Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola
Innocenzo (di Pietro) Francucci[1][2][3] (c. 1490 – c. 1550), generally known as Innocenzo da Imola, was an Italian painter and draftsman.
Biography
The son of a goldsmith named Pietro, he was born in Imola sometime around 1490.[4] After presumably studying with his father in Imola, by 1506 he had moved to nearby Bologna to study painting.[4] According to Carlo Cesare Malvasia he entered the studio of Francesco Francia in 1508 (although the reliability of this claim has been questioned). He later went to Florence where in 1510 he worked under the direction of Mariotto Albertinelli.[5]
His earliest known works include The Virgin and Child with Saints Sebastian, Roch, Cosmas and Damian was signed and dated in 1515. The Virgin and Child with Saints John, Apollinaris and Catherine and a Bishop, signed and dated in 1516. This second painting is in
During his life he produced a series of religious frescoes and altarpieces, painted in a
Francucci died in Bologna around 1550.
Known works
- The Virgin and Child with Saints Sebastian, Roch, Cosmas and Damian (1515) - Bagnara di Romagna - Museum
- The Holy Family (c. 1515) - Bagnara di Romagna - private collection
- The Virgin and Child with Saints John, Apollinaris and Catherine and a Bishop (1516) Casola Valsenio
- Study of an Angel and of Drapery (c. 1520) - Getty Museum[7]
- The Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Joachim and Anne (1526), Faenza Cathedral
- The Virgin of the Rosary (1531), church of San Domenico fuori le mura, Catania
- The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Siena, Filangieri Museum, Naples
- Madonna and Child in Glory and the Saints Archangel Michael,
and Peter Benedict, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna - St. John the Evangelist, La Salle University
References
- ^ "Innocènzo "-zo" da Imola (propr. I. Francucci)". Treccani (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ Cappelletti, Francesca. "Innocenzo da Imola [Francucci, Innocenzo]". Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 December 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ "Francucci, Innocenzo di Pietro". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 4 December 2013. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Pedrini, Claudia (1998). "Francucci, Innocenzo (Innocenzo da Imola)". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 50. Treccani. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-300-10911-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-87413-540-4.
- ^ Innocenzo da Imola, 700, Study of an Angel and of Drapery (drawing). New York Art Resources Consortium. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
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