Alfonso Franco
Alfonso Franco (1466 – 1524), was an Italian painter from Messina, Sicily, active during the Italian Renaissance.
Biography[]
He was a pupil of Jacobello da Antonello, son of Antonello Da Messina. He painted a Deposition for the church of in Messina; and a Dispute of Jesus at the Temple for the church of . He died of the plague in 1524.[1]
References[]
- ^ Ticozzi, Stefano (1818). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione (Volume 1). Vincenzo Ferrario, Milan. pp. 212–213.
Categories:
- 1466 births
- 1524 deaths
- Painters from Messina
- 15th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 16th-century Italian painters
- Italian Renaissance painters
- 16th-century deaths from plague (disease)
- Italian painter, 15th-century birth stubs