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Pier Francesco Mola - Blind Homer

Blind Homer

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
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Pier Francesco Mola

Pier Francesco Mola, called Il Ticinese 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 Mola, 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 as a fresco painter is widely considered to be the fresco in the gallery of Alexander VII in the Quirinal Palace Gallery, entitled Joseph making himself known to his Brethren (1657). However, Mola is considered to have been better as a painter of small pictures, especially landscapes. 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 association, in 1662, but his last years were neither profitable nor prolific. Among his pupils were Jean-Baptiste Forest, Antonio Gherardi, and Giuseppe Bonati.

With his looser style and handling, more naturalistic palette, and interest in exploring landscape elements, Mola differs from the prevailing, highly-theoretical classicism of such leading 17th-century Roman painters as Andrea Sacchi.

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Iris appearing to Turnus

Iris appearing to Turnus (1658–1659)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Four Caricatured Heads

Four Caricatured Heads (1612–66)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Saint Joseph Reading A Book And Holding A Flowering Staff

Saint Joseph Reading A Book And Holding A Flowering Staff

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Diane and Endymion

Diane and Endymion (1660)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Forest Scene, a Halt at the Left, a Hunt at the Center

Forest Scene, a Halt at the Left, a Hunt at the Center (1612–66)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Two Studies for the Figure of Joseph

Two Studies for the Figure of Joseph (1655)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Artists Drawing and Painting in a Studio

Artists Drawing and Painting in a Studio (1612–66)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Tête d’homme

Tête d’homme

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
A man wearing a turban

A man wearing a turban

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Conversion of Saint Paul

Conversion of Saint Paul (1612–66)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
The Baptism Of Christ

The Baptism Of Christ

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
The Vision of Saint Bruno

The Vision of Saint Bruno (1660)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Erminia Carving The Name Of Tancred On A Tree

Erminia Carving The Name Of Tancred On A Tree

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
Iris appearing to Turnus; study of a Helmet

Iris appearing to Turnus; study of a Helmet (1658–1659)

Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612-1666)
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