Franciabigio
Franciabigio was a painter from Florence. He laboured in his art to provide assistance to his relatives. He shared a work-room and his life with Andrea del Sarto for a long time. He did not wish to leave Florence and he never took a wife. He died in 1524 at the age of forty-two.
Biography
He produced many portraits from life, including one for Matteo Sofferroni and another for the steward of Pier Francesco de' Medici. He also painted a Noli me tangere for Arcangelo. In the Hall of Poggio a Caiano, he worked on the scene of Cicero being carried in triumph. Solis Prints offers a fine art print of his Portrait of a Man.
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