Giacomo Francia Huida a Egipto Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille

Giacomo Raibolini (1484 – 3 January 1557), also called Giacomo Francia or Jacopo Francia, was an Italian painter and engraver of the

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period. Francia was born in

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as elder son of Francesco Raibolini (Francesco Francia), and like his father was also called ''il Francia''. His father and brother Giulio Raibolini were also artists. Francia was trained by his father in painting and goldsmithing, and acted as his assistant. In 1517, the year of his father's death, he and his brother, Giulio, assumed responsibility for the family business and together executed many church altarpieces, identifiable by the initials (I I) of their Latinized names (Iacobus and Iulius). Late in life Giacomo came under the influence of

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. He died in

in 1567. Giacomo's earliest known work is the ''Virgin in Glory with Saints Peter, Mary Magdalene, Francis, Martha and Six Nuns'' (after 1515; Picacoteca Nazionale, Bologna, ). In this painting, as in the ''Saints Jerome, Margaret and Francis'' (1518; Madrid, Prado) and the ''Nativity'' (1519; San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma), both dated and signed by both brothers, there appear, in addition to the influence of their father, echoes of the monumental style of

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. Other paintings of Raibolini include: * Works in Church of

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. * ''Baptism of Valerian'' and the ''Martyrdom of St Cecilia'', frescoes, Oratorio di Santa Cecilia, Bologna * ''Madonna seated with Saints Francis, Bernard, Sebastian, and Maurice'' (1526) in

* ''St Michael Archangel'' for the church of San Domenico, Bologna. * ''Nativity (c. 1552), Santa Cristina, Bologna

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* 1484 births 1557 deaths 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian Renaissance painters Italian engravers {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub