Franco dei Russi (Mantua, 15th century) was an Italian painter, active in field of manuscript illumination.
Biografia
Franco dei Russi was a manuscript illustrator in the Early Renaissance above all active in Lombardy from 1450 to 1482.
In 1450 he participated in the creation of the Bible of Borso d'Este, considered one of the great Italian projects of illuminated manuscripts. The work took six years (1455–61) by a group of artists guided by
Taddeo Crivelli
Taddeo Crivelli ( fl. 1451, died by 1479), also known as Taddeo da Ferrara, was an Italian painter of illuminated manuscripts. He is considered one of the foremost 15th-century illuminators of the Ferrara school, and also has the distinction ...
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L'arte ferrarese all'epoca dei principi d'Este.
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He also worked in Venice for the library of Federico da Montefeltro in Urbino
Urbino ( ; ; Romagnol: ''Urbìn'') is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of ...
(1474-1482).
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External links
Short biography and bibliography, by the Vatican Library
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15th-century deaths
15th-century births
15th-century Italian painters
Painters from Mantua