Nicola Peccheneda was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of Campania

Campania

Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

 and Basilicata

Basilicata

Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...

 in the second half of the 18th century. He initially trained in Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, likely in the studio of Francesco de Mura

Francesco de Mura

Francesco de Mura was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism....

. He adopted the reigning style of Francesco Solimena

Francesco Solimena

Francesco Solimena was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen.-Biography:Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino, near Avellino....

. While he came from a family including professionals (brother was a lawyer and judge in Naples); he moved back to his native Polla

Polla

Polla is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. As of 2010 its population was of 5,305.-Geography:...

, and despite painting in the region, lived until he died.

A work from 1756 depicting San Donato di Ripacandida was destined to the convent of San Francisco of Auletta

Auletta

Auletta is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-Geography:The bordering municipalities are Buccino, Caggiano, Corleto Monforte, Pertosa, Petina, Polla, Salvitelle and Sicignano degli Alburni....

. He decorated of the churches of Santa Maria of the Greeks and Santa Caterina in Caggiano

Caggiano

Caggiano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, and the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Sant’ Arsenio, the Cathedral of Melfi, the church of the Annunziata in Marcianise

Marcianise

Marcianise is a town and comune in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.-History:In the area of the commune of Marcianise numerous tombs of Etruscan and Roman age have been excavated, although Oscan elements should have pre-existed. The origin of the today's city are uncertain...

. He was prolific and his paintings can be found in Altavilla Silentina

Altavilla Silentina

Altavilla Silentina is a town and comune located in the province of Salerno, Campania, some 100 km south of Naples, Italy.-Geography:...

, Atena Lucana

Atena Lucana

Atena Lucana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-History:Atena Lucana is one of the most ancient settlements in the Vallo di Diano, as testified by the presence of prehistoric Megalithic walls. Later it was a Greek trading center, a...

, Buccino

Buccino

Buccino is a town and comune in Campania in Italy, in the province of Salerno, located about 700 m above sea level.-History and main sights:In Roman times, the town was known as Volcei...

, Giffoni Valle Piana

Giffoni Valle Piana

Giffoni Valle Piana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.Economy is mostly based on agriculture, with the presence of a small number of light industries and services firms.-History:...

, Padula, Petina, Polla

Polla

Polla is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy. As of 2010 its population was of 5,305.-Geography:...

, Romagnano al Monte

Romagnano al Monte

Romagnano al Monte is a village and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.-History:The village was destroyed in the Irpinia earthquake of 1980 and rebuilt a few kilometers away...

, Sassano

Sassano

Sassano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Teggiano

Teggiano

Teggiano is a town and comune in Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno. It is situated on an isolated eminence above the upper part of the valley to which it gives the name of Vallo di Diano.Among the historic centers of the Province of Salerno, Teggiano is certainly one that has best...

  and Vibonati

Vibonati

Vibonati is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

 in Campania, as well as Brienza

Brienza

Brienza is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.-History and Legends from the Castle of Brienza:Caracciolo’s Castle on top of a rocky spurdominates the Melandro valley...

, Brindisi di Montagna, Cirigliano

Cirigliano

Cirigliano is a town and comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.Cirigliano is an ancient town whose origin is uncertain. It is surrounded by walls and towers. Cirigliano is a typical medieval village which still has a castle tower with an oval base and a...

, Maratea

Maratea

Maratea is a town and comune of Basilicata, in the province of Potenza. It is the only town of the region on the Tyrrhenian coast and because of its beautiful scenery and coastline it has been called "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian"...

, and Marsico Nuovo

Marsico Nuovo

Marsico Nuovo is a town and comune of the province of Potenza in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. It was the seat of the bishops of Grumentum.It is an agricultural centre in the Agri river valley.-History:...

in Basilicata. He was elected mayor of Polla.