François de Nomé (1593 – after 1644)

• Was a French painter.
• Born in Metz in the Lorraine region in 1593.
• At the age of eleven he is documented in Rome.
• In Rome he studied with a Maestro Baldassare who has been tentatively identified as the Flemish painter Balthazar Lauwers.
• François de Nomé formulated a highly individual style that has echoes of the Mannerism of Giulio Romano.
• From 1610 onwards De Nomé is documented in Naples where he remained for the rest of his life.

• François de Nomé’s work is characterised by his use of a small format and the application of heavy impasto.

• The chronology of his oeuvre is difficult to establish as only a few of his paintings are dated and the figures in these dates are difficult to read.
• The figures in his compositions were often painted by other artists including Belisario Corenzio and Jacob van Swanenburgh. 

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