Italian painter (1696–1782) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francesco de Mura (21 April 1696 – 19 August 1782) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples and Turin. His late work reflects the style of neoclassicism.
While still in his teens he painted frescoes (1715) in San Nicola alla Carità in Naples. He painted ten canvases of the Virtues and an Adoration of the Magi (1728) for the church of Santa Maria Donnaromita. His other works include frescoes of the Adoration of the Magi (1732) in the apsidal dome of the church of the Nunziatella. De Mura also painted portraits.
Saint François Xavier Preaching to the Natives, Nunziatella, Naples
Assumption of the Virgin, ceiling of the Nunziatella, Naples
Portrait of count James Joseph O'Mahoney, lieutenant-general in the service of Naples, knight of Saint Januarius (c.1748), Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge[5]
The Virgin Mary Presenting a Portrait of Saint Dominic to the Monks of Soriano, Art Institute of Chicago
The Virgin Mary Indicating the Monogram of Christ to Saint Ludovico di Gonzaga (c.1750), Gesù Vecchio, Naples
Le belle arti, Volumes 1-2, By Giovanni Battista Gennaro Grossi, Tipografia del Giornale Enciclopedico, Strada del Salvadore a Sant'Angelo a Nilo #48, Naples (1820); page 194.
(in French)Renaissance du Musée de Brest, acquisitions récentes: [exposition], Musée du Louvre, Aile de Flore, Département des Peintures, 25 October 1974-27 January 1975, Paris, 1974, 80 p.
