Francesco Melzi

(1492–1570) Italian painter (1490-1570)

Francesco Melzi (1492–1570) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Francesco Melzi belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Francesco Melzi was born in Milan and died in Vaprio d'Adda. Francesco Melzi studied under Leonardo da Vinci. Francesco Melzi worked in Rome, Bologna, France, and Milan. Wikidata associates Francesco Melzi with High Renaissance.

The best-known works include ‘Leda and the Swan’ and ‘A Treatise on Painting’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 12 works by Francesco Melzi with free images. The dated works span the years 1505–1550. Works by Francesco Melzi are held by several collections, among them Royal Collection, Département des peintures du Louvre, Uffizierna, and Eremitaget. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, Innocenzo da Imola, Michelangelo Anselmi, Bartholomeus Bruyn d.ä., and Bartolommeo Bandinelli.

• Mannerism
• Bacchus
• Leda och svanen
• Flora
• Vertumnus and Pomona