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MOLA, Pier Francesco
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1612-1666
Painter and draughtsman, son of (1) Giovanni Battista Mola. His most characteristic works are small, intensely romantic scenes from mythology, the Bible, and from works by the poet Torquato Tasso, set in landscapes inspired by Venetian art. Yet he also received important public commissions for frescoes and altarpieces, and in his mature work he achieved an impressive synthesis of 17th-century Roman gran maniera painting with the stronger chiaroscuro and richer palette of the 16th-century Venetian style. He was a prolific and versatile draughtsman, who drew for pleasure as well as in preparation for commissions; he was also a witty caricaturist, who mocked himself and his friends as much as more typical targets
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Painting ID:: 8237
St Peter Freed from Prison dh
c. 1630
Oil on canvas
Galleria Borghese, Rome
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Painting ID:: 19461
Jacob's Meeting with Rachel
oil on canvas
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
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Painting ID:: 19462
Herminia and Vafrino Tending the Wounded Tancred
Oil on canvas
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris.
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Painting ID:: 19463
Barbary Pirate with a Bow
1650
Oil on canvas
Mus??e du Louvre, Paris.
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Painting ID:: 20584
Herminia and Vafrino Tending the Wounded Tancred (mk05)
Canvas 27 x 36 1/4''(69 x 93 cm)Acquired for Louis XIV in 1685
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MOLA, Pier Francesco
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1612-1666
Painter and draughtsman, son of (1) Giovanni Battista Mola. His most characteristic works are small, intensely romantic scenes from mythology, the Bible, and from works by the poet Torquato Tasso, set in landscapes inspired by Venetian art. Yet he also received important public commissions for frescoes and altarpieces, and in his mature work he achieved an impressive synthesis of 17th-century Roman gran maniera painting with the stronger chiaroscuro and richer palette of the 16th-century Venetian style. He was a prolific and versatile draughtsman, who drew for pleasure as well as in preparation for commissions; he was also a witty caricaturist, who mocked himself and his friends as much as more typical targets
. Related Artists to MOLA, Pier Francesco: | Medardo Rosso | Luca Gordano | Benson, Frank | Virgilio Guidi | Fede Galizia |
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