Born to the brother of painter Giovanni Antonio d'Amato il vecchio; he married the painter Mariangiola Criscuolo. Upon his uncles death, he entered the studio of Giovanni Bernardo Lama, also his uncle's pupil. He had two daughters and one son.

References

• De Dominici, Bernardo (1742). Vite dei Pittori, Scultori, ed Architetti Napolitani (volume 2). Stamperia del Ricciardi, Naples; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on February 1, 2007.