Francesco de Mura
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.
Life
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 in San Nicola alla Carità in Naples. He painted ten canvases of the Virtues and an Adoration of the Magi for the church of Santa Maria Donnaromita. His other works include frescoes of the Adoration of the Magi in the apsidal dome of the church of the Nunziatella. De Mura also painted portraits.
Among his pupils were Pietro Bardellino, Giacinto Diano, Fedele Fischetti, Oronzo Tiso, Nicola Menzele, Vincenzo De Mita and Girolamo Starace.
Selected works
Dated
Saint Benedict Welcomes Totila, study for the frescoes at the church of Santi Severino e Sossio, Capodimonte Museum, NaplesRest on the Flight into Egypt, Courtauld Institute of Art, LondonEpiphany, Santa Maria Donnaromita, NaplesAdoration of the Magi, Nunziatella, NaplesSelf-portrait, oil on canvas, Minneapolis Institute of ArtsThe Departure of Aeneas, huile sur toile, 102,5 x 129,5 cm, musée des beaux-arts de Brest, acquired 1969Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Minneapolis Institute of ArtsThe Visitation, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, FloridaHoratius Killing his Sister after the Defeat of the Curiatii, oil on canvas, private collectionThe Continence of Scipio, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, VicenzaL'Accord entre Camille et Turnus, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza- .
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