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Penni, Giovanni Francesco

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Penni, Giovanni Francesco (b Florence, c.1496; d Naples, ?c.1536). Italian painter, active mainly in Rome, where he and Giulio Romano were Raphael's main assistants (he was nicknamed Il Fattore, which might be translated as ‘right-hand man’). Various parts of works by the master have been attributed to him (Vasari says he was employed on the tapestry cartoons for the Sistine Chapel), but he is a shadowy figure. After Raphael's death he collaborated with Giulio. A rare signed work by Penni is the Portrait of a Young Man (NG, Dublin). His brother Luca Penni (c.1500–1557) was a painter and designer. He settled in France in about 1530 and worked at Fontainebleau.

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Penni, Giovanni Francesco

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists | 2003 | | Copyright

Penni, Giovanni Francesco (c.1496– after c.1536?). Italian painter. He was born in Florence and died in Naples, but worked mainly in Rome, where he and Giulio Romano were Raphael's main assistants (he was nicknamed Il Fattore, which might be translated as ‘right-hand man’). Various parts of works by the master have been attributed to him (Vasari says he was employed on the tapestry cartoons for the Sistine Chapel), but he is a shadowy figure. After Raphael's death he collaborated with Giulio. A rare signed work by Penni is the Portrait of a Young Man (NG, Dublin).

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