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, and

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from

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, who was also director of the city mint.Levinson:492 He may have trained with Marco Zoppo and was first mentioned as a painter in 1486. His earliest known work is the ''Felicini Madonna'', which is signed and dated 1494. He worked in partnership with Lorenzo Costa, and was influenced by Ercole de' Roberti's and Costa's style. After 1505 he was influenced more by

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and

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual ...

. He had a large workshop and trained

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, Ludovico Marmitta, and several other artists; he produced

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s, in which Raimondi first learnt to engrave, soon excelling his master, according to

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. Raphael's ''Santa Cecilia'' is supposed to have produced such a feeling of inferiority in Francia that it caused him to die of depression. However, as his friendship with Raphael is now well-known, this story has been discredited. He died in Bologna. His sons Giacomo Francia and Giulio Francia were also artists.

Works (selection of paintings)

Until 1500

* ''Crucifixion with St. John and St. Jerome'', c. 1485, 52 cm x 33 cm, oil on wood, Palazzo d'Accursio, Bologna * ''The Holy Family'', c. 1485, 54 cm x 40 cm, oil on wood, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin * ''The Virgin and Child with an Angel'', c. 1490, 58 cm x 44 cm, oil on wood,

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* ''Bartolomeo Bianchini'', c. 1485–1500, 57 cm x 41 cm, oil on wood,

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, London * ''Baptism of Jesus'', c. 1490, 29 cm x 55 cm, oil on wood,

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, Lisbon * ''Madonna and Child with two Angels'', c. 1495, 64 cm x 49 cm, oil on wood,

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, Munich * ''Pala Calcina'', 1500, 193 cm x 151 cm, tempera and oil on canvas (formerly wood),

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the larges ...

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Years 1500-10

* ''Madonna and Child'', c. 1500, 67 cm x 52 cm, oil on wood, Wallington National Trust, Northumberland * ''Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Jerome'', 1500–10, 75 cm x 57 cm, tempera on wood,

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, New York * ''The Annunciation with St. Albert the Carmelite'', c. 1503–04, 182 cm x 132 cm, oil on canvas (formerly wood),

Musée Condé The Musée Condé – in English, the Condé Museum – is a French museum located inside the Château de Chantilly in Chantilly, Oise, 40 km north of Paris. In 1897, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, son of Louis Philippe I, bequeathed the ...

, Chantilly * ''Adoration of the Child'', 1500–05, 175 cm x 132 cm, oil on wood,

, Munich * ''Evangelista Scappi'', 1500–05, 55 cm x 44 cm, oil on wood,

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, Florence * ''Bishop Altobello Averoldo'', c. 1505, 54 cm x 41 cm, oil on wood,

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, Washington * ''Crucifixion'', c. 1505, 246 cm x 146 cm, oil on wood, San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna * ''The life of Saint Cecilia and her husband Valerian'' - scene 1 (''The Marriage'') & 10 (''The Burial''), 1504–1506, 360 cm x 290 cm, frescoes, Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna * ''Venus and Cupid'', 1505–10, 80 cm x 49 cm, oil on wood,

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* ''Baptism of Jesus'', 1509, 209 cm x 169 cm, oil on wood,

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (, ''Old Masters Gallery'') in Dresden, Germany, displays around 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It includes major Italian Renaissance works as well as Dutch and Flemish paintings. Outstand ...

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After 1510

* ''The Holy Family'', c. 1510, 64 cm x 49 cm, oil on wood, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest * ''Federico Gonzaga'' (son of Isabella d'Este), 1510, 45 cm x 34 cm, oil on wood transferred to canvas and finally again on wood,

, New York * ''Portrait likely Isabella d'Este'', 1511, 44 cm x 35 cm, oil on wood, Vienne * ''Pala Buonvisi'', 1510–12, 195 cm x 180 cm, oil on wood,

, London * ''Virgin and the Child and the Infant St. John the Baptist'', 1510–15, 65 cm x 51 cm, oil on wood,

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* ''Virgin and the Child and the Infant St. John the Baptist'' (Francesco Francia and sons),https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/97141/ (18.04.2022) c. 1515, 115 cm x 94 cm, oil on wood,

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References

Citations

Sources

* Giorgio Vasari: Le vite dei più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani, Florence 1568 * George C. Williamson: ''Francesco Raibolini, called Francia'', London 1901 * Giuseppe Piazzi: Le Opere di Francesco Raibolini, detto il Francia, orefice e pittore. Azzoguidi, Bologna 1925 * Emilio Negro, Nicosetta Roio: ''Francesco Francia e la sua scuola''. Artioli Editore, Modena 1998, * *

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Francia, Francesco 1450s births 1517 deaths 15th-century Italian painters 16th-century Italian painters Artists from Bologna Court painters Italian goldsmiths Italian male painters Italian medallists