Francesco Melanzio (1460–1526) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

painter of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

period in

Montefalco Montefalco is a historic small hill town in Umbria, Italy, with a population of 5,581 in August 2017. It has been settled since pre-Roman times, and retains many of its historic buildings. From 1446 to 1861 it was part of the Papal States. It is on ...

, Umbria. He was born in Montefalco, and said to have been, along with

Bernardino di Mariotto Bernardino Di Mariotto dello Stagno (Perugia, circa 1478 - Perugia, 1566) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Biography He trained first under either Lodovico di Angelo Mattioli of Perugia or Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, and later worked ...

, a pupil of

Fiorenzo di Lorenzo Fiorenzo di Lorenzo ( 1440 – 1522) was an Italian painter, of the Umbrian school. He lived and worked at Perugia, where most of his authentic works are still preserved in the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria. Fiorenzo is known from a few sig ...

. He painted extensive frescoes in the Monastery of San Francesco in Montefalco.Rassegna d'arte antica e moderna
Volumes 6-7, Article: ''La Pittura all'Esposizione d'arte Antica di Perugia'', by F. Mason Perkins (1907), page 304.

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1460 births 1526 deaths Umbrian painters 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters People from Montefalco {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub