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Francesco Raibolini (c.
1450 –
january 5,
1517), called
Francia, was an
Italian painter,
goldsmith, and
medallist from
Bologna, who was also director of the city mint.
He trained with
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, and was influenced by
Ercole de' Roberti's and Costa's style, until
1506, when Francia became a court painter in
Mantua, after which time he was influenced more by
Perugino and
Raphael. He himself trained
Marcantonio Raimondi and several other artists; he produced
niellos, in which Raimondi first learnt to engrave, soon excelling his master, according to
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
His sons
Jacopo Francia and
Giulio Francia were also artists.
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