Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1478-1532
Related Paintings of GOSSAERT, Jan (Mabuse) :. | Adam and Eve (detail) sdg | Saint Luke Painting the Virgin (nn03) | Portrait of Baudouin of Burgundy sg | Deposition dsg | St Luke Painting the Madonna sdg | Related Artists: Christian-Bernard Rode 1725-1797
Girolamo di Benvenuto Siena 1470-ca 1524 Francesco Fracanzano Italian ,
b. Monopoli 1612-d.1656 Naples
Naples.Brother of Cesare Francanzano. He moved to Naples in 1622 with Cesare and like him entered Ribera's workshop. In 1632 he married Salvator Rosa's sister Giovanna. His early style remains obscure. Bologna (1958) attributed a group of paintings to him that show half-length figures against a predominantly dark background, painted in deep colours with loaded brushstrokes. These pictures, among them two versions of the Prodigal Son.