Artist: Pier Francesco Mola (1612 - 1666)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Baroque
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Pier Francesco Mola was the son of an architect. He left Rome to travel in Bologna in Venice between the years of 1633 and 1647 and studied under an assistant of Annibale Carracci and Domenichino. Guernico also influenced him. Mola returned to his home city of Rome in 1647 and began painting in the romantic style using chiaroscuro. He was given commissions for altarpieces and frescoes that brought together elements of the Roman High Renaissance and North Italian art. Mola favored idyllic settings that featured biblical characters or saints. At the end of his career, his paintings became overly dramatic and therefore attracted fewer commissions. A lawsuit drained him financially in 1644, but he was elected the head of the Accademia di San Luca in 1662. He resigned from the position a year later due to failing health.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Pier Francesco Mola (North Italian, 1612-1666)Oil on copper;
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Pier Francesco Mola Madonna and Child Etching 17th century
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Pier Francesco Mola Rest on the Flight into Egypt Etching and engraving mid 17th century
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Pier Francesco Mola Tomb in Landscape Pen and brown ink, brown ink wash and red chalk on laid paper mounted on a heavier sheet 17th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
The Vision of Saint Bruno
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Pier Francesco Mola Bacchus and Ariadne Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper mounted to heavier sheet 17th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Iris Appearing to Turnus
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Pier Francesco Mola Conversion of St. Paul and other figures, studies for frescoes in the Ravenna Chapel of Il Ges* in Rome Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on laid paper mounted on a heavier sheet circa 1656
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Francois de Poilly Alexandre Falguiere engraving 1887
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Arthur Pond [Caricature] 18th century
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Paquin Mola panel (one of five - 1985.22.1-5) mostly red cotton 20th century
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Paquin Mola panel (one of five - 1985.22.1-5) cotton 20th century
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David Alfaro Siqueiros - Strike on the Pier 1954 gouache on board mou Cleveland Museum of Art Mexican
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Claes Oldenburg - Spoon Pier 1975 soft-ground etching, The Mint Museums American
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels Master called Pseudo-Pier
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Paquin Mola panel (one of five - 1985.22.1-5) birds and fishes cotton 20th century
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Paquin Mola panel (one of five - 1985.22.1-5) winged deer? cotton 20th century
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Harvey Ellis - Summerville Pier and Lighthouse 1884 watercolor on paper Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli - The Ecstacy of Saint Francis c. 1615 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Pier Francesco Bissolo - The Holy Family with a Donor in a Landscape early 1520's oil on wood panel Dayton Arts Institute Italian
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Roger Fenton - Harbour at Balaklava, The Cattle Pier, Crimea 1855 salted paper print f The Royal Photographic Society English
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Herman Volz Pier 39 Lithograph 20th century
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Paul Whitman Cannery Pier Etching 1927
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Cadwallader Washburn A Landing Pier (Monterey) Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart The Pier Etching 19th - 20th century
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Edmund Blampied Old Pier Head Drypoint 1921
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Frances Hammel Gearhart The Boat Pier Color woodcut 19th - 20th century
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler The Pier: A Grey Note oil on panel 1884
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Pier Leone Ghezzi Title: The Prodigal Son Date: about 1720 - 1730 Medium: oil
Museum of Fine Arts -
Attributed to Mola Ram, Indian (Garhwal) 1760-1833 Abhisarika Nayika (The Heroine Who Goes to Meet
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Pier-Leone Ghezzi Title: Portrait of Duke Beccadelli Date: about 1710 Medium: pen and ink
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Carl Armin Hansen The Large Pier drypoint 1925
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Un Pizzicaruolo 17th - 18th century
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Berenice Abbott Title: Waterfront, from Pier 19, East River, New York City Date: August
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel Master called
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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri - Cardinal Francesco Cennini 1625 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Horatio Nelson Poole Pier Sixteen Etching 1919
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Pier-Leone Ghezzi Title: Caricature of Giovanni Battista Maini Date: 1749 Medium: pen and brown
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Joseph Nash The Back of Old Leith Pier Litho 19th century
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Joseph Nash The Back of Old Leith Pier Color Litho 1847
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: artist unknown Title: Pier Table Date: about 1820 Medium: painted cherry, maple, tulip poplar
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: artist unknown Title: Pier Glass Date: about 1750 Medium: wood, gilt, mirror Dimensions: H.89
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Berenice Abbott Title: "Theoline", Pier II, East River, Manhattan Date: 1936 Medium: gelatin silver
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inverary Pier. Loch Fyne. Morning etching and mezzotint 1811
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Una Guardia Canterna Pen andbrown ink and brown wash on laid paper 18th century
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William R. A. Daniell Boscastle Pier on the coast of Cornwall Color Aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Dona Luizella Pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper 17th - 18th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Table with Supports in Form of Winged Rams
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint 1865
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint 1865
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Mattia Preti (Il Cavaliere Calabrese) St. John the Baptist Preaching oil on canvas circa 1665
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Doctor Fossambroni Pen and brown ink on laid paper onlaid to a heavier sheet circa 1729 - 1730
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint on vellum 1865
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Joseph Pennell London Bridge Pier Etching 19th - 20th century
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint with type on verso 1865
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Holy Family Jacopino del Conte (Italian, Florentine, 1515-1598)Oil on wood; 47 1/2 x 33 3/4
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Pier Leone Ghezzi - The Prodigal Son c. 1720-30 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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David Cox Grey Day, Calais Pier watercolor 18th - 19th century
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint with graphite additions (two moons) 1865
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Saint Lucy Francesco Zaganelli (Francesco di Bosio) (Italian, Romagnole, active by 1499, died 1532)Tempera and
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Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi Antico - Hercules 1499 bronze, with gilding The Frick Collection Italian
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man Francesco Salviati (Francesco de" Rossi) (Italian, Florentine, 1510-1563)Oil on canvas; 37
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Monsieur de la Grenelay Gray-brown ink over graphite on laid paper, mounted to larger sheet of heavier laid paper 1749
Museum of Fine Arts -
Attributed to Mola Ram, Indian (Garhwal) 1760-1833 Woman Playing a Vina / Woman Playing a
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Monsignor Francesco Barberini c. 1623 marble National Gallery of Art Italian
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Francesco Bartolozzi Costante di fortuna ad ogni evento..., after Francesco Zuccarelli Etching-engraving 18th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Jerome, 1500-10 Francesco Francia (Francesco di Marco di
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Nativity Francesco di Giorgio (Francesco Maurizio di Giorgio di Martino Pollaiuolo) (Italian, Sienese, 1439-1501)Tempera
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Francesco Curti Titlepage from the series Scelta di Disegni del Caracci , Parmegiani/ et di Guido Reni/ intagliati da Francesco Curti... Engraving 17th century
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Frank Short The Lusitania Raft on Broadstairs Pier Etching 19th - 20th century
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier - From the Portfolio …tudes ‡ l'eau-forte (with text by Philippe Burty), page 21 etching 1865
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Francesco Bartolozzi Venus and Adonis Etching 1791
Museum of Fine Arts -
Imitator of Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 The Funeral of Pulcinella 18th century Pen and
Museum of Fine Arts -
Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 A Beggar Boy Standing, Pointing with His Right Hand early-mid
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Francesco Bartolozzi A Lady Reading, after Guercino Etching 18th century
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Robert Brandard Newhaven Pier, Frith of Forth, plate opposite page 50 of volume 2 in the book The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William B
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John Cousen Mary-port Pier, plate opposite page of volume 2 in the book The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie, M.D. (London:
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Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, Italian, about 1460-1528 Bust of Cleopatra Italy, (Mantua), about 1519 Bronze
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Giulio Tomba Samson on the battlefield of the slain Philistines, after a drawing by Francesco Rosaspina from a painting by Guido Reni Engraving 19th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine,
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Francesco Bartolozzi Bust of a Bearded Warrior, after Guercino Etching 18th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Woman Francesco Montemezzano (Italian, Venetian, born about 1540, died after 1602)Oil on
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Saint Sebastian Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, born about 1446, died 1497)Tempera and
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Edward Francis Finden Sunderland, the Lighthouse on the South Pier, plate opposite page 55 of volume 1 in the book The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W.H. Bartlett; with Descr
Museum of Fine Arts -
Courtesy the Denise Cade Gallery ; Lester Johnson, American, Born in 1919 Untitled (Old Pier)
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Francesco Bartolozzi Soldier About To Behead A Woman, after Guercino Etching 1798
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Francesco Guardi The Doge of Venice Receiving Ambassadors in the Sala dei Collegio, after the painting by Francesco Guardi in the Louvre Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of graphite on laid paper 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi High Priest Sacrificing A Ram, after Guercino Etching 18th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American (born in Canada), 1858-1924 South Boston Pier: Sunset 1895-97 Pastel on
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Francesco Curti The Virgin Teaching the Infant Jesus to Read, after Guercino Engraving 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child, ca. 1495-1500 Francesco Francia (Francesco di Marco di Giacomo Raibolini) (Italian, Bolognese,
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Robert Wallis Leith Pier and Harbour, plate opposite page 43 of volume 2 in the book The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie, M.
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Francesco Rosaspina The Entombment, after a study by Parmigianino Etching and aquatint 1788
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child, ca. 1520 Francesco Granacci (Francesco di Andrea di Marco) (Italian, Florentine, 1469-1543)Oil
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Francesco Bartolozzi Bust of an Old Man Facing Left, after Guercino Etching 18th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi Queen Esther And Ahauserus, after Guercino Etching 18th century
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 Boy Standing with One Hand in His Pocket early-mid 18th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man Francesco Salviati (Francesco de" Rossi) (Italian, Florentine, 1510-1563)Oil on canvas; 48
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Francesco Bartolozzi The Madonna With the Infant Jesus And St. John the Baptist, after Guercino, from the series Racolta di alcuni disegni del Barbieri da Cento detto il Guercino Etching 1764
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Francesco Bartolozzi A Family in Prayer, after Guercino, from the series Raccolta di alcuni disegni... Etching 1764

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