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Franco, Battista. Venice, h. 1510 - Venice, 1561. Born in Venice, Franco moved to Rome around the age of twenty, where he began incessantly to copy the works of Michelangelo (1475-1564).
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.
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.
Battista Franco, called Il Semolei, b. presumably Venice (he sometimes signs himself "Veneziano"), probably c. 1510, d. there 1561. According to Bartsch, who without explanation gives F.'s birth-place as Udine, some authorities give his birth-date as 1498, others as 1510.
Battista Franco (also Baptista Veneziano or Il Semolei) was an Italian painter, engraver and draughtsman. Giorgio Vasari, who knew Franco well and who is the chief source for his life, claimed that Franco was born in 1498; however, later writers placed his birth in 1510, and the latter date seems more likely.
Biography. Battista Franco (also Baptista Veneziano or Il Semolei) was an Italian painter, engraver and draughtsman. Giorgio Vasari, who knew Franco well and who is the chief source for his life, claimed that Franco was born in 1498; however, later writers placed his birth in 1510, and the latter date seems more likely.
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).
