Artist: Francesco Solimena (1657 - 1747)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Baroque
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Francesco Solimena moved to Naples in 1674 and worked there for his entire career. His painting was influenced by Luca Giordona’s Baroque style and the classical elements of Pietro da Cortona’s decorative work. The shadowing he used was evidence of inspiration taken from Giovanni Lanfranco and Mattia Preti. Despite his mostly Baroque style, his figures were done in a classical style, reminiscent of Annibale Carracci, Domenichino, and Raphael. Solimena’s talent acquired him wealth, fame, the title of baron, and consistent commissions from royal patrons that included Prince Eugene of Savoy and Louis XIV of France. He was a strong influence on European art, establishing an academy that trained many next generation artists including Sebastiano Conca.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Birth of the Virgin, ca. 1690 Francesco Solimena (Italian, Neapolitan, 1657-1747)Oil on canvas; 80
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Venus Receiving Arms
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Death of Messalina
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Francesco Solimena Title: Madonna of the Martyrs Date: about 1705 Medium: oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Diego Pignatelli d"Aragona (1687-1750), sketch Francesco Solimena (Italian, Neapolitan, 1657-1747)Oil on canvas; 23 1/4 x
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Francesco Solimena Title: Bust of St. Gennaro, Patron Saint of Naples, Adored by Angels
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Francesco Solimena (L*abbate Ciccio) Recto:Endymion~Verso:Figure r: Black chalk on laid paper v: Red chalk 17th - 18th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Venus at the Forge of Vulcan
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Francesco Solimena - The Triumph of Judith 1704-08 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Italian
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Francesco Solimena - The Death of St. Joseph c. 1699-1700 oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts Italian
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Francesco Solimena - Madonna of the Martyrs c. 1705 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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Francesco Solimena - The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin c. 1708 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Gaspare Traversi The Fortune Teller oil on canvas circa 1760
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Gaspare Traversi The Merry Company oil on canvas circa 1760
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Gaspare Traversi The Diligent Daughter and the Ne'er-do-well Son oil on canvas circa 1750
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Giovanni Francesco Barbieri - Cardinal Francesco Cennini 1625 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Tithonus Dazzled by the Crowning of Aurora
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Saint Lucy Francesco Zaganelli (Francesco di Bosio) (Italian, Romagnole, active by 1499, died 1532)Tempera and
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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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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Pier Francesco Mola Rest on the Flight into Egypt Etching and engraving mid 17th century
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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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Francesco Bartolozzi Venus and Adonis Etching 1791
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Francesco Bartolozzi A Lady Reading, after Guercino Etching 18th century
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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
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Francesco Bartolozzi Bust of a Bearded Warrior, after Guercino Etching 18th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels Francesco Botticini (Francesco di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine,
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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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
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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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Pier Francesco Mola Madonna and Child Etching 17th century
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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
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 The Madonna With The Infant Jesus and St. John the Baptist, after Guercino Etching 18th century
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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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Francesco Bartolozzi Classical shepherd with cattle and sheep Etching 18th - 19th century
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Giulio Tomba The Studio of Francesco Rosaspina, after Felice Giani Engraving 1811
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Francesco Bartolozzi The Virgin Nursing the Infant Jesus, after Guercino Etching and engraving 1785
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Federigo Gonzaga (1500-1540), 1510 Francesco Francia (Francesco di Marco di Giacomo Raibolini) (Italian, Bolognese, active
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Johann Friedrich Greuter Socrates (?) and His Students, afterGiovanni Francesco Romanelli Engraving 17th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Herodias, before 1635 Francesco Cairo (Italian, Lombard, 1607-1665)Oil on canvas; 29 5/8 x 24 5/8
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Francesco d"Este (born about 1430, died after 1475), ca. 1460 Rogier van der Weyden (Netherlandish,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Goddess of Chaste Love, fragment of a cassone panel, 1468-75 Francesco di Giorgio (Francesco Maurizio
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Saint Roch, altarpiece, 1502 Francesco Francia (Francesco di Marco di Giacomo Raibolini) (Italian, Bolognese, active
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Francesco Rosaspina St. Margaret and the Virgin Engraving and etching 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Rosaspina A Man and Woman Seated on a Bench Etching 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Rosaspina Virgin and Child with Saints, after Parmigianino Etching 17 - 18th century
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Alessandro Allori Portrait of Francesco I de'Medici oil on panel 16th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Adam and Eve] 1792
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Francesco Bartolozzi The Virgin Watching the Infant Jesus Embracing the Infant St. John the Baptist, after Guercino Etching 1764
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Pellegrino da Colle Les fruits trop dangereux de l'humaine avarice (The most dangerous fruits of human greed), after Francesco Maggiotto Engraving and etching 17 - 18th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [One of the gods among the stars ] 1793
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Faery Elves] 1792
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Adam and Eve under a tree] 1796
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Francesco Bartolozzi Ceres Etching and engraving 1787
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Henry Moses Francesco Petrarca engraving 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Granacci Madonna and Child oil on panel 15th - 16th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi Ornament 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [His oblique way Amongst innumerable Stars] 1793
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Mythological scene with five figures] 1792
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Summer] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Spring] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Thalial] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Satan] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Hebe] 18th - 19th century
J. Paul Getty Museum -
The Story of Paris
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Francesco Bartolozzi Music Etching and engraving 1783
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Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) Celleberrimi Francisci Mazzola Parmensis graphidesä (Bologna: Ludovico Inig, 1788) book with engravings and aquatints 1788
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Francesco Zuccarelli The Return from Egypt etching 18th century
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Cherubino Alberti The Holy Family, after Francesco Potenzano engraving 1576
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Francesco Bartolozzi [A Soldier and a Man], after Michelangelo Etching 1795
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Francesco de Mura Title: The Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John Date:
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Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Female Figure Pen and brown ink and brown wash over red chalk on laid paper 17th century
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Andrea Le Jeune Scacciati Adoration of the Shepherds, after Francesco Vanni, from the series Disegni originali d'eccelenti pittori... Etching in grey ink 18th century
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Andrea Le Jeune Scacciati Adoration of the Shepherds, after Francesco Vanni, from the series Disegni originali d'eccelenti pittori... Etching in grey ink 18th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Angels flanking a stairway to the heavens] 1703
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Francesco Bartolozzi [An angel appears to Eve while Adam is asleep] 1795
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Domenico Beccafumi] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Marie Antonette] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Uriel and Satan] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Angel in the clouds] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Couple in the Woods] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Woodland Idyl] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi Lady and Child 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [ACentury of Drawing] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Faery Elves] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Bartolozzi [Sheep Shearing] 18th - 19th century
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Francesco Londonio Pastoral Scene etching 18th century
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Francesco Londonio Pastoral Scene Etching 18th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (1)
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San Diego Museum of Art: Master Drawings from the Collection of Alfred Moir
Included are fine examples by Annibale Carracci, Pietro da Cortona, Luca Giordano, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Solimena, Salvator Rosa, Abraham Bloemaert, and Simon Vouet. The exhibition presents a selection of works from the personal...

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FRANCESCO SOLIMENA called LABBATE CICCIO - The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas
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