Francesco de Mura (1696-1782) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism. He 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.

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  • Francesco de Mura (1696-1782) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism. He 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.
  • Francesco de Mura est un peintre italien du XVIII siècle de style rococo qui fut actif principalement à Naples et Turin.
  • Influenzò con la sua tecnica cromatica e i contenuti realistici tipici del classicismo-rococò il Settecento artistico napoletano. La scuola barocca,in particolare dei maestri Francesco Solimena e Luca Giordano, è evidente nelle sue opere laiche - quali gli affreschi dei palazzi reali di Torino e Napoli - ed ecclesiastiche, come l'"Epifania" nella Nunziatella a Napoli, la decorazione della Chiesa di Santa Chiara a Napoli, la "Moltiplicazione dei pani" nella cattedrale di Foggia e la tela di San Placido nella Chiesa di Poggio Imperiale.
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  • Francesco de Mura (1696-1782) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism. He 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.
  • Francesco de Mura est un peintre italien du XVIII siècle de style rococo qui fut actif principalement à Naples et Turin.
  • Influenzò con la sua tecnica cromatica e i contenuti realistici tipici del classicismo-rococò il Settecento artistico napoletano.
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