Resumen de "Ce peintre étant un peu délicat": zur europäischen Erfolgsgeschichte von Francesco Solimena
The writer discusses the successful European career of 18th-century Neapolitan painter Francesco Solimena. Solimena patrons, figures such as Karl VI von Habsburg, represented Europe's political elite. His school was attended by Italian painters of the Late Baroque, such as Francesco De Mura and Sebastiano Conca, as well as Austrian and South German artists. The writer addresses Solimena's beginnings and early career, his relations with patrons and strategic insights, his pictorial language, and his later business conduct.
