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Francesco Bianchi (1447 – 8 February 1510) was an Italian painter of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

period. He is also known as ''Francesco del Bianchi Ferrara'' and ''Il Frare''. He was born at

Ferrara Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city and ''comune'' in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital of the Province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream ...

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

is also mentioned as the place of his birth. His works were much esteemed in his time. He was a pupil of

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. He is said to have been an instructor of

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

, but Bianchi would have died when the former was only 16 years old. He was prolific in painting altarpieces in Modena, but few remain. The Louvre has a ''Virgin and Child enthroned with two Saints''. A crowded ''Crucifixion with St Jerome and St Francis'' at the Galleria Estense of

is attributed to Bianchi.Galleria Estense

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* 1447 births 1510 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Ferrara Painters from Modena {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub