Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo

Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo RHA (September 18, 1941 – December 16, 1989), known as Niccolo or Nick Caracciolo, was an Irish artist known for his portraits and landscapes.

Early life and family Born in Dublin on 18 September 1941, he was the only son of Ferdinando Caracciolo, Prince of Cursi, a member of an old Italian family, originally from Naples. His mother was Mary Purcell-Fitzgerald of The Island, near Waterford, now Waterford Castle, where he was reared. The artist Maria Levinge is his sister, He had another sister, Francesca. Becoming a noted portrait painter, among those who sat for him were Lord Iveagh, J. P. Donleavy, Anthony Bygraves, and Sir Marc Cochrane. and exhibited at the Lad Lane Gallery in Dublin in 1978. He also exhibited at the Holly Solomon Gallery in New York.