Nicola Casissa Explained

Nicola Casissa (active early 18th-century, died 1731) was an Italian painter, active in Campania and Naples as a painter of still-life scenes of fruits, flowers, and birds.

He was a pupil of Andrea Belvedere. A number of this paintings were in the 1714 inventory of Duke Nicola Coppola of Canzano.[1] Among his pupils are Leonardo Coccorante[2] and Giorgio Garri.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.museodarcomantova.it/sito/pittori-xviii-secolo/nicola-casissa.html Museo d'Arco, Mantua
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=qxsTAAAAQAAJ Le belle arti
  3. http://www.napoli.com/viewarticolo.php?articolo=36250 Giorgio Garri un artista da conoscere