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[[Image:5131 bassenge franco.jpg|thumb||250px|The dead [[Christ]] supported by angels. Etching, 26,3 x 20,4 cm]]
[[Image:5131 bassenge franco.jpg|thumb|250px|The dead [[Christ]] supported by angels. Etching, 26,3 x 20,4 cm]]
'''Battista Franco Veneziano''' also known by his correct name of '''Giovanni Battista Franco''' (before 1510 – 1561) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Mannerism|Mannerist]] painter and [[printmaker]] in [[etching]] active in [[Rome]], [[Urbino]], and [[Venice]] in the mid 16th century. He is also known as ''il Semolei'' or just ''Battista Franco''.
'''Battista Franco Veneziano''' also known by his correct name of '''Giovanni Battista Franco''' (before 1510 – 1561) was an Italian [[Mannerism|Mannerist]] painter and [[printmaker]] in [[etching]] active in [[Rome]], [[Urbino]], and [[Venice]] in the mid 16th century. He is also known as ''il Semolei'' or just '''Battista Franco'''.


Native to [[Venice]], he came to Rome in his twenties. He painted an allegory of the ''Battle of Montemurlo'' now in the [[Pitti Palace]] (1537), and a fresco of the ''Arrest of John the Baptist'' for the Oratory of [[San Giovanni Decollato]] (1541). From 1545–51 he painted in [[Urbino]]. He may have been, along with [[Girolamo Genga]], one of the mentors of [[Federico Barocci]]. His painting, in the Mannerist style, was heavily indebted to [[Michelangelo]]; but his drawings and [[etching]]s have far more verve and originality. He returned to [[Venice]], where he helped fresco the ceiling of the [[Biblioteca Marciana]] (library). He painted a series of panels, including a ''Baptism of Christ'', for the walls and vault of the [[Grimani]] chapel in the church [[San Francesco della Vigna]] in Venice. He painted the ''Raising of Lazarus'' in the Ducal palace.
Native to [[Venice]], he came to Rome in his twenties. He painted an allegory of the ''Battle of Montemurlo'' now in the [[Pitti Palace]] (1537), and a fresco of the ''Arrest of John the Baptist'' for the [[San Giovanni Battista Decollato|Oratory of San Giovanni Decollato]] (1541). From 1545–51 he painted in [[Urbino]]. He may have been, along with [[Girolamo Genga]], one of the mentors of [[Federico Barocci]]. His painting, in the Mannerist style, was heavily indebted to [[Michelangelo]]; but his drawings and [[etching]]s have far more verve and originality. He returned to [[Venice]], where he helped fresco the ceiling of the [[Biblioteca Marciana]] (library). He painted a series of panels, including a ''Baptism of Christ'' ([[Palazzi Barbaro|Barbaro]] chapel), for the walls and vault of the [[Grimani]] chapel in the church [[San Francesco della Vigna]] in Venice. He painted the ''Raising of Lazarus'' in the Ducal palace. He is the father of etcher and publisher [[Giacomo Franco (etcher)|Giacomo Franco]].


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==References==
San Giovanni Battista battezza Cristo nel Giordano - di Battista Franco 1555.jpg|''Baptism of Christ'' [[San Francesco della Vigna]]
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*{{cite book | first= Sydney J.| last= Freedberg| year=1993| title= Painting in Italy, 1500-1600| chapter= | editor= Pelican History of Art| others= | pages= 486–7 Penguin Books Ltd| publisher= | id= | url= | authorlink= }}
Le Virtù Angeliche e le Virtù Umane di F. Battista detto il Semolei.jpg|Vault of [[Grimani]] chapel [[San Francesco della Vigna]]
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*{{cite book | first= Sydney J.| last= Freedberg| year=1993| title= Painting in Italy, 1500-1600| editor= Pelican History of Art| pages= 486–7 Penguin Books Ltd}}
*[http://www.artnet.com/library/02/0296/T029685.asp Artnet biography on painter.]
*[http://www.artnet.com/library/02/0296/T029685.asp Artnet biography on painter.]
*{{CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235a.htm|title=Giovanni Battista Franco}}
*{{CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06235a.htm|title=Giovanni Battista Franco}}
* Massimo Firpo, Fabrizio Biferali, '[http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=battista+franco+massimo+firpo 'Battista Franco «pittore viniziano» nella cultura artistica e nella vita religiosa del '500''], Pisa, Edizioni della Scuola Normale Superiore, 2007
* Massimo Firpo, Fabrizio Biferali, '[http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=battista+franco+massimo+firpo 'Battista Franco «pittore viniziano» nella cultura artistica e nella vita religiosa del '500''], Pisa, Edizioni della Scuola Normale Superiore, 2007


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| DATE OF DEATH = 1561
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The dead Christ supported by angels. Etching, 26,3 x 20,4 cm

Battista Franco Veneziano also known by his correct name of Giovanni Battista Franco (before 1510 – 1561) was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker in etching active in Rome, Urbino, and Venice in the mid 16th century. He is also known as il Semolei or just Battista Franco.

Native to Venice, he came to Rome in his twenties. He painted an allegory of the Battle of Montemurlo now in the Pitti Palace (1537), and a fresco of the Arrest of John the Baptist for the Oratory of San Giovanni Decollato (1541). From 1545–51 he painted in Urbino. He may have been, along with Girolamo Genga, one of the mentors of Federico Barocci. His painting, in the Mannerist style, was heavily indebted to Michelangelo; but his drawings and etchings have far more verve and originality. He returned to Venice, where he helped fresco the ceiling of the Biblioteca Marciana (library). He painted a series of panels, including a Baptism of Christ (Barbaro chapel), for the walls and vault of the Grimani chapel in the church San Francesco della Vigna in Venice. He painted the Raising of Lazarus in the Ducal palace. He is the father of etcher and publisher Giacomo Franco.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battista Franco.
  • Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). Pelican History of Art (ed.). Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. pp. 486–7 Penguin Books Ltd.
  • Artnet biography on painter.
  • Public Domain Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Giovanni Battista Franco". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • Massimo Firpo, Fabrizio Biferali, ''Battista Franco «pittore viniziano» nella cultura artistica e nella vita religiosa del '500, Pisa, Edizioni della Scuola Normale Superiore, 2007
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