Leonardo Coccorante

Harbor with Roman Ruins by Leonardo Coccorante, c. 1740-50, Honolulu Museum of Art

Leonardo Coccorante (1680–1750) was an Italian painter known for his capricci depicting imaginary landscapes with ruins of classical architecture.

Life

Leonardo Coccorante was born in Naples, Italy. He studied with the Flemish landscape painter Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662–1749), Angelo Maria Costa (1670–1721), and finally with Gabriele Ricciardelli (active between 1741 and 1777). From 1737 to 1739, he was employed decorating the royal palace of Naples.

Coccorante died in Naples in 1750.

Work

He is best known for his large highly detailed landscapes with imaginary classical architectural ruins. He often included small figures in the foreground to emphasize the expansiveness of the ruins. Coccorante is classified as a veduta (or vista) painter. The Honolulu Museum of Art, the Louvre, the Lowe Art Museum (Coral Gables, Florida.), Musée départemental de l'Oise (Beauvais, France), Museum of Grenoble, France), Museo Regionale Agostino Pepoli (Trapani, Italy), and Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco (Milan, Italy) are among the public collections holding paintings by Leonardo Coccorante.

References

• Christies, Important Old Master Paintings, the Properties of the Estate of Josephine Hartford Bryce, etc. [Cavallino, Coccorante, Droochsloot, Dusart, Fontana, Giordano, Guardi, Il Guercino, De Mura, Panini, Preti, De Ribera, Romney, Tintoretto, Etc.], New York, Christies, 1993.
• Fredericksen, Burton and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1972.
• Sothebys, Old Master Paintings. Dirk Dalense. Delft School. Circle Of Johannes Cornelisz. Jan Van Haensbergen. Roman School. Follower Of Lucas Cranach. Jan Van Der Bent. Leonardo Coccorante. George Lambert. Circle of Nicolas De Largilliere, New York, Sothebys, 1996.

Gallery

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  Port of Ostia During a Tempest, oil on canvas, 1740s, Lowe Art Museum
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  Capriccio of architectural ruins with a seascape beyond, oil on canvas
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  Port of Tarento, oil on canvas painting, 1738
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  Capriccio of classical ruins with figures, oil on canvas
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  Capriccio of ruins with figures under stormy night sky, oil on canvas
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  Architecture with figures, oil on canvas
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  Architectural Capriccio with figures, dawn. Oil on canvas, Collezione M (private collection) Rome
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  Architectural Capriccio with figures, dusk. Oil on canvas, Collezione M (private collection) Rome

External links

Media related to Leonardo Coccorante at Wikimedia Commons