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Born in Gaeta, Sebastiano Conca trained in Naples with Francesco Solimena before settling in Rome in 1707. He received commissions for churches including San Clemente and Santa Cecilia. His decorative painting contributed to the development of Roman Rococo from the Baroque tradition. Religious subjects appear alongside narratives from antiquity throughout his work.
The Prado’s Education of Achilles, painted in 1727 for Cardinal Bentivoglio, reproduces a temporary festival decoration erected outside the Spanish embassy in Rome. At Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum, a small oil sketch long called David and Saul may depict Alexander before his father, Philip II. The identification is uncertain, while its fluid handling preserves the character of a preparatory study.
This profile brings together identity references for Sebastiano Conca and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Werkstatt Anbetung der Könige
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2016-12-12
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on canvas
Werkstatt Anbetung der Könige
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2016-09-16
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Oil on canvas
Werkstatt Anbetung der Könige
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2016-03-18
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 5000–7000
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