Artists
Francesco Primaticcio
- Country:
- Italy
- Birth year:
- 1504
- Death year:
- 1570
Francesco Primaticcio (1504 Bologna-1570 Paris) took part in the decoration of the Palazzo del Te in Mantua, along with Giulio Romano, beginning in 1525. Six years later he was appointed to the court of Francis I (1494-1547), where he remained for the rest of his life aside from two stays in Rome in 1540/41 and 1546. From the early 1530s he worked first with Rosso Fioretino and, after his death, with Niccolo dell' Abbate and other artists on the decorative painting of the palace at Fontainebleau. The excellent appointment of the Salon of the Duchess d'Extampes exerted a clear influence on the work of Parmigianino, equally outstanding is Primaticcio's painting of the large hall of the palace. The artist is among the most important representatives of the School of Fontainebleau, whose refined, academic Mannerism in the Italian tradition had a long-lasting effect of French art. Other significant works by the artist include Danae, 1537-1539, Musee Natinal du Chateau de Fontaineblau, Fontainebleau; Jean de Dinteville as St. George, c. 1550. The Wildenstein Gallery, New York; and Odysseus and Penelope, Museum of Art, Toledo.