Francesco Solimena

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Francesco Solimena
Self-portrait, 1730
Born(1657-10-04)4 October 1657
Canale di Serino, province Avellino
Died3 April 1747(1747-04-03) (aged 89)
Naples
NationalityItalian
EducationFrancesco di Maria
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque
Patron(s)Pope Benedict XIII

Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen.

Biography

Diana and Endymion, 1705-1710
The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas, c. 1712

Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino in the province of Avellino.

He received early training from his father, Angelo Solimena, with whom he executed a Paradise for the cathedral of Nocera (a place where he spent a big part of his life) and a Vision of St. Cyril of Alexandria for the church of San Domenico at Solofra.[1]

He settled in

pen and ink
, chalk, and watercolor washes.

A typical example of the elaborately constructed allegorical "machines" of his early mature style, fully employing his mastery of

State Hermitage Museum
, St Petersburg.

Francesco Solimena amassed a fortune and lived in sumptuous style founded on his success. He died at Barra, near Naples, in 1747 at the age of 89.

As Solimena had intended it, his nephew Orazio became his pupil and successor as a painter.[2]

Career

His large, efficiently structured atelier became a virtual

Francesco De Mura and Sebastiano Conca. The Scottish portraitist Allan Ramsay spent three years in Solimena's studio.[10]

  • Francesco Solimena
  • Portrait of a woman
    Portrait of a woman
  • Study for the fresco cycle of the Sacristy of a church[11]
    Study for the fresco cycle of the Sacristy of a church[11]
  • Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 1704
    Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 1704
  • Madonna and Child
    Madonna and Child
  • Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple
    Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple
  • Noli me tangere
    Noli me tangere
  • The Assumption
    The Assumption
  • The Annunciation
    The Annunciation
  • Jacob's Dream
    Jacob's Dream
The Abduction of Orithyia, c. 1730

References

  1. ^ a b c Pavone, Mario Alberto (2003, January 1). "Solimena family". Grove Art Online.
  2. ^ Pavone, Mario Alberto, Precisazioni su Orazio Solimena, in: Prospettiva, 20 (1980), pp. 80–87.
  3. ^ Boni, Filippo de' (1852). Biografia degli artisti ovvero dizionario della vita e delle opere dei pittori, degli scultori, degli intagliatori, dei tipografi e dei musici di ogni nazione che fiorirono da'tempi più remoti sino á nostri giorni. Seconda Edizione.. Venice; Googlebooks: Presso Andrea Santini e Figlio. p. 171.
  4. ^ Boni, page 177
  5. ^ Le belle arti, Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 194.
  6. ^ Camillo Minieri-Riccio, Memorie storiche degli scrittori nati nel regno di Napoli, L'Aquila 1844, page 243.
  7. ^ Minieri-Riccio, page 243.
  8. ^ Minieri-Riccio, page 248.
  9. ^ Minieri-Riccio, page 279.
  10. ^ "Francesco Solimena, Charles Beddington Ltd". Archived from the original on 8 January 2014.
  11. Whitfield Fine Art

See Also

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