Francesco Paolo Finocchiaro

Francesco Paolo Finocchiaro (15 March 1868 – 26 April 1947) was an Italian painter, known mostly for his portraits.

He then spent five years in Rome, supporting himself by painting portraits.

He did have a commission to paint a Baptism of Jesus for the Basilica church of Santa Maria Assunta in Randazzo.

He made copies of a painting by Prospero Piatti found in the Duomo di Ferrara, and of an Enthroned Madonna by Pietro Vanni and other paintings.

He painted multiple portraits, including those of Enrico Caruso, Theodore and Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Ambassador des Planches.