Primaticcio, Francesco
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Primaticcio, Francesco (1504/5–70). Italian painter, architect, and decorator, mainly active in France. He was born in Bologna and developed his all-round skills as
Giulio Romano's assistant in Mantua. In 1532 he was called to France by Francis I and worked with
Rosso Fiorentino at Fontainebleau. Together they were mainly responsible for establishing the distinctive French type of
Mannerism associated with the
School of Fontainebleau. Their respective shares in the creation of the new manner—particularly the highly influential combination of paintings with
stucco ornament—are uncertain. Rosso is often accorded primacy, but
Vasari said, ‘the first works in stucco that were done in France, and the first labours in fresco of any account, had their origin, it is said, in Primaticcio’. His elongated figure style also had wide influence in France. Primaticcio took over the direction of the work at Fontainbleau on Rosso's death in 1540 and in the 1540s he twice visited Rome to buy antiquities or have casts made for Francis. In his later years he turned more to architecture.
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Penelope's web: Francesco Primaticcio's epic revision at Fontainebleau.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...development of Fontainebleau was Francesco Primaticcio, who was born in Bologna in...died in France in 1570. (3) Primaticcio is a fascinating individual...stuccoist, throughout his life Primaticcio worked simultaneously as a...
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The Collection of Francis I: Royal Treasures.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...productive were Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) and Francesco Primaticcio (1504/5-70), who left at Fontainebleau the...decorations, particularly in the Galerie Francois Ier. Primaticcio's elegant, courtly, and mannerist style, whether...
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Glory at the Frick: Fresh From Toledo, A Dozen Masterpieces.(Arts&Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 11/11/2002; 700+ words
; ...stunning revelation in the show is likely to be Francesco Primaticcio's Ulysses and Penelope (circa 1560), which...ever see, and its impact is all the greater since Primaticcio's work is so little known to us. Another surprise...
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Christmas Madonna Frick's show centerpiece.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/6/2002; 700+ words
; ...There is no mystery, however, about the remarkable painting, "Ulysses and Penelope," painted about 1560 by Francesco Primaticcio, an Italian who worked for French King Francis I, in the refined style of the School of Fontainebleau. It is...
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CHRISTMAS MADONNA FRICK'S SHOW CENTERPIECE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 12/6/2002; 700+ words
; ...There is no mystery, however, about the remarkable painting, Ulysses and Penelope, painted about 1560 by Francesco Primaticcio, an Italian who worked for French King Francis I, in the refined style of the School of Fontainebleau. It is...
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THE XXTH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DES ANTIQUAIRES.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Town & Country; 9/1/2000; 700+ words
; ...drawing by Raphael were acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the "Allegory of Strength" a drawing by Francesco Primaticcio known as the Primatice (1509-1570) was purchased by the Art Institute of Chicago; "the Waterfalls at Terni...
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Fontainebleau. (French palace in suburban Paris)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...charge of all the decoration works. At his death in 1540, he was succeeded in this capacity by the Bolognese Francesco Primaticcio who had arrived at Fontainebleau a year after Rosso. For the first time two great Italian artists were commissioned...
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Valois furniture at Blois. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...built and embellished their palaces: the architect Philibert de L'Orme, the Italian painter and architect Francesco Primaticcio, and the Italian painter Rosso Fiorentino. Much of their work is now known only through engravings. The second...
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"Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art" at The Frick Collection, New York. October 29-January 5, 2003. (Exhibition note).
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...painted for five months in 1888. Besides de Keyser and Cezanne, the other artists featured are Jacopo Bassano, Francesco Primaticcio, El Greco, Francois Boucher, Thomas Gainsborough, Antoine-Jean Gros, Gustave Courbet, Camille Pissarro...
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Io, Monna Lisa.
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 9/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...beautiful young woman, married to Francesco Gherardini, an old and successful...to take her portrait home. Francesco, who has been growing increasingly...Francis I, the King of France. Francesco Gherardini has been dead for...to France. The King wants Primaticcio to paint a new portrait of...
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Francesco Primaticcio
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Francesco Primaticcio The Italian painter, sculptor, and architect Francesco Primaticcio (1504-1570) was instrumental...art its individual character. Francesco Primaticcio was born in Bologna on April 30...
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Primaticcio, Francesco
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Primaticcio, Francesco ( b Bologna, 1504/5; d Paris...had their origin, it is said, in Primaticcio.’ His elongated figure...also had wide influence in France. Primaticcio took over the direction of the work...
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Germain Pilon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Italian painter and designer Francesco Primaticcio constituted a more important...In 1560 Pilon worked for Primaticcio on the monument for the heart...Between 1563 and 1570, under Primaticcio's initial direction, Pilon...
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Fontainebleau, School of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...1540) and the Bolognese Francesco Primaticcio (1504 – 1570...entire design, but because Primaticcio had previously worked in stucco...which had broader appeal. Primaticcio was responsible for several...
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Pilon, Germain (1525/1527?–1590)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...been transmitted to him by Francesco Primaticcio (1504 – 1570...1515? – 1570) and Primaticcio. Among these early sculptures...several sculptors chosen by Primaticcio to realize Henry II's tomb...
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