Francesco Granacci (Francesco di Andrea di Marco) (1469-1543)

• Was an Italian painter of the Renaissance movement.

• Granacci was born in 1469 in Villamagna.

• He was trained in Florence in the studio of Domenico Ghirlandaio.

• He was painting frescoes for San Marco, on commission of Lorenzo de'Medici.

• He is featured in Giorgio Vasari's Vite.

• Granacci died in 1543 and is buried in the church of Sant'Ambrogio in Florence.

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