• Was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
• Forte was active mainly as a still-life painter in Naples.
• He was a witness to the marriage of
Aniello Falcone in 1639, and collaborated on a project with Falcone.
• He specialized in still lifes, often rich in fruits, as opposed to flowers.
• Among other contemporary still-life painters active in Naples of his day were Paolo Porpora,
Giovanni Battista Ruoppolo, and Pietro Paolo Bonzi.
