Francesco Curia (1538–1610) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples. He was the son of the painter Michele Curia. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Among his pupils were Fabrizio Santafede[1] and Ippolito Borghese.
He was one of several artists residing in Naples that were influenced by the style of Giorgio Vasari.[2]
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- Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone. p. 69.
- Ippolita, Di Majo (2002). Electa Naples (ed.). Francesco Curia. L'opera completa The complete work. The classic. Napoli: Electa Napoli. ISBN 88-510-0063-8.
- ^ John Denison Champlin and Charles Callahan Perkins, ed. (1887). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. C. Scribner's sons. p. 112. ISBN 9780804605359.
- ^ Porter, Jeanne Chenault (1993). Parthenope's Splendor: Art of the Golden Age in Naples. Penn State Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-915773-06-0.
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