Gennaro Greco
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Who is Gennaro Greco?
Gennaro Greco, also known as "Il Mascacotta", was an Italian veduta painter.
Greco was born and worked in Naples. His son Vincenzo Greco also became a painter. Greco was inspired to paint veduta after studying works by Andrea Pozzo. He died after a fall from scafolding while working on a ceiling fresco in Nola in 1714. He is described by Dalbono as a painter of views of mutilated ruins.
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