Early Life, Family and Training Vincenzo Volpe was born on December 14, 1855, in Grottaminarda, within the Campania region of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. His early years were shaped by a family move to Naples when he was eight years old. It was there that his artistic inclinations first found a guide; in 1867, his older brother, Angelo Volpe, served as his first teacher in drawing. This early instruction provided the foundation f…