In his 90 years of life, the Italian painter Francesco Solimena has achieved a lot. Artistically, he has gained a firm place in art history as the formative painter of the Neapolitan Baroque. Many experts even describe Francesco Solimena as one of the greatest European painters of his epoch. Solimena was also a master of self-expression. He sought contact with great names and patrons who recognized his talent and awarded him numerous commissions.
One of his clients was the French king Louis XIV, who was known as "Roi-Soleil", as the "Sun King", for his generosity. It was through him that Francesco Solimena's paintings found their way to the huge castle of Versailles. Eugen Franz, the famous Prince of Savoy-Carignan, who rose to become the most important general of the Habsburg monarchy, also ordered numerous pictures from Solimena. In the last years of his life, the already very old artist was often a guest of Charles III, who was King of Naples and Sicily at that time and later became King of Spain. All his clients loved Solimena's special painting style, which used the exuberance of the Neapolitan Baroque as a perfect means of expression. He mastered the art of creating in his paintings a special effect of light and shadow, which became typical for his entire work. Nearly all the paintings were created in his studio in the city of Naples, which he rarely left. His paintings, however, travelled throughout Europe. They hung not only in Versailles, but also in the Belvedere Palace in Vienna and decorated the walls of numerous noble palaces in the German principalities. As an artist, he was not only attracted by the canvas, he decorated countless church rooms with artistic frescos and also distinguished himself as an architect with the facade of the church San Nicola alla CaritĂ in Naples.
His talent and hard work made Francesco Solimena a rich man who lived in Naples in a magnificent palazzo in Via San Potito. He designed and furnished the prestigious building himself. But Solimena did not only think of himself, but was strongly committed to the education of young painters. He himself had painted his first pictures in the studio of his father Angelo, where he enjoyed a privileged starting point for his career. The Academy he founded established itself as a centre of artistic life in Naples. The reputation of the institute reached far beyond Naples and many European art students found their way to the rich and fascinating city on the Mediterranean. Some of its students later became famous painters themselves. Sebastiano Conca and Francesco De Mura in particular reinterpreted the spirit of their great teacher and created magnificent paintings at the transition from Baroque to Classicism.
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.jpg "Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Madonna of Rosary with Saints Dominic and Catherine by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Portrait of Count Aloys Thomas Raimund Von Harrach, Viceroy of Naples by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Study for Painting")
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_Le_medaillon_au_centre_represente_le_-_(MeisterDrucke-1319399).jpg "Allegory of the reign. The medallion in the center represents the face of Queen Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796). Painting by Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1656573).jpg "Judith Shows the Head of Holofernes to the People, c.1730 by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Immaculate Conception, Cathedral of San Pardo, Larino, Molise, Italy by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Saint Willibald seeks Pope Gregory III")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1081368).jpg "Alexander and Campaspe by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1657008).jpg "Rebecca")
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.jpg "Female Personifications of Peace, Justice, and Abundance by Martin Speer")
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.jpg "Vision of the Trinity with SS. Philip Neri and Francesca Romana, 18th Century by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Recto: Study for a Female Figure in a Spandrel. Verso: Drawing on Back of the Paper by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Diego Pignatelli d")
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.jpg "Three Saints: St. Vincent Ferrer, a Pope, and St. Anthony of Padua by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Mythology:")
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.jpg "The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Angel Carrying a Monstrance by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Study for a fresco for the hall of the Senate, Genova: The relics of St. John Baptist are brought to Genova by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Emperor Charles VI and Gundacker, Count Althann by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "The Holy Trinity with St Philip Neri in Glory, c1727-1730 by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "St Joseph")
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.jpg "Gundaker Count Althan Presents Emperor Karl VI with the Inventory of the New Gallery of Paintings in the Stallburg by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "St Bonaventure Receiving Banner of St Sepulchre from Madonna, by Francesco Solimena, Cathedral of San Paolo, Aversa, Campania, Italy by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Zeuxis and the Maidens of Croton by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Saint Jerome by Francesco Solimena")
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_before_1747_(graphite_on_paper)_see_5938251_-_(MeisterDrucke-902994).jpg "Drawing on Back of the Paper (verso), before 1747 by Francesco Solimena")
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_oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1091454).jpg "Hagar and the Angel by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Study of Two Putti by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "The Dream of Joseph or Joseph and the Angel or The Dream of Saint Joseph by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Emperor Charles VI and Gundacker, Count Althann by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Allegory of a Glorious Reign by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Profile of Male Head, Crowned with Laurel Leaves by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Count Alois Thomas Raimund Harrach, Viceroy of Naples by Francesco Solimena")
