Bishop Altobello Averoldo
Francesco Francia
c. 1505
Medium
oil on poplar panel
Dimensions
painted surface: 52.8 × 40 cm (20 13/16 × 15 3/4 in.) overall (with unpainted edges): 54 × 40.8 cm (21 1/4 × 16 1/16 in.) framed: 73.34 × 60.64 × 5.4 cm (28 7/8 × 23 7/8 × 2 1/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CIS-R
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1952.5.64
About the Artist
Francesco Francia · 1447–1517
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