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

Faustino Bocchi (1659 - 1741)
Faustino Bocchi
1659 - 1741
Adolfo Wildt (1868 - 1931)
Adolfo Wildt
1868 - 1931
Carlo Achille Cavalieri (1898 - 1963)
Carlo Achille Cavalieri
1898 - 1963
Alexander Trippel (1744 - 1793)
Alexander Trippel
1744 - 1793
Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti (1843 - 1894)
Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti
1843 - 1894
Ottorino Garosio (1904 - 1980)
Ottorino Garosio
1904 - 1980
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (1913 - 1968)
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni
1913 - 1968
Domenico Gargiulo (1609 - 1675)
Domenico Gargiulo
1609 - 1675
Emilio Vedova (1919 - 2006)
Emilio Vedova
1919 - 2006
Giuseppe Zais (1709 - 1784)
Giuseppe Zais
1709 - 1784
Alfonso Simonetti (1840 - 1892)
Alfonso Simonetti
1840 - 1892
Mercedes Jelinek (1985)
Mercedes Jelinek
1985
Marco Antonio Bassetti (1586 - 1630)
Marco Antonio Bassetti
1586 - 1630
Alessandro Gherardini (1655 - 1723)
Alessandro Gherardini
1655 - 1723
Giovanni Battista Cimaroli (1687 - 1771)
Giovanni Battista Cimaroli
1687 - 1771
Fabrizio Clerici (1913 - 1993)
Fabrizio Clerici
1913 - 1993

Creators Baroque

John James Chalon (1778 - 1854)
John James Chalon
1778 - 1854
Michelangelo Cerquozzi (1602 - 1660)
Michelangelo Cerquozzi
1602 - 1660
Edoardo Navone (1844 - 1912)
Edoardo Navone
1844 - 1912
Giuseppe Moriani (1681 - 1731)
Giuseppe Moriani
1681 - 1731
Giovanni Monti (1765 - 1825)
Giovanni Monti
1765 - 1825
Alexander Jan Tricius (1620 - 1692)
Alexander Jan Tricius
1620 - 1692
Gerard ter Borch (1617 - 1681)
Gerard ter Borch
1617 - 1681
Simon de Vos (1603 - 1676)
Simon de Vos
1603 - 1676
Arnold van Ravesteyn (1605 - 1690)
Arnold van Ravesteyn
1605 - 1690
Gherardo Poli (1676 - 1739)
Gherardo Poli
1676 - 1739
Ascanio Luciano (1621 - 1706)
Ascanio Luciano
1621 - 1706
Bernardino Ludovisi (1693 - 1749)
Bernardino Ludovisi
1693 - 1749
Christian Seybold (1695 - 1768)
Christian Seybold
1695 - 1768
Giovanni Raggi (1712 - 1793)
Giovanni Raggi
1712 - 1793
Jean Balthasar de la Traverse (1752 - 1808)
Jean Balthasar de la Traverse
1752 - 1808
Thomas Germain (1673 - 1748)
Thomas Germain
1673 - 1748
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