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Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540)
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Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540)

Medium

Tempera on wood, transferred from wood to canvas and then again to wood

Dimensions

Overall 18 7/8 x 14 in. (47.9 x 35.6 cm); painted surface 17 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (45.1 x 34.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Francesco Francia

1440–1517Papal StatesLordship of Bologna

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