Francesco Guarino

"Francesco Guarini" redirects here. For the bishop, see Francesco Guarini (bishop).

Francesco Guarino
Francesco Guarino, Saint Agnes, 1650
Born	1611 Sant'Andrea Apostolo, Solofra
Died	1651–1654
Other names	Francesco Guarini
Occupation	artist

Francesco Guarino or Guarini (1611 – 1651 or 1654) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in the mountainous area east of Naples called Irpinia, and in other areas of the Kingdom of Naples, chiefly Campania, Apulia, and Molise.

Biography

He was born in Sant'Andrea Apostolo, today a frazione of Solofra in the Province of Avellino, Campania, and died in Gravina in Puglia. He was a pupil first locally of his father, Giovanni Tommaso Guarino, before moving to Naples to work in the studio of Massimo Stanzione. In Naples, like many of his contemporaries there, he was influenced by the style of Caravaggio. In his selection of models who appear to have been plucked from the streets of Naples, he recalls the style of Bernardo Cavallino, the fellow-pupil of Stanzioni. Among his masterpieces are the works for Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo in Solofra.

Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia, c. 1650, Museum of Grenoble

References

• Short biography
• Short biography
• Biography and images from History of Solofra webpage

External links

• Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Francesco Guarino (see index)