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 __NOTOC__ Francesco Francia, whose real name was Francesco Raibolini (1447 – 5 January 1517) was an Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist from Bologna, who was also director of the city mint.Levinson:492 He may have trained with Marco Zop ...

(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

Dosso Dossi Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, better known as Dosso Dossi ( 1489–1542), was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara, painting in a style mainly influenced by Venetian painting, in particular Giorgione and early T ...

. 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

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

. Other paintings of Raibolini include: * Works in Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma. * ''Baptism of Valerian'' and the ''Martyrdom of St Cecilia'', frescoes,

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* ''Madonna seated with Saints Francis, Bernard, Sebastian, and Maurice'' (1526) in

* ''St Michael Archangel'' for the church of

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. * ''Nativity (c. 1552),

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