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Francesco Curia (1538-1610) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The Renaissance (from French Renaissance, meaning "rebirth" Italian: Rinascimento, from re- "again" and nascere Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo (c 1500 - 1584 was an Italian painter active during the late- Renaissance period mainly in Naples. Among his pupils were Fabrizio Santafede[1] and Ippolito Borghese. Fabrizio Santafede (c 1560–1635 was an Italian painter of the late- Renaissance and early- Baroque periods Ippolito Borghese (late 1500s &ndash March 1627 was an Italian painter of the late- Renaissance, born in Sigillo (near Perugia in the late 16th century

He was one of several artists residing in Naples that were influenced by the style of Giorgio Vasari. Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous [2]

References

  1. ^ John Denison Champlin and Charles Callahan Perkins, ed. (1887), Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, C. Scribner's sons, pp. Charles Scribner's Sons is a publisher The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years 112, <http://books.google.com/books?id=RQYFAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA112&lpg=RA1-PA112> 
  2. ^ Porter, Jeanne Chenault (1993), Parthenope's Splendor: Art of the Golden Age in Naples, Penn State Press, pp. The Penn State University Press, also called Penn State Press was established in 1956 and is a non-profit Publisher of scholarly books and journals 64, 0915773066, <http://books.google.com/books?id=GgoTlGKceHMC&printsec=frontcover#PPA64,M1> 
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