# Francesco Francia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Francesco_Francia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Francesco_Francia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Francia > Source revision: 1348217488 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist Francesco Francia *Bentivolio coin* by Francesco Francia **Francesco Francia**, whose real name was **Francesco Raibolini** (1447 – 5 January 1517), was an Italian painter, [goldsmith](/source/Goldsmith), and [medallist](/source/Medallist) from [Bologna](/source/Bologna), who was also director of the city mint.[1][2] ## Biography He may have trained with [Marco Zoppo](/source/Marco_Zoppo) and was first mentioned as a painter in 1486. His earliest known work is the *Felicini Madonna*, which is signed and dated 1494. He worked in partnership with [Lorenzo Costa](/source/Lorenzo_Costa), and was influenced by [Ercole de' Roberti](/source/Ercole_de'_Roberti)'s and Costa's style. After 1505 he was influenced more by [Perugino](/source/Perugino) and [Raphael](/source/Raphael). He had a large workshop and trained [Marcantonio Raimondi](/source/Marcantonio_Raimondi), [Ludovico Marmitta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ludovico_Marmitta&action=edit&redlink=1),[3] and several other artists; he produced [niellos](/source/Niello), in which Raimondi first learnt to engrave, soon excelling his master, according to [Vasari](/source/Vasari). Raphael's *Santa Cecilia* is supposed to have produced such a feeling of inferiority in Francia that it caused him to die of depression. However, as his friendship with Raphael is now well-known, this story has been discredited. He died in Bologna. His sons [Giacomo Francia](/source/Giacomo_Francia) and [Giulio Francia](/source/Giulio_Francia) were also artists. ## Works (selection of paintings) ### Until 1500 - *Crucifixion with St. John and St. Jerome*, c. 1485, 52 cm x 33 cm, oil on wood, [Palazzo d'Accursio](/source/Palazzo_d'Accursio), Bologna - *The Holy Family*, c. 1485, 54 cm x 40 cm, oil on wood, [Gemäldegalerie](/source/Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie_(Berlin)), Berlin - *The Virgin and Child with an Angel*, c. 1490, 58 cm x 44 cm, oil on wood, [Carnegie Museum of Art](/source/Carnegie_Museum_of_Art), [Pittsburgh](/source/Pittsburgh) - *Bartolomeo Bianchini*,[4] c. 1485–1500, 57 cm x 41 cm, oil on wood, [National Gallery](/source/National_Gallery), London - *Baptism of Jesus*, c. 1490, 29 cm x 55 cm, oil on wood, [Calouste Gulbenkian Museum](/source/Calouste_Gulbenkian_Museum), Lisbon - *Madonna and Child with two Angels*, c. 1495, 64 cm x 49 cm, oil on wood, [Alte Pinakothek](/source/Alte_Pinakothek), Munich - *Pala Calcina*, 1500, 193 cm x 151 cm, tempera and oil on canvas (formerly wood), [Hermitage Museum](/source/Hermitage_Museum), Saint Petersburg - *Crucifixion* c. 1485, Bologna - *The Holy Family* c. 1485, Berlin - *Madonna with Angel* 1495-1500, Pittsburg - *Bartolomeo Biachini* 1485-1500, London - *Madonna with Angels* c. 1495, Munich ### Years 1500-10 - *Madonna and Child*, c. 1500, 67 cm x 52 cm, oil on wood, [Wallington Hall](/source/Wallington_Hall), [National Trust](/source/National_Trust), Northumberland - *Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Jerome*,[5] 1500–10, 75 cm x 57 cm, tempera on wood, [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art), New York - *The Annunciation with St. Albert the Carmelite*, c. 1503–04, 182 cm x 132 cm, oil on canvas (formerly wood), [Musée Condé](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_Cond%C3%A9), Chantilly - *Adoration of the Child*, 1500–05, 175 cm x 132 cm, oil on wood, [Alte Pinakothek](/source/Alte_Pinakothek), Munich - *Evangelista Scappi*, 1500–05, 55 cm x 44 cm, oil on wood, [Uffizi](/source/Uffizi), Florence - *Bishop Altobello Averoldo*,[6] c. 1505, 54 cm x 41 cm, oil on wood, [National Gallery of Art](/source/National_Gallery_of_Art), Washington - *Crucifixion*, c. 1505, 246 cm x 146 cm, oil on wood, [San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna](/source/San_Giacomo_Maggiore%2C_Bologna) - *The life of Saint Cecilia and her husband Valerian* - scene 1 (*The Marriage*) & 10 (*The Burial*), 1504–1506, 360 cm x 290 cm, frescoes, [Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna](/source/Oratorio_di_Santa_Cecilia%2C_Bologna) - *Venus and Cupid*, 1505–10, 80 cm x 49 cm, oil on wood, [Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mulhouse](/source/Mus%C3%A9e_des_Beaux-Arts_de_Mulhouse) - *Baptism of Jesus*, 1509, 209 cm x 169 cm, oil on wood, [Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister](/source/Gem%C3%A4ldegalerie_Alte_Meister), Dresden - *Madonna* c. 1500, Northumberland - *Adoration of Child* 1500-05, Munich - *Evangelista Scappi* 1500-05, Florence - *Altobello Averoldo* c. 1505, Washington - Cecilia / Le Mariage 1504-06, Bologna - *Venus and Cupid* 1505-10, Mulhouse ### After 1510 - *The Holy Family*, c. 1510, 64 cm x 49 cm, oil on wood, [Museum of Fine Arts](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts_(Budapest)), Budapest - *Federico Gonzaga* (son of Isabella d'Este),[7] 1510, 45 cm x 34 cm, oil on wood transferred to canvas and finally again on wood, [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art), New York - *Portrait likely Isabella d'Este*, 1511, 44 cm x 35 cm, oil on wood, Vienna - *Pala Buonvisi*,[8] 1510–12, 195 cm x 180 cm, oil on wood, [National Gallery](/source/National_Gallery), London - *Presentation of Jesus in the temple*,[9] 1510–13, 201 cm x 145 cm, oil on wood, [Pinacoteca Comunale di Cesena](/source/Pinacoteca_Comunale_di_Cesena), Italy - *Virgin and the Child and the Infant St. John the Baptist*,[10] 1510–15, 65 cm x 51 cm, oil on wood, [São Paulo Museum of Art](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo_Museum_of_Art) - *Virgin and the Child and the Infant St. John the Baptist* (Francesco Francia and sons),[11] c. 1515, 115 cm x 94 cm, oil on wood, [National Gallery of Victoria](/source/National_Gallery_of_Victoria), Melbourne - *Federico Gonzaga* 1510, New York - *Likely Isabella d'Este* 1511, Vienna - *Pala Buonvisi* 1510-12, London - *Presentation of Jesus* 1510-13, Italy - *Madonna* 1510-15, São Paulo - *Madonna* (Francia & sons) c. 1515, Melbourne ## See also - [*Adoration of the Shepherds* (Raphael)](/source/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(Raphael)) ## References ### Citations 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Levinson:492_1-0)** Levinson:492 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Jameson_2-0)** Mrs Jameson (December 29, 1866). "Lives of the Early Painters: Francesco Raibolini, Called Il Francia". *The American Art Journal*. **6** (10): 152–153. