Nicola Gliri

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Nicola Gliri (1630 -1687) (pronounced "Leary"), called in Latin Nicolaus Glirus, was an Italian Baroque painter active in the region of Apulia.

He was born in Bitonto, but his best known works were completed alongside Carlo Rosa for the Basilica di San Nicola in Bari. Both are said to have been pupils of Paolo Finoglio.[http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/Ministero/UfficioStampa/News/visualizza_asset.html_426276680.html MIBACT - Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo], Bari: in mostra il dipinto di Alessandro Turchi, detto l'Orbetto, raffigurante i Santi Cosma e Damiano, exhibition, lighter notes. The work was commissioned by the prior Giovanni Montero (1655-1674) and consisted of six lunettes in the crypt, with one signed 1660.[http://www.basilicasannicola.it Website of Basilica], entry on Neapolitan and Puglise Baroque.

Gliri also painted a Madonna delle Sette Dolori with Saints Francis of Assisi and Francis Xavier (1684-1686) for the Cathedral of Ruvo.[http://ilsedente.altervista.org/2596/lotta-tra-poteri-il-dipinto-della-madonna-dei-sette-dolori-e-linterdetto-ecclesiastico/ Il Sedente], article on the painting of the Madonna dei Sette Dolori.

Among his pupils was Vitantonio De Filippis.[http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vitantonio-de-filippis_(Dizionario_Biografico)/ Encyclopedia Treccani], Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 33 (1987), entry by Antonio Castellano on De Filippis.