also a
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Vaccaro contracted his second marriage to the 24-year old Anna
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Vaccaro always managed to keep pace with the most important contemporary artistic developments. Vaccaro's late work betrays Luca
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a small triangle (delta) appears on both sides of the monogram, as found in Latin inscriptions for abbreviations and/or word divisions.
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with whom Andrea Vaccaro had been closely linked. Vacarro continued to receive many commissions, including one for frescos in the
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painted for the Corporation of Neapolitan Painters. These signed paintings also include the year. Only one other painting, the
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and Jan Vandeneyden. It is believed he was also active as an art dealer, as was common among Neapolitan painters of the time.
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