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SEBASTIANO CONCA (1679-1764)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 823 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CONCA (1679-1764)  , See also:Italian painter of the Florentine school, was See also:born at See also:Gaeta, and studied at See also:Naples under See also:Francesco Solimena . In 1706, along with his See also:brother Giovanni, who acted as his assistant, he settled at See also:Rome, where for several years he worked in See also:chalk only, to improve his See also:drawing . He was patronized by the See also:Cardinal Ottoboni, who introduced him to See also:Clement XI.; and a See also:Jeremiah painted in the See also:church of St See also:John Lateran was rewarded by the See also:pope with See also:knighthood and by the cardinal with a See also:diamond See also:cross . His fame See also:grew quickly, and he received the patronage of most of the crowned heads of See also:Europe . He painted till near the See also:day of his See also:death, and See also:left behind him an immense number of pictures, mostly of a brilliant and showy See also:kind, which are distributed among the churches of See also:Italy . Of these the Probatica, or See also:Pool of Siloam, in the See also:hospital of See also:Santa Maria della Scala, at See also:Siena, is considered the finest .

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