Bishop Altobello Averoldo

Bishop Altobello Averoldo by Francesco Francia

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 · 14471517

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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