Giacomo del Pò (1652 - 1726)

A late baroque painter, he also painted series of frescos in aristocratic palaces. From 1720, Pò executed three ceiling paintings for Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) in the Upper Belvedere in Vienna. After an initial apprenticeship with his father Pietro, a student of Domenichino (1581–1641), he studied in the Rome workshop of Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665). While he was initially classically orientated, his later works show the influence of Neapolitan artists.

Author: Habersatter Thomas

Literature: DUCKE Astrid, HABERSATTER Thomas, OEHRING Erika: Masterworks. Residenzgalerie Salzburg. Salzburg 2015, S. 20

Allegory of the glory of Prince Eugene (Sketch for the destroyed Audience Hall’s ceiling painting, Upper Belvedere, Vienna), c 1720/25

Giacomo del Pò

Inv. no. 413

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giacomo del Pò

Inv. no. 405