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Francesco Primaticcio
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Italian painter (1504-1570)
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Francesco Primaticcio, born on 30 April 1504 in Bologna, was a painter, architect, sculptor and plasterer associated with the School of Fontainebleau and the Mannerism movement. He was a citizen of France and a student of Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola. His works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Städel Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Museo del Prado.
He was described in sources including the Nordisk familjebok, the Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, and the Schilder-boeck. Primaticcio died in Paris.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francesco
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Bologna
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- visual artist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola
- Movement
- Mannerism
- Image
- Delle vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, et architetti (1648) (14803742183).jpg
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- Commons category
- Francesco Primaticcio
- date of birth
- 1504-04-30
- date of death
- 1560-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Francesco Primaticcio
- described by source
- Schilder-boeck
- name
- Francesco Primaticcio
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Works in European collections
34 objects attributed to Francesco Primaticcio, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Bust of the Antinous after an antique model
Nymphs
Nymph as a supporting figure
Bust of Emperor Antoninus Pius after an antique model
Bust of Emperor Marc Aurel after an antique model
Bust of the Hannibal (or Apollodoros of Silanion)
Bust of Vitellius after an antique model
Water gods with flower garland
Disciple head according to type of the Hermes of Andros
Bust of an Augustean prince after an antique model
Nymphs
Bust of Poppaea Sabina
The drunk Bacchus
Bust of Emperor Caracalla after an antique model
Nymph group
Bust of Empress Sabina after an antique model
Bust of Emperor Caracalla after an antique model
Bust of Scipio Africanus (or Isis priest)
Apelles painting Alexander and Campaspe
Bust of the Domitian or Titus after an antique model
Mercy
Alexander and Timoklea as prisoners
fireplace
Head of Aphrodite from Knidos to Praxiteles
Melpomene
Alexander taming Bucephalus
Untitled
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Encyclopedic overview
1648 woodcut portrait of Francesco Primaticcio Odysseus and Penelope, 1563 Francesco Primaticcio ( Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃesko primaˈtittʃo]; April 30, 1504 – 1570) was an Italian Mannerist painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Francesco Primaticcio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.