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

 Scipione (1904 - 1933)
Scipione
1904 - 1933
Angelo Pavan (1893 - 1945)
Angelo Pavan
1893 - 1945
Giorgio Ghisi (1520 - 1582)
Giorgio Ghisi
1520 - 1582
Gonzalo Fonseca (1922 - 1997)
Gonzalo Fonseca
1922 - 1997
Ercole Setti (1530 - 1618)
Ercole Setti
1530 - 1618
Giovanni Battista Maini (1690 - 1752)
Giovanni Battista Maini
1690 - 1752
Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526 - 1593)
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
1526 - 1593
Placido Campolo (1693 - 1743)
Placido Campolo
1693 - 1743
Denijs Calvaert (1540 - 1619)
Denijs Calvaert
1540 - 1619
 Master of Badia a Isola (XIII century - ?)
Master of Badia a Isola
XIII century - ?
Pietro Bianchi (1694 - 1740)
Pietro Bianchi
1694 - 1740
Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255 - 1319)
Duccio di Buoninsegna
1255 - 1319
Lucio Pozzi (1935)
Lucio Pozzi
1935
Anton Sminck Pitloo (1790 - 1837)
Anton Sminck Pitloo
1790 - 1837
 Quintilianus (35 - 96)
Quintilianus
35 - 96
Jacques Lipchitz (1891 - 1973)
Jacques Lipchitz
1891 - 1973

Creators Baroque

François Denis Née (1732 - 1817)
François Denis Née
1732 - 1817
Shimon Bogushovich (1575 - 1648)
Shimon Bogushovich
1575 - 1648
Marco Ricci (1676 - 1730)
Marco Ricci
1676 - 1730
Charles Beaubrun (1604 - 1692)
Charles Beaubrun
1604 - 1692
Alexander Kucharsky (1741 - 1819)
Alexander Kucharsky
1741 - 1819
Giovanni Battista Discepoli (1590 - 1660)
Giovanni Battista Discepoli
1590 - 1660
Antonio Peresinotti (1708 - 1778)
Antonio Peresinotti
1708 - 1778
Arnold van Ravesteyn (1605 - 1690)
Arnold van Ravesteyn
1605 - 1690
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (1715 - 1759)
Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain
1715 - 1759
Francesc Ribalta (1565 - 1628)
Francesc Ribalta
1565 - 1628
Manoel da Costa Ataíde (1762 - 1830)
Manoel da Costa Ataíde
1762 - 1830
Carlo Marattа (1625 - 1713)
Carlo Marattа
1625 - 1713
Pompeo Ghitti (1631 - 1703)
Pompeo Ghitti
1631 - 1703
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier (1695 - 1750)
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
1695 - 1750
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
John Trumbull
1756 - 1843
Daniel Seghers (1590 - 1661)
Daniel Seghers
1590 - 1661
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