Seated Allegorical Female Figure
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1700
- Dimensions
- 30.3 × 22.9 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Francesco Solimena
Artist
Painting
Francesco Solimena 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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Record
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- Francesco Solimena
- Year
- 1700
- Dimensions
- 30.3 × 22.9 cm (11 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1700-337821
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified