Francesco Solimena, 1733 - The Annunciation - fine art print

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When San Rocco in Venice was remodelled in 1733, three of the leading artists of the time were asked to do altarpieces for the church. Two commissions went to the Venetian Marco Ricci (1676-1730), one to the Roman Trevisani (1656-1746), and one to the Neapolitan Solimena, who was regarded as one of Europe’s finest (and most expensive) painters at the time.

In all likelihood the intention was to compare the three Italian schools of painting with each other.

The emotional intensity of Solimena's picture Ricci’s lavishly coloured extravaganzas and Trevisani’s conventionally based pathos are no match for the emotional intensity of Solimena’s picture.

The museum's version The museum’s version may be a colour study for the finished painting – which is, however, narrower and finished with a semicircle on top – or, which is more likely, it may be a replica created to be used for teaching at Solimena’s private school of painting. The elegant composition, forceful use of strong contrasts between light and shade, and the figures’ classically restrained poses are all typical of Solimena who looked equally for inspiration within the solemn Baroque and the cheerful Rococo.

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In the year 1733 Francesco Solimena created the 18th century masterpiece. Furthermore, this artwork belongs to the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark)'s digital art collection, which is the largest museum of fine arts in Denmark and is attached to the Danish Ministry of Culture.. The classic art masterpiece, which is in the public domain is provided with courtesy of National Gallery of Denmark.Creditline of the artwork: . Further, the alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 9 : 16, meaning that the length is 45% shorter than the width. Francesco Solimena was a male architect, painter from Italy, whose artistic style was primarily Baroque. The Baroque artist lived for 90 years, born in the year 1657 in Italy, Europe and passed away in 1747 in Barra, Napoli, Napoli province, Campania, Italy, rione.

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