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Pier Francesco (Il Ticinese) Mola

Pier Francesco (Il Ticinese) Mola (1612 - 1666) was active/lived in Italy, Switzerland.  Pier Mola is known for Baroque religious figure, genre and portrait painting.

Pier Francesco Mola, called Il Ticinese (9 February 1612 - 13 May 1666) was an Italian painter of the High Baroque*, mainly active around Rome.

Mola was born at Coldrerio (now in Ticino, Switzerland). At the age of four, he moved to Rome with his father Giovanni Battista, a painter. With the exception of the years 1633-40 and 1641-47, during which he resided in Venice and Bologna, respectively, he lived for the rest of his life in Rome.

His early training was with the late mannerist* painter Cavalier D'Arpino, and he worked under the classicizing Francesco Albani.

His masterpiece is the fresco* in the gallery of Alexander VII in the Quirinal Palace Gallery, entitled Joseph Making Himself Known to his Brethren (1657). He made six versions of The Flight into Egypt, the earliest and best of which is the first one, The Rest on the Flight into Egypt.

He was elected Principe of the Accademia di San Luca, the Roman artists' professional associa   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2099 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Pier Francesco (Il Ticinese) Mola

   Pier Francesco (Il Ticinese) Mola  Born:  1612 - Coldrerio, (Ticino), Switzerland
Died:   1666 - Rome, Italy
Known for:  Baroque religious figure, genre and portrait painting

Pier Francesco Mola, called Il Ticinese (9 February 1612 - 13 May 1666) was an Italian painter of the High Baroque*, mainly active around Rome.

Mola was born at Coldrerio (now in Ticino, Switzerland). At the age of four, he moved to Rome with his father Giovanni Battista, a painter. With the exception of the years 1633-40 and 1641-47, during which he resided in Venice and Bologna, respectively, he lived for the rest of his life in Rome.

His early training was with the late mannerist* painter Cavalier D'Arpino, and he worked under the classicizing Francesco Albani.

His masterpiece is the fresco* in the gallery of Alexander VII in the Quirinal Palace Gallery, entitled Joseph Making Himself Known to his Brethren (16  ...  Displaying 750 of 2099 characters.

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