The Birth of the Virgin
Rogers Fund, 1906
Catalogue
- Year
- 1685
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 80 1/2 x 67 1/4 in. (204.5 x 170.8 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 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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- Francesco Solimena
- Year
- 1685
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 80 1/2 x 67 1/4 in. (204.5 x 170.8 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1685-337825
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified