Francesco de Mura (1696 – 1782)
• Was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period.
• He was active mainly in Naples and Turin.
• Francesco de Mura, also referred to as Franceschiello, was a pupil of Francesco Solimena, then later with Domenico Viola.
• While still in his teens he painted frescoes (1715) in San Nicola alla Carità in Naples.
• He painted ten canvases of the Virtues and an Adoration of the Magi (1728) for the church of Santa Maria Donnaromita.
• His other works include frescoes of the Adoration of the Magi (1732) in the apsidal dome of the church of the Nunziatella.
• De Mura also painted portraits.
• Among his pupils were Pietro Bardellino, Giacinto Diano, Fedele Fischetti, Oronzo Tiso, Nicola Menzele and Girolamo Starace.
