Sebastiano Conca
(1680–1764) Italian painter (1680-1764)
Sebastiano Conca (1680–1764) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Sebastiano Conca belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Sebastiano Conca was born in Gaeta and died in Naples. Sebastiano Conca studied under Francesco Solimena. The students included Corrado Giaquinto, Cristóbal Valero, and Pompeo Batoni.
The best-known works include ‘Allegory of Fame’, ‘Boreas Abducting Oreithyia’, ‘Sketch for Sepulchrers’, and ‘Madonna and Child with Saint John of Nepomuk’. The catalogue has 42 works by Sebastiano Conca with free images. The dated works span the years 1635–1750. Works by Sebastiano Conca are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Walters Art Museum, Department of Paintings of the Louvre, and Pradomuseet.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Dorothea Maria Graff, Jacques Caffieri, Faustina Maratti, Jean-François de Troy, and Michel-Ange Houasse.