Francesco Francia

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Francesco Francia was an Italian Renaissance painter and goldsmith from Bologna, known for his refined religious altarpieces and influential role in the Bolognese school of painting.

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instanceOf Italian Renaissance painter
engraver
goldsmith
human
medallist
birthName Francesco Raibolini NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Italy
dateOfBirth c. 1450
dateOfDeath 1517
employer Bentivoglio family
ethnicGroup Italian
fieldOfWork medal design
metalwork
panel painting
genre altarpiece
religious art
influenced Bolognese school of painting
linked to: Bolognese School

Girolamo da Carpi
Marcantonio Raimondi
influencedBy Ercole de’ Roberti
Lorenzo Costa NERFINISHED
Perugino
movement Bolognese school of painting
linked to: Bolognese School

Italian Renaissance
name Francesco Francia
notableStudent Girolamo da Treviso the Elder
Marcantonio Raimondi
Timoteo Viti
notableWork Madonna and Child with Saints (various altarpieces)
Pala Bentivoglio
Pala dei Felicini
linked to: Pala Bentivoglio

Pietà (various versions)
linked to: Pietà
notedFor influential role in the Bolognese school of painting
refined religious altarpieces
occupation engraver
goldsmith
medallist
painter
placeOfBirth Bologna
placeOfDeath Bologna
positionHeld head of the goldsmiths’ guild in Bologna
religion Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male
signature FRANCIA or FRANCIA AVRIFEX
style refined, harmonious compositions
serene devotional mood
soft modeling of figures
workLocation Bologna
Ferrara
Modena

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Francesco Francia name Francesco Francia