Francesco Solimena
1657 – 1747
Solimena was the leading Neapolitan painter of the first half of the 18th century. In a long and extremely productive career he painted frescoes in many of the great churches in Naples, and he became one of the wealthiest and most famous European artists of his day. His vigorous style, often marked by dramatic lighting, owed much to the example of such Baroque artists as Luca Giordano (his outstanding predecessor in Naples), Lanfranco, and Preti, but it also has a firmness of structure and a clarity of draughtmanship that shows his allegiance to the classical tradition of Raphael and Annibale Carracci.
30 artworks in collection
Locations
Works
Portrait of Charles III of Habsburg
Private collection1707
The Healing of Tobit
Private collection1720
Madonna and Child
Private collection1728
Battle between Lapiths and Centaurs
Private collection1735
St Anne and the Virgin
Private collection
