Pier Francesco Mola
(1612–1666) Swiss painter (1612-1666)
Pier Francesco Mola (Switzerland, 1612–1666) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Pier Francesco Mola belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Pier Francesco Mola was born in Coldrerio and died in Rome. Pier Francesco Mola studied under Giuseppe Cesari. Wikidata associates Pier Francesco Mola with Baroque.
The best-known works include ‘Erminia and Valfrino Tending the Wounded Tancred After the Battle with Argante’, ‘Oriental Warrior’, and ‘Rest on the Flight into Egypt’. The catalogue has 82 works by Pier Francesco Mola with free images. The dated works span the years 1600–1700. Works by Pier Francesco Mola are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Département des peintures du Louvre, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Birmingham Museums Trust. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Isidoro Bianchi, Francesco Borromini, Giovanni Battista Carlone, David III Ryckaert, and Lubin Baugin.