Nicolò Porta


Nicolò or Niccolò Porta was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.

Biography

He was born and active in Molfetta. He was born to Saverio Porta, the first mentor of Corrado Giaquinto. Nicolo spent some years training with a cousin Giuseppe, but then moved to Rome to work for nearly a decade in the studio of Giaquinto. He was likely employed in the decoration of the Roman churches of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in 1744, and San Nicola dei Lorenesi in 1746. He was very active painting sacred subjects for churches in the region, including for Altamura, Andria, Bari, Bisceglie, Bitonto, Modugno e Nardò.
Among his works are: