Domenico Francia
Painting in Herzogenburg Priory
Domenico Francia (1702–1758) was an Italian painter and architect.
He was born in Bologna, the son of the engraver , and studied under Ferdinando Galli (called Bibiena), whom he assisted in his paintings at Vienna. He was afterwards appointed builder to the King of Sweden, and on the expiration of this service painted at other European courts.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Francia, Domenico". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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- 1702 births
- 1758 deaths
- 18th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 18th-century Italian architects
- Artists from Bologna
- Court painters
- Architects from Bologna
- Italian painter, 17th-century birth stubs