In the present day François de Nomé continues to be associated with the name of Monsù Desiderio, a name traditionally used to cover the work of two different artists: Francóis de Nomé and Didier Barra.

Both artists, who have recently been distinguished from each other and identified, were natives of Metz and were active in Naples during the first half of the 17th century, where on occasions they worked together.??François de Nomé moved to Rome at the age of around eleven.

He trained there with the Master Baldassare, who was probably the Flemish landscape painter Balthazar Lauwers, also known as Lauri. In addition to the ...