Franciabigio
(1484–1525) Italian painter
Franciabigio (1484–1525) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Franciabigio belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.
Franciabigio was born in Florence and died in Florence. Franciabigio worked in Florence.
The best-known works include ‘Portrait of a Man’, ‘Bathsheba bathing’, ‘A young man with letter’, and ‘Blessing of the Baptist by Saint Zacharias’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 25 works by Franciabigio with free images. The dated works span the years 1482–1550. Works by Franciabigio are held by several collections, among them Département des peintures du Louvre, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Kunsthistorisches Museum, and Detroit Institute of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Bastiano da Sangallo, Garofalo, Chen Shun, Agostino Busti, and Simon Bening.