Francesco Solimena (Abbot Ciccio, 1657 - 1747)

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Francesco Solimena

Francesco Solimena was an Italian painter of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He is known as a representative of the Neapolitan school of late Baroque painting. The painter's creativity was highly appreciated by his contemporaries, during his long career he earned a large fortune by selling his works. The artist's biography is closely linked to Naples, the city in which the great genius spent most of his life.

Francesco Solimena was devoted to the religious genre, for which he was often called "Abbot Ciccio" during his lifetime. He educated many famous artists. Solimena's paintings are now in museums in St. Petersburg (Hermitage), London (National Gallery), New York (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Paris (Louvre) and other cities.

Nickname:Abbot Ciccio
Date and place of birt:4 october 1657, Avellino, Italy
Date and place of death:3 april 1747, Naples, Italy
Nationality:Italy
Period of activity: XVII, XVIII century
Specialization:Artist, Painter
Art school / group:Neapolitan school
Genre:Religious genre
Art style:Baroque, Rococo

Creators Italy

Cornelis van Poelenburgh (1594 - 1667)
Cornelis van Poelenburgh
1594 - 1667
Piero Gilardi (1942 - 2023)
Piero Gilardi
1942 - 2023
Federico Zuccaro (1539 - 1609)
Federico Zuccaro
1539 - 1609
Cesare Maria Casati (1936)
Cesare Maria Casati
1936
Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979)
Gio Ponti
1891 - 1979
Jacques Hupin (XVII century - ?)
Jacques Hupin
XVII century - ?
Matteo Bottiglieri (1684 - 1757)
Matteo Bottiglieri
1684 - 1757
Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785)
Giovanni Battista Cipriani
1727 - 1785
Fedele Fischetti (1732 - 1792)
Fedele Fischetti
1732 - 1792
Jan Philip Koelman (1818 - 1893)
Jan Philip Koelman
1818 - 1893
Andrea Previtali (Cordelliaghi) (1480 - 1528)
Andrea Previtali (Cordelliaghi)
1480 - 1528
Vanessa Beecroft (1969)
Vanessa Beecroft
1969
Lorenzo Guerrini (1914 - 2002)
Lorenzo Guerrini
1914 - 2002
Mimmo Rotella (1918 - 2006)
Mimmo Rotella
1918 - 2006
Leonello Spada (1576 - 1622)
Leonello Spada
1576 - 1622
Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti (1640 - 1721)
Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti
1640 - 1721

Creators Baroque

Jan van der Heyden (1637 - 1712)
Jan van der Heyden
1637 - 1712
Arnaldo Tornieri (1739 - 1829)
Arnaldo Tornieri
1739 - 1829
Corrado Giaquinto (1703 - 1766)
Corrado Giaquinto
1703 - 1766
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (1606 - 1680)
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
1606 - 1680
Charles Parrocel (1688 - 1752)
Charles Parrocel
1688 - 1752
Jacob van Ruisdael (1628 - 1682)
Jacob van Ruisdael
1628 - 1682
Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744 - 1818)
Anne Vallayer-Coster
1744 - 1818
Luca Saltarello (1610 - 1655)
Luca Saltarello
1610 - 1655
Arcangelo Resani (1670 - 1740)
Arcangelo Resani
1670 - 1740
Georg Heinrich Joseph Schwabe (1847 - 1924)
Georg Heinrich Joseph Schwabe
1847 - 1924
Mario Nuzzi (1603 - 1673)
Mario Nuzzi
1603 - 1673
Ary Huybertsz. Verveer (1620 - 1680)
Ary Huybertsz. Verveer
1620 - 1680
Christian Seybold (1695 - 1768)
Christian Seybold
1695 - 1768
Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662 - 1749)
Jan Frans van Bloemen
1662 - 1749
Johann König (1586 - 1642)
Johann König
1586 - 1642
Josef Theodor Moroder-Lusenberger (1846 - 1939)
Josef Theodor Moroder-Lusenberger
1846 - 1939