Franciabigio (1482 – 1525)

• Was an Italian painter of the Florentine Renaissance.
• His true name may have been Francesco di Cristofano; he also is referred to as either Marcantonio Franciabigio or Francia Bigio.
• He was born in Florence.
• Franciabigio worked under Albertinelli until about 1506.
• In 1505 he befriended Andrea del Sarto; and by the next year, the two painters set up common shop in the Piazza del Grano.
• Other artists working under Sarto at the cloister included Rosso Fiorentino, Pontormo, Francesco Indaco, and Baccio Bandinelli.
• In 1520-21, at the villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano he frescoed a turgid Triumph of Cicero on the walls of the salon.
• For a number of years, Franciabigio maintained the studio with Andrea.
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