Pietro del Po
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Pietro del Po was an Italian
Italy
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 painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...

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He was born in Palermo
Palermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...

, and studied under Domenichino at Naples
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. He painted for the churches at Palermo, and afterwards visited Rome
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, where among other works, he painted a picture of St. Leo, for La Madonna di Costantinopoli. He was more distinguished as an engraver than as a painter. His daughter, Teresa del Po
Teresa del Po
Teresa del Po was an Italian painter and engraver of the late-Baroque.She was the daughter of Pietro del Po. She is said to have painted in oil and in miniature, and has etched a few plates in the style of her father; among which is Susannah and the Elders, after Carracci. She became a member of...

, was also an engraver and painter. He died 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...

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Pietro was born in Palermo in 1616, the son of Francesco Jacopo and Francesca lo Po.
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3 because strength is heightened ten-fold by serenity, devoid of human obsessions and needs. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

2 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

2 User:Kalki|Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

2 User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC) ---- A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. ~ Henrik Ibsen

4 because unlike the dictatorship where one person steers the ship, the community steers the ship. This, in some cases, is both damaging and positive...a mixture of thought and deduction, never solid, and moreso governed by the changing of times, parallel to how hard the wind blows the ship in a comparative image. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:33, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

3 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

3 User:Kalki|Kalki 10:07, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

3 User:InvisibleSun|InvisibleSun 22:27, 19 March 2009 (UTC) ---- We can learn even from our enemies. ~ Ovid

3 because learning from friends and allies alone will never be enough. In order to understand one's enemies, one must study them and learn from them. Very militaristic strategist persona taken here. User:Zarbon|Zarbon 05:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

3 User:UDScott|UDScott 20:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

 
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