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Battista Franco Veneziano also known by his correct name of Giovanni Battista Franco (before 1510 – 1561) was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker in etching active in Rome, Urbino, and Venice in the mid 16th century.
Franco, Battista. Venice, h. 1510 - Venice, 1561. Born in Venice, Franco moved to Rome around the age of twenty, where he began incessantly to copy the works of Michelangelo (1475-1564).
Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, b. presumably Venice (he sometimes signs himself "Veneziano"), probably c. 1510, d. there 1561. According to Bartsch, who without explanation gives F.'s birth-place as Udine, some authorities give his birth-date as 1498, others as 1510.
Battista Franco Veneziano also known by his correct name of Giovanni Battista Franco (before 1510 – 1561) was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker in etching active in Rome, Urbino, and Venice in the mid 16th century.
A painter, draughtsman and engraver, Battista Franco spent the first years of his independent career in Rome, but by 1536 had settled in Florence. He was back in Rome by 1542, when he painted a fresco of the Capture of Saint John the Baptist for the Oratorio di San Giovanni Decollato.
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Battista Franco (Italian, Venice ca. 1510–1561 Venice) (?) ca. 1538 Drawing of Cartouche with Bearded Man Left, Young man crowned with Laurels Right, and Four Putti
An artist who worked in printmaking, etching and painting, Battista Franco was an Italian Mannerist who studied the works of Michelangelo (1475 – 1564) closely. This was during his early twenties as he spent time in Rome, where he developed an interest in large scale allegorical works.
