Francesco Curia
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Francesco Curia (1538-1610) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Among his pupils were Fabrizio Santafede[1] and Ippolito Borghese.
He was one of several artists residing in Naples that were influenced by the style of Giorgio Vasari.[2]
[edit] References
- Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone, page 69.
- Ippolita, Di Majo (2002). in Electa Naples: Francesco Curia. L'opera completa The complete work, The classic. 8851000638.
- ^ John Denison Champlin and Charles Callahan Perkins, ed. (1887), Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, C. Scribner's sons, pp. 112, <http://books.google.com/books?id=RQYFAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA112&lpg=RA1-PA112>
- ^ Porter, Jeanne Chenault (1993), Parthenope's Splendor: Art of the Golden Age in Naples, Penn State Press, pp. 64, 0915773066, <http://books.google.com/books?id=GgoTlGKceHMC&printsec=frontcover#PPA64,M1>
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