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Pier Francesco Mola

1612 - 1666

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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pier Francesco Mola is the 1,749th most popular painter (down from 1,590th in 2019), the 518th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 431st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Swiss Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Pier Francesco Mola ranks 1,749 out of 2,023. Before him are Jean-Paul Riopelle, Philip Guston, Morris Louis, Ditlev Blunck, Walter Leistikow, and Emmanuel Lubezki. After him are Charles Willson Peale, Andrei Kolkoutine, Marianne Stokes, Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst, Frederick Sandys, and Vilho Lampi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1612, Pier Francesco Mola ranks 26. Before him are Frans Post, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Anne Bradstreet, and Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn. After him is Richard Crashaw. Among people deceased in 1666, Pier Francesco Mola ranks 16. Before him are Armand de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Song Yingxing, Senhime, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Gysbert Japiks, and Albert Eckhout.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Pier Francesco Mola ranks 518 out of 1,015. Before him are Paul Scherrer (1890), Martin Suter (1948), Karl Bodmer (1809), Gottfried Honegger (1917), Kurt Furgler (1924), and Ludwig von Moos (1910). After him are Willy Jäggi (1906), Heinrich Schmid (1921), Wilhelm Matthias Naeff (1802), Giuseppe Lepori (1902), Eugen Meier (1930), and James of Saint George (1230).

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Among PAINTERS In Switzerland

Among painters born in Switzerland, Pier Francesco Mola ranks 31. Before him are Salomon Gessner (1730), Hans Erni (1909), Cuno Amiet (1868), Antonio Ciseri (1821), Karl Bodmer (1809), and Gottfried Honegger (1917). After him are Pipilotti Rist (1962), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), and Milo Moiré (1986).

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