Pier Francesco Mola Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
Art Institute of Chicago
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia Vision of Saint Bruno, 1660s The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1650s Jacob Meeting Rachel, ca.1659
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Iris Appearing to Turnus, 1658 The Vision of Saint Bruno, 1660
Kress Foundation Collection (Look for the "Image" links for super high resolution scans) Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep, ca.1645-55
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Louvre Museum Database, Paris
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) 
Pier Francesco Mola at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
National Gallery, London, UK
Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK
The Royal Collection, London, UK (Zoomable - look for the magnifying glass and the text "Magnify image") Bacchus and Ariadne, ca.1647-48
Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College, Ohio Mercury Putting Argus to Sleep
Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford, UK
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Spain Virgin and Child
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK 8 works by or related to the artist
Drawings from the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Le Musée Ingres, Montauban, France (in French)  Click on the artist name, then on the artwork title to view the work
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France Moise Foulant Aux Pieds la Couronne de Pharaon
Musee Magnin, Dijon, France
Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Narodna Galerija (National Gallery), Ljubljana, Slovenia (in Slovenian) 
National Museum of Art of Romania Agar and Ishmael in the Desert
Palais Fesch Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ajaccio, France (in French) 
Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey
State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen Click "English" at the top right to switch the default language, then click "Search"
The Albertina Graphic Art Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid - to switch to English, scroll to the bottom of the page and click "English Version" - images are zoomable; click on the "expand" icon below the detail image Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness, ca.1650-55
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums
Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French) 
UK National Inventory of Continental European Paintings (NICE)
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW! (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW! (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Pier Francesco Mola in the Art Renewal Center
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  (a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)
Pier Francesco Mola at CGFA 
Pier Francesco Mola in the Web Gallery of Art 
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish) 
State Hermitage Museum Unofficial Site
University of Michigan SILS Art Image Browser
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Fred R. Kline Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Aaron, Holy to the Lord, ca.1650
Interpol Stolen Works of Art Night Landscape with a fisherman, stolen by armed robbers from a museum in Serbia and Montenegro
Articles and Reference Sites:
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
La Tribune de l'Art (in French) 
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes) 
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