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Francia, Francesco - Biography & Artworks | Artheon Museum

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Francia, Francesco

1440–1517

Nationality: Papal States, Lordship of Bologna

Born: 1440, Bologna

Died: 1517, Bologna

Gender: male

Occupations

painter

goldsmith

medalist

type designer

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Biography

Influential Bolognese painter of his period, noted for sweet, softly rounded Madonnas and portraits. Influenced by Costa, his partner, and by Perugino. Comment on works: Religious

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Notable Works

Disputation about the Immaculate Conception
Marriage of Cecilia and Valerian
Burial of Saint Cecilia
Portrait of Evangelista Scappi
Calvary with St. Job at the Foot of the Cross
The Adoration of the Child

Artworks

29 artworks

Madonna and Child with angels

1822–88

Portrait medal of Cardinal Francesco degli Alidosi (obverse); Jupiter and Signs of the Zodiac (reverse)

1505–10

Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Jerome

ca. 1512–15

Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Jerome

1500–10

Madonna and Child

1490s

Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540)

1510

Saint Roch

1502

The Virgin, the Infant Christ, Infant Saint John, and Two Angels

ca. 1514–36

The Virgin, the Infant Christ, Infant Saint John, and Two Angels

ca. 1514–36

Woman pulling Her Hair

ca. 1515

A satyr fighting for a nymph

ca. 1510–40

A satyr fighting for a nymph

ca. 1510–20

Orpheus and Eurydice

ca. 1500–1506

Venus at left holding a golden apple in her right hand and an arrow in her left, Vulcan at his forge beating a piece of iron on an anvil

ca. 1505

Venus crouching by a plinth on top of which stands Cupid

ca. 1510–27

A young man, seated and playing the violin at centre, flanked by two woman holding flutes, another woman in the background

ca. 1510–27