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: (60)
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Portrait de l'artiste dans un cerceuil entouré de symboles de la mort (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Le Christ mis au tombeau (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Pier Francesco Mola (North Italian, 1612-1666)Oil on copper;
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Allégorie de la Peinture (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Paysage montueux dans lequel avancent trois figures (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Un ange apparaît à Agar et Ismaël (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Paysage montueux et rocheux encerclant des étendues d'eau animées de barques (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Repos de la Sainte Famille pendant la fuite en Egypte (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Mort de saint François d'Assise soutenu par un ange (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Repos de la Sainte Famille pendant la fuite en Egypte (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Saint Jérôme dans le désert (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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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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Saint Sébastien soigné par Irène et sa servante (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Saint Sébastien soigné par Irène et sa servante (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Projet de décoration : apparition de la Vierge à l'Enfant à deux saints (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Des archers tirent des flèches sur saint Sébastien attaché à un poteau (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Bacchus et Ariane (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Treize caricatures (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Moine, à genoux, en prières (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Vénus au bain entourée d'amours (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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FIGURE DE GUERRIER ORIENTAL TENANT UN ARC (3e quart 17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Caricature : tête d'homme, vue de profil et de face (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Intérieur d'un hôpital (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Prédication de saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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La Fuite en Egypte (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Dieu apparaissant à Abraham (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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La Vérité fille du Temps (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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ETUDE D'HOMME (2e quart 17e siècle ; 3e quart 17e siècle) by MOLA PIER Francesco
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Des bergers en adoration devant la Sainte Famille (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Paysage vu de l'intérieur d'une caverne (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Caricature : tête d'homme, coiffé d'un bonnet carré (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Jésus remet la mitre à un évêque à genoux (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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La Vierge assise tenant l'Enfant (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Croquis : études pour une bacchanale et figure assise (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Incrédulité de saint Thomas (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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La Fuite en Egypte (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Incrédulité de saint Thomas (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Caricature : homme, vu en buste, coiffé d'un bonnet carré (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Le Christ, entouré de ses disciples, prêchant (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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La Sainte Famille servie par les anges (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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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
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Saint Luc faisant le portrait de la Vierge et de l'Enfant (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Le Dieu Pan attrapant Syrinx sur les bords du fleuve Ladon (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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SAINT PIERRE EN PRIERE (2e quart 17e siècle ; 3e quart 17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (?)
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Apparition de la Vierge à l'Enfant à des saints (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Zeus change Lycaon en loup (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
J. Paul Getty Museum -
The Vision of Saint Bruno
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Jésus adoré par les anges et par les bergers (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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La Prédication de saint Jean dans le désert (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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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
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Hommes allongés sur le sol (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Caricature : gentilhomme regardant une toile représentant un singe (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Figure allégorique féminine, ailée, couronnée de feuillages et un angelot (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Etudes : deux saints debout, deux saints tenant un serpent, trois têtes (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Trois études d'une femme tenant un enfant : une Vierge à l'Enfant (?) (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Iris Appearing to Turnus
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Prédication de saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco
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Martyre d'une sainte placée sur un bûcher (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco (attribué à)
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Fuite en Egypte (17e siècle) by MOLA Pier Francesco

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Contemporary Art at Castel del Monte - Puglia: IntraMoenia/Extra Art
After the first event that holds Castel del Monte as its centre, a group of additional castles will become ìthe seat, a sort of indian reservation for contemporary artists chosen from a multimedia, multi-cultural, trans-national perspective....
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard: Works from Renaissance to 20th-Century Highlight How Artists and their Workshops Used Both Sides of the Sheet
The unusual display allows viewers to trace the creative process as an artist sketched from one side of the sheet to the other, to see how works were copied by assistants in Renaissance workshops, and to understand the increasing shift toward a co...

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