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

Enrico Tarenghi (1848 - 1938)
Enrico Tarenghi
1848 - 1938
Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (1660 - 1731)
Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani
1660 - 1731
Mario Schifano (1934 - 1998)
Mario Schifano
1934 - 1998
Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1590 - 1660)
Giovanni Battista Discepoli
1590 - 1660
Filippo Bartolini (1861 - 1908)
Filippo Bartolini
1861 - 1908
Paolo Sala (1859 - 1929)
Paolo Sala
1859 - 1929
Vincenzo Agnetti (1926 - 1981)
Vincenzo Agnetti
1926 - 1981
Afra Scarpa (1937 - 2011)
Afra Scarpa
1937 - 2011
Alberto Sughi (1928 - 2012)
Alberto Sughi
1928 - 2012
Tommaso di Mascio Scarafone (1455 - 1521)
Tommaso di Mascio Scarafone
1455 - 1521
Alessandro Rinaldi (1839 - 1890)
Alessandro Rinaldi
1839 - 1890
Guido Da Siena (1230 - 1290)
Guido Da Siena
1230 - 1290
Agenore Fabbri (1911 - 1998)
Agenore Fabbri
1911 - 1998
Velasco Vitali (1960)
Velasco Vitali
1960
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829 - 1908)
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
1829 - 1908
Antonio Recalcati (1938 - 2022)
Antonio Recalcati
1938 - 2022

Creators Baroque

Giovanni Battista Paggi (1554 - 1627)
Giovanni Battista Paggi
1554 - 1627
Arnold Boonen (1669 - 1729)
Arnold Boonen
1669 - 1729
Antonio Rossi (1700 - 1753)
Antonio Rossi
1700 - 1753
Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot (1580 - 1657)
Hendrik Gerritsz. Pot
1580 - 1657
Silvestro Chiesa (1623 - 1657)
Silvestro Chiesa
1623 - 1657
Thomas Quellinus (1661 - 1709)
Thomas Quellinus
1661 - 1709
Pieter de With (1645 - 1689)
Pieter de With
1645 - 1689
Pierre Duflos II (1742 - 1816)
Pierre Duflos II
1742 - 1816
Johann Georg Edlinger (1741 - 1819)
Johann Georg Edlinger
1741 - 1819
Lorenzo Bergonzoni (Bergunzi) (1645 - 1722)
Lorenzo Bergonzoni (Bergunzi)
1645 - 1722
Elisabetta Sirani (1638 - 1665)
Elisabetta Sirani
1638 - 1665
Thomas Germain (1673 - 1748)
Thomas Germain
1673 - 1748
Giuseppe Mazzuoli (1644 - 1725)
Giuseppe Mazzuoli
1644 - 1725
Camillo Procaccini (1551 - 1629)
Camillo Procaccini
1551 - 1629
George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
George Frideric Handel
1685 - 1759
Jean Siméon Chardin (1699 - 1779)
Jean Siméon Chardin
1699 - 1779