Leonardo Coccorante

Leonardo Coccorante (1680–1750) was an Italian painter known for his capricci depicting imaginary landscapes with ruins of classical architecture.

Harbor with Roman Ruins by Leonardo Coccorante, c. 1740-50, Honolulu Museum of Art

Life

Leonardo Coccorante was born in Naples, Italy. He studied or worked under Nicola Casissa, the Flemish landscape painter Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662–1749), Angelo Maria Costa (1670–1721), and finally with Gabriele Ricciardelli (active between 1741 and 1777). From 1737 to 1739, he was employed decorating the royal palace of Naples.

Coccorante died in Naples in 1750.

Work

He is best known for his large highly detailed landscapes with imaginary classical architectural ruins. He often included small figures in the foreground to emphasize the expansiveness of the ruins. Coccorante is classified as a veduta (vista) painter. Public collections holding paintings by Coccorante include the Museo Regionale Agostino Pepoli (Trapani, Italy), Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco (Milan, Italy), the Louvre, the Musée départemental de l'Oise (Beauvais, France), the Museum of Grenoble ( France), the Lowe Art Museum (Coral Gables, Florida), and the Honolulu Museum of Art, .

References

• Christies, Important Old Master Paintings, the Properties of the Estate of Josephine Hartford Bryce, etc. [Cavallino, Coccorante, Droochsloot, Dusart, Fontana, Giordano, Guardi, Il Guercino, De Mura, Panini, Preti, De Ribera, Romney, Tintoretto, Etc.], New York, Christies, 1993.
• Fredericksen, Burton and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1972.
• Sothebys, Old Master Paintings. Dirk Dalense. Delft School. Circle Of Johannes Cornelisz. Jan Van Haensbergen. Roman School. Follower Of Lucas Cranach. Jan Van Der Bent. Leonardo Coccorante. George Lambert. Circle of Nicolas De Largilliere, New York, Sothebys, 1996.

Gallery

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  Port of Ostia During a Tempest, oil on canvas, 1740s, Lowe Art Museum
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  Capriccio of architectural ruins with a seascape beyond, oil on canvas
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  Port of Tarento, oil on canvas painting, 1738
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  Capriccio of classical ruins with figures, oil on canvas
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  Capriccio of ruins with figures under stormy night sky, oil on canvas
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  Architecture with figures, oil on canvas
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  Architectural Capriccio with figures, dawn. Oil on canvas, Collezione M (private collection) Rome
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  Architectural Capriccio with figures, dusk. Oil on canvas, Collezione M (private collection) Rome

External links

Media related to Leonardo Coccorante at Wikimedia Commons