A Neapolitan Master of Restrained Baroque: The Life and Art of Lorenzo Vaccaro Lorenzo Vaccaro, born in Naples in 1655, emerged from a family steeped in legal tradition—his father was an erudite lawyer. However, the call of artistry proved too strong to resist. Though initially destined for a life within the courts, Vaccaro’s precocious talent for drawing led him down a different path, one that would see him become a pivotal figure in the development of Neapolitan sculpture during the late Baroque period. His early training unfolded under the tutelage of two prominent sculptors, Cosimo Fanza…