Art, literature & historyFrancesco Solimena
1657–1747
Selected artwork
Adam and Eve in Paradise
c. 1700
Art Institute of Chicago
Other names (102)
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Biography
Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) was a prolific Italian Baroque painter, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. In his early years, influenced above all by Luca Giordano and Mattia Preti, he developed a highly personal and dramatic handling of light and shade, yet his later art reveals a tendency towards a more restrained classicism. Solimena had many pupils, making him one of the strongest influence in Neapolitan painting of the early 18th century.
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Influenced by
- Angelo Solimenaeditorial inference
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Later influence
- Sebastiano Concaeditorial inference
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- Corrado Giaquintoeditorial inference
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Francesco Solimena. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art8 recorded works
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)6 recorded works
- Museo Nacional del Prado4 recorded works
- Minneapolis Institute of Art3 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art3 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago2 recorded works
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie1 recorded work
- musée des beaux-arts — Chambéry1 recorded work
- musée Girodet — Montargis1 recorded work
- Museo di Capodimonte1 recorded work
- Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest1 recorded work