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [25306713](https://www.jstor.org/stable/25306713). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Dizionario biografico dei Parmigiani illustri o benemeriti nelle scienze, nelle lettere, e nelle arti](https://archive.org/details/dizionariobiogr02janegoog), by Giovanni Battista Janelli, Genoa, 1877, page 241. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Francesco Francia | Bartolomeo Bianchini | NG2487 | National Gallery, London"](https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/francesco-francia-bartolomeo-bianchini). *www.nationalgallery.org.uk*. Retrieved 2024-09-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Francia, Madonna and Child, 1500, Metropolitan](http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436335) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Francia, Francesco (c. 1505), [*Bishop Altobello Averoldo*](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.41679.html), retrieved 2024-09-12 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Francesco Francia | Federico Gonzaga (1500–1540)"](https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/436333). *The Metropolitan Museum of Art*. Retrieved 2024-09-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Francesco Francia | Saint Anne with the Virgin and Four Saints | NG179 | National Gallery, London"](https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/francesco-francia-saint-anne-with-the-virgin-and-four-saints). *www.nationalgallery.org.uk*. Retrieved 2024-09-12. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [https://w3id.org/arco/resource/HistoricOrArtisticProperty/0800024493](https://w3id.org/arco/resource/HistoricOrArtisticProperty/0800024493) [*[bare URL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs)*] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [https://masp.org.br/en/collections/works/virgin-and-the-child-and-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist](https://masp.org.br/en/collections/works/virgin-and-the-child-and-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist) (18.04.2022) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Works | NGV | View Work"](https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/97141/). *www.ngv.vic.gov.au*. Retrieved 2024-09-12. ### Sources - Giorgio Vasari: Le vite dei più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani, Florence 1568 - George C. Williamson: *Francesco Raibolini, called Francia*, London 1901 - Giuseppe Piazzi: Le Opere di Francesco Raibolini, detto il Francia, orefice e pittore. Azzoguidi, Bologna 1925 - Emilio Negro, Nicosetta Roio: *Francesco Francia e la sua scuola*. Artioli Editore, Modena 1998, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8877920572](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8877920572) - Hickson, Sally (2009). ["'To see ourselves as others see us': Giovanni Francesco Zaninello of Ferrara and the portrait of Isabella d'Este by Francesco Francia"](https://www.academia.edu/download/48111495/j.1477-4658.2009.00565.x20160817-7953-12wu9q6.pdf) (PDF). *Renaissance Studies*. **23** (3): 288–310. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1111/j.1477-4658.2009.00565.x](https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1477-4658.2009.00565.x). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0269-1213](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0269-1213).[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*] - Gillet, Louis (1909). ["Francia"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Francia). In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). *[Catholic Encyclopedia](/source/Catholic_Encyclopedia)*. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company. ### Further reading - [Pope-Hennessy, John](/source/John_Pope-Hennessy); Kanter, Laurence B. (1987). [*The Robert Lehman Collection I, Italian Paintings*](http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/190122/rec/1). New York, Princeton: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in association with Princeton University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0870994794](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0870994794). (see index; plate 91) ## External links - Media related to [Francesco Francia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Francesco_Francia) at Wikimedia Commons - [Rossetti, William Michael](/source/William_Michael_Rossetti) (1911). ["Francia"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Francia). *[Encyclopædia Britannica](/source/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition)*. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). p. 932. Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF 2 3 GND FAST WorldCat National United States France BnF data Italy Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Poland Vatican Belgium Artists ULAN RKD Artists KulturNav Victoria Prado People Italian People Deutsche Biographie DDB Other IdRef Open Library Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Francesco Francia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Francia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Francia?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.