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_oil_on_can_-_(MeisterDrucke-1089416).jpg "Portrait of Knight of Golden Fleece by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "David Defeator of the Amalekites, 1720-21 by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "St. Cecilia by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Adoration of the Eucharist by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123006).jpg "The Holy Trinity with the Madonna and Saints by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1112892).jpg "Jacob and Rachel at the Well by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Gundaker Count Althann Handing Over to the Emperor Charles VI the Inventory of the Imperial Picture Collection in the Stallburg by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Christ Appearing in a Dream to St. Martin, c.1733 by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-901382).jpg "The Education of the Virgin, c.1680 by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Resurrection of Christ by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1126996).jpg "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "St. Januarius Visited in Prison by Proculus and Sosius by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Joseph")
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.jpg "Recto: Study Sheet. Verso: Slight Ink Scribbles, Possibly a Drapery Study? by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus by Francesco Solimena")
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_(744-749)_at_the_Monastery_-_(MeisterDrucke-1029206).jpg "The Monk")
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.jpg "Portrait of Diego Pignatelli Aragon Cortes by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Immaculate Conception, attributed to Francesco Solimena, Cathedral of San Pardo, Larino, Molise by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "The Deposition by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Death of Messalina, c.1704-12 by Francesco Solimena")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-72550).jpg "Barak and Deborah (detail) by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Massacre of the Innocents by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Study Sheet (Recto). Slight Ink Scribbles, Possibly a Drapery Study? (Verso) by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin by Francesco Solimena")
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_in_America_Painting_-_(MeisterDrucke-983820).jpg "The Arrival of Christopher Columbus in America by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1656433).jpg "Heliodorus")
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.jpg "Portrait of Bartolomeo di Capua by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Holy Family with Saints by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Abduction of Orithyia by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Count Althan Presents Emperor Karl VI with the Inventory of the Imperial Gallery of Paintings by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Saint Louis of France by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Volumnia and Veturia Before Coriolanus by Luca Giordano")
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.jpg "The Assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-902995).jpg "Shepherd Blowing a Pipe, before 1747 by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1222635).jpg "The Triumph of the Trinity (The Gloria) by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "A Miracle of Saint Maurus by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "The Meeting Between King Ratchis of the Longobards and Pope Zacharias During the Siege of Perugia by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Conversion of Saint Paul by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Clement XI Vesting His Niece as Nun by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1500172).jpg "The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Fragment of a Chalk Sketch by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Spandrel Decoration with Seated Allegorical Figures of Hope and Concord by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Christ Healing the Lame Man by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-902651).jpg "Allegory of Africa by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Female Personifications of Three Divine Virtues (Ceiling Paintings in the Sacrestia di Solimena) by Martin Speer")
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.jpg "Heliodorus expelled from the Temple of Jerusalem, 1720-24 by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Venus at the Forge of Vulcan by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1081111).jpg "Heliodorus driven from the Temple by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Barak and Deborah by Francesco Solimena")
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_oil_on_canvas_99x135_cm_-_(MeisterDrucke-1422407).jpg "Boreas Raping Orythia by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-899416).jpg "The Annunciation by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1584381).jpg "Bathsheba in Her Bath by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1172295).jpg "Saint Clare with an Angel by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Self-portrait by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1658729).jpg "The Holy Trinity by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Meeting of Solomon and Queen of Sheba by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Kneeling Woman by Francesco Solimena")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1515986).jpg "Dido Receiving Aeneas and Cupid Disguised as Ascanius, c.1720s by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Venus Receiving from Vulcan the Arms of Aeneas by Francesco Solimena")
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.jpg "Jacopo Butera by Francesco Solimena")
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