Francesco de Mura
Late-Baroque painter transitioning to Neoclassicism
Francesco de Mura was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism. Francesco de Mura, also referred to as Franceschiello, was a pupil of Francesco Solimena, then later with Domenico Viola, where he met his contemporary, Mattia Preti. While still in his teens he painted frescoes (1715) in San Nicola alla Carità in Naples. He painted ten canvases of the Virtues and an Adoration of the Magi (1728) for the church of Santa Maria Donnaromita. His other works include frescoes of the Adoration of the Magi (1732) in the apsidal dome of the church of the Nunziatella. De Mura also painted portraits. Among his pupils was Pietro Bardellino and Girolamo Starace.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Francesco Solimena Master
- Pietro Bardellino Student
- Giacinto Diana Student
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Artworks by this artist
- The Assumption of the Virgin 1751
- The Vision of Saint Benedict 1740
- Self-Portrait c. 1740
- Madonna And Child With The Infant Saint John The Baptist
- Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well
- The Madonna And Child With The Infant Saint John The Baptist 1760s
- Charity 1743-44
- Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist
- Alexander Condemning False Praise 1760s
- Glorie auf einen Fürsten 1738
- Kings, Bishops and Popes; design for ceiling 1696[-]1782
- Allegory of the Seasons 2
- Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist 2
- Allegory of the Seasons
- The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
- The Pieta
- Saint Anthony Visiting Saint Paul of Thebes in the Desert About 1720-1732
- Ecce Homo