Leonardo Coccorante
Italian, 1680-1750 , Active in Naples during the frist half of the 18th Century
Active in Naples during the frist half of the 18th Century .was an Italian painter who was born in Naples, Italy. He studied with Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662-1749), Angelo Maria Costa (1670-1721), and finally with Gabriele Ricciardelli (active between 1741 and 1777). From 1737 to 1739, he was employed decorating the royal palace of Naples. Coccorante died in Naples in 1750. He is best known for his large highly detailed landscapes with imaginary classical architectural ruins. He often included small figures in the foreground to emphasize the expansiveness of the ruins. Coccorante is classified as a veduta (or vista) painter. The Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Louvre, the Lowe Art Museum (Coral Gables, Florida.), Mus??e d??partemental de l'Oise (Beauvais, France), Mus??e de Grenoble (Grenoble, France), Museo Regionale Agostino Pepoli (Trapani, Italy), and Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco (Milan, Italy) Related Paintings of Leonardo Coccorante :. | A capriccio of architectural ruins with a seascape beyond | Harbor Scene with Roman Ruins | Architecture with figures | Port of Ostia During a Tempest | Harbor Scene with Roman Ruins | Related Artists: Anton Raffael Mengsa pastel portrait painter
German,1728-1779
William Matthew PriorAmerican, 1806-1873 Vicente Palmaroli Gonzalez1834-1896
Spanish
Vicente Palmaroli Gonzalez Gallery
His father was the Italian lithographer, Gaetano Palmaroli and he studied in San Fernando's Royal Academy. He later went to Rome in 1857 to complete his training, and he lived there until 1866. One year later, he went to the Paris World's Fair of 1867. He met Ernest Meissonier, who influenced his later works.
He was academician in San Fernando's Royal Academy, and director in the Spanish Academy in Rome and Prado Museum (1893-1896).
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