Francesco Solimena
Francesco Solimena (4 October 16573 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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