Tommaso Conca Roma 22-12-1734 - 13-12-1822

Tommaso Conca Rome 22-12-1734 13-12-1822 Saint Catherine of Siena oil on canvas cm 44.5 x cm30 antique frame cm 55 x cm 40 Tommaso was born in Rome on December 22, 1734, son of the painter Giovanni Conca (himself a cousin of Sebastiano Conca) and Anna Laura Scarsella; he was baptized in the church of San Lorenzo in Damaso on the 24th of that month. His first teachers were his father and his father's cousin, who taught him Baroque painting techniques. In 1770 Tommaso became a member of the Academy of San Luca, the guild of painters in Rome, which he directed as prince in 1793. I am attaching a photo of a Madonna with Jesus which, in my opinion, is very similar in its execution.