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

Valentin de Boulogne (1591 - 1632)
Valentin de Boulogne
1591 - 1632
Giuseppe Baldrighi (1722 - 1803)
Giuseppe Baldrighi
1722 - 1803
Henri le Hon (1809 - 1872)
Henri le Hon
1809 - 1872
Pieter van Lint (1609 - 1690)
Pieter van Lint
1609 - 1690
Francesco Capella (1711 - 1784)
Francesco Capella
1711 - 1784
Filippo Gherardi (1643 - 1704)
Filippo Gherardi
1643 - 1704
Carlo Cesare Malvasia (1616 - 1693)
Carlo Cesare Malvasia
1616 - 1693
Pieretto Bianco (1875 - 1937)
Pieretto Bianco
1875 - 1937
Renato Pengo (1943)
Renato Pengo
1943
Joseph Nollekens (1737 - 1823)
Joseph Nollekens
1737 - 1823
Clemente Ruta (1685 - 1767)
Clemente Ruta
1685 - 1767
Bernardo Cavallino (1616 - 1656)
Bernardo Cavallino
1616 - 1656
Mirella Bentivoglio (1922 - 2017)
Mirella Bentivoglio
1922 - 2017
August Ohm (1943)
August Ohm
1943
Franz Pforr (1788 - 1812)
Franz Pforr
1788 - 1812
Alexander Trippel (1744 - 1793)
Alexander Trippel
1744 - 1793

Creators Baroque

Judith Jans Leyster (1609 - 1660)
Judith Jans Leyster
1609 - 1660
Juste d'Egmont (1601 - 1674)
Juste d'Egmont
1601 - 1674
Hendrik Frans van Lint (1684 - 1763)
Hendrik Frans van Lint
1684 - 1763
Edoardo Navone (1844 - 1912)
Edoardo Navone
1844 - 1912
Ivan Petrovich Argunov (1729 - 1802)
Ivan Petrovich Argunov
1729 - 1802
Jacobus Linthorst (1745 - 1815)
Jacobus Linthorst
1745 - 1815
Hans Gillisz. Bollongier (1600 - 1672)
Hans Gillisz. Bollongier
1600 - 1672
Wallerant Vaillant (1623 - 1677)
Wallerant Vaillant
1623 - 1677
Daniele Crespi (1598 - 1630)
Daniele Crespi
1598 - 1630
Johannes Leemans (1633 - 1688)
Johannes Leemans
1633 - 1688
Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo (1719 - 1795)
Charles Amédée Philippe van Loo
1719 - 1795
John Wollaston (1710 - 1775)
John Wollaston
1710 - 1775
Willem van Aelst (1627 - 1683)
Willem van Aelst
1627 - 1683
Michele Rocca (da Parma) (1671 - 1751)
Michele Rocca (da Parma)
1671 - 1751
Ilario Casolani (1588 - 1661)
Ilario Casolani
1588 - 1661
Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (1697 - 1771)
Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli
1697 - 1771