Francesco Campora ( Rivarolo, 16 January 1693 –

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, 19 December 1763) was an Italian painter of the late-

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Biography

He initially trained in Genoa, under Giuseppe Palmieri, then under

Domenico Parodi Domenico Parodi (1672 – 19 December 1742, in Genoa) was an Italian painter, as well as a sculptor and architect, of the late-Baroque. He was the son of the famous Genoese sculptor Filippo Parodi and the older brother of the Baroque painter Gi ...

, but moved to

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by the age of twenty years to study in the studio of

Francesco Solimena Francesco Solimena (4 October 1657 – 3 April 1747) was a prolific Italian Baroque painter, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. Biography Francesco Solimena was born in Canale di Serino in the province of Avellino. H ...

. He would return to Genoa via Rome. Among his works, mostly for churches, were ''Jesus giving Peter the Keys'' for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Genoa; ''Sbarco delle ceneri del Battista'' for the Oratory of Santo Cristo at

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; ''Saints Nicolas and Erasmus with the Virgin'' for the church of Sant' Erasmo at

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; a ''Saints Michael and Francis of Sales'' for the church of Gesù e Maria, Genoa; ''Repose in Egypt'' for the church of San Francesco d'Albaro; a ''Saints Rocco and Isidore'' for the church of

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, ''Marriage of the Virgin'' for the church of San Siro; and altarpiece of ''St John the Baptists and other saints'' for the Cathedral of Sarzana (

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). He was a member of the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti founded in 1751.

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18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters 1693 births 1763 deaths Painters from Naples Painters from Genoa People from Rivarolo Ligure 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub