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

Giovanni Reder (1693 - 1765)
Giovanni Reder
1693 - 1765
Jean-Jacques Henner (1829 - 1905)
Jean-Jacques Henner
1829 - 1905
 Betty Danon (1927 - 2002)
Betty Danon
1927 - 2002
Adolfo Wildt (1868 - 1931)
Adolfo Wildt
1868 - 1931
Antonio De Simone (1851 - 1907)
Antonio De Simone
1851 - 1907
Pietro Di Francesco degli Orioli (1458 - 1496)
Pietro Di Francesco degli Orioli
1458 - 1496
Nicolo Cannicci (1846 - 1906)
Nicolo Cannicci
1846 - 1906
Tullio Pericoli (1936)
Tullio Pericoli
1936
Niccolò Gualtieri (1688 - 1744)
Niccolò Gualtieri
1688 - 1744
Cesare Leonardi (1935 - 2021)
Cesare Leonardi
1935 - 2021
Francesco Brambilla II (1530 - 1599)
Francesco Brambilla II
1530 - 1599
Franz Xaver Kosler (1864 - 1905)
Franz Xaver Kosler
1864 - 1905
Bartolo Di Fredi (1330 - 1410)
Bartolo Di Fredi
1330 - 1410
Theodor Martens (1822 - 1884)
Theodor Martens
1822 - 1884
Guido Ubaldo Abbatini (1600 - 1656)
Guido Ubaldo Abbatini
1600 - 1656
Vincenzo Camuccini (1771 - 1844)
Vincenzo Camuccini
1771 - 1844

Creators Baroque

Francesco Savani (1723 - 1772)
Francesco Savani
1723 - 1772
Hendrick Avercamp (1585 - 1634)
Hendrick Avercamp
1585 - 1634
Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti (1640 - 1721)
Giovanni Lorenzo Bertolotti
1640 - 1721
Dirck Hals (1591 - 1656)
Dirck Hals
1591 - 1656
Josef Reinhard (1749 - 1824)
Josef Reinhard
1749 - 1824
Jan Karel Donatus van Beecq (1638 - 1722)
Jan Karel Donatus van Beecq
1638 - 1722
Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine (1751 - 1824)
Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine
1751 - 1824
Ferdinando Tacca (1619 - 1686)
Ferdinando Tacca
1619 - 1686
Cornelis Engelsz. (1575 - 1650)
Cornelis Engelsz.
1575 - 1650
Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805 - 1873)
Franz Xaver Winterhalter
1805 - 1873
Dirk Dalens II (1657 - 1687)
Dirk Dalens II
1657 - 1687
Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi (1711 - 1778)
Giovanni Battista Pedrozzi
1711 - 1778
Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695 - 1736)
Jean-Baptiste Pater
1695 - 1736
Antoine Benoist (1632 - 1717)
Antoine Benoist
1632 - 1717
Cristoforo Savolini (1639 - 1677)
Cristoforo Savolini
1639 - 1677
Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1636 - 1699)
Jean Baptiste Monnoyer
1636 - 1699
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