# FRANCIA, Francesco [View the canonical artist record]() ## Artist - Lifespan: 1450–1517 - Profession: painter - School: Italian ## Biography Francia \(Francesco Raibolini\), the outstanding Bolognese painter of his period, originally a goldsmith. He entered into a partnership with Lorenzo Costa after the latter came to Bologna c.1483 and was later influenced also by Perugino. . His most characteristic works are sweet, softly rounded Madonnas, which his large workshop produced in some numbers. He was also an accomplished portraitist. There are several examples of his work in the National Gallery, London. Before their fall, the Bentivoglio, rulers of Bologna, helped to fund frescoes for the oratory of St Cecilia, next to their parish church, San Giacomo Maggiore. The most prominent local artists of the period were involved, notably Francesco Francia, Lorenzo Costa and Tiziano Aspetti, and each appears to have contributed two frescoes. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion with Sts John and Jerome]() - [Deposition]() - [Evangelista Scappi]() - [Federigo Gonzaga]() - [Legend of Sts Cecilia and Valerian, Scene 1]() - [Legend of Sts Cecilia and Valerian, Scene 10]() - [Legend of Sts Cecilia and Valerian, Scene 3]() - [Legend of Sts Cecilia and Valerian, Scene 4]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()