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 C4 FRANCESCA— FRANCIA. Sun Sepolcro, and in the Vatican Library. Towards the close of his life he became blind. Works, Gitta San Sepolcro, Sant' Agostino ; two saints, in fresco : Palace of the Conservatore, the Resurrection. Florence, Uffizj, Federigo Moutefeltro and his wife. Arezzo, San Francesco, the ceiling of the Bacci Chapel, with the legendary history of the Cross; muchiiyured. Milan, over the door of San Sepolcro, a Dead Christ ; and other figures. LJrbino, sacristy of the cathe- dral, the Scourging of Christ ( Vasariy Dragomanniy Bumokt.) FRANGESCHINI, Baldassabe, called II Yolterrano, b. 1611, d. 1689. Tuscan School. A pupil of Matteo BoseUi; he studied also under Gio- vanni di San Giovanni, and became one of the best fresco-painters of his time : he painted also cabinet pictures in oil. His style, though not great, is vigorous and ornamental; and more correct than usual with the Machinists of the seventeenth century. Works, Florence, Sta. Croce, Cap- pella Niccolini : the cupola, Sta. Maria Maggiore; Vault of a chapel, re- presenting Elias ; the Nunziata : cupola, Pitti Palace, frescoes. Bome, Palazzo del Bufalo, frescoes. {Baldi- nucci.) FRANGESCHINI, Cav, Mabcan- TONio, 6. at Bologna, 1648, d. 1729. Bolognese School. He studied first under Gio. Battista Galli Bibiena, and afterwards under Carlo Gignani, and be- came his most prominent pupil and able assistant; and he held the same rank as the head of the modem school of Bologna as Cortona acquired in Flo- rence and in Rome. Franceschini possessed great facility of execution, and painted many extensive works in fresco, at Bologna, Genoa, and Vienna, in the taste of the Mcuxfunisti of his time ; character, and expression being systematically sacrificed to a mere orna- mental scenic e£fect. His best work, the ceiling of the Council Hall at Genoa, was destroyed by fire. He was an excellent colourist. Works. Bologna, Palazzo Kanuzzi, a ceiling : church of Corpus Domini, the Death of St. Joseph ; Padxi della Canll^ St. John at Patmos. The Celestini, Madonna and Saints: Aca- demy, the Annunication ; Sant' Antonio of Padua. Vienna, lichtenstein Gal- lery. Dresden Gallery, the Magdalen (in oil). {Zanettif Lanzi.) FRANCHI, Antonio, b, at Lucca, 1634, d. 1709. Tuscan School. A pupil of Baldassare Franceschini, and he became a popular painter in his ti^le at Florence : he wrote a treatise on the theory of painting. La Teorica della PUtura, published in 17dP. Fran- chi found, what many fgreat painters want, a biographer. G. B. Bartolozzi published his life at Florence in 1754, in 4to. In the Caporgnano Church, St. Peter receiving the Keys, is considered his master-piece. FRANCIA, Fbancesco Raibolini, commonly called Francia (either from the name of his master, a goldsmith, or as a mere nickname for Francesco), b, at Bologna, about 1450, d, Jan. 5, 1518. Umbrian School. This very distinguished painter was originally a goldsmith, and a die and niello en- graver. He applied himself to paint- ing comparatively late, when nearly forty years of age, and studied the works of Mantegna, Perugino, and the Bellini. He frequently signed his pic- tures Aurifex, Jeweller; and on his jewellery he inscribed himself Pictor, Painter. A strong similarity of style exists between Francia and Perugino, especially in Francia's early works; they display the same deep and fer- vent feeling and exalted sentiment With Francia, however, the sentiment i is exhibited through a less conven- tional, but also a less ideal type of I