Henry IV
Giacomo Franco
1501 to 1550
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 19.6 × 13 cm (7 11/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1950.14.629
About the Artist
Giacomo Franco · 1550–1620
**Giacomo Franco (1550–1620)** Giacomo Franco, born around 1550 possibly in Urbino or Venice, emerged as a pivotal figure in Venetian printmaking as the natural son of the painter and engraver Battista Franco Veneziano. He likely received his early training in his father's workshop at Santa Fosca, where Battista had executed notable etchings of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel and Raphael's Vatican ...