Sebastiano Conca (1676 or 1680–1764)

• Was an Italian painter.
• He was born at Gaeta, then part of the Kingdom of Naples.
• Conca apprenticed in Naples under Francesco Solimena.
• In 1706, along with his brother Giovanni, who acted as his assistant, he settled in Rome.
• He was patronized by the Cardinal Ottoboni, who introduced him to Clement XI.
• Conca was knighted by the pope.
• He collaborated with Carlo Maratta in the Coronation of Santa Cecilia (1721–24) in the namesake church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere.
• In 1718 he was elected to the Accademia di San Luca, and was its director in 1729–1731.
• He was also elected Principe in 1739–1741.  

• Among Conca's pupils there were Pompeo Battoni, Andrea Casali, Placido Campoli, Corrado Giaquinto, Gregorio Giusti, Gaetano Lapis, Salvatore Monosilio, Litterio Paladini, Francesco Preziao, Rosalba Maria Salvioni, Gasparo Serenari, Agostino Masucci, Domenico Giomi.

• In 1739, he published a guide to painting: Ammonimenti, which blended moralistic advice with technique.

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