Francesco Primaticcio

Francesco Primaticcio (1504 - 1570) was an Italian painter, architect and sculptor who spent most of his career in France.

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1504 - 1570 - Italian - Painter - Architect - Sculptor - France

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Born in Bologna, he trained under Giulio Romano in Mantua, before securing a position in the court of Francis I of France in 1532.

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Bologna - Giulio Romano - Mantua - Francis I of France - 1532

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Together with Rosso Fiorentino he was one of the leading artists to work at the Chateau Fontainebleau (where he is grouped with the so-called "First School of Fontainebleau") spending much of his life there. Following Rosso's death in 1540, Primaticcio took control of the artistic direction at Fontainebleau.

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Rosso Fiorentino - Chateau Fontainebleau - School of Fontainebleau - 1540

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Primaticcio turned to architecture towards the end of his life, his greatest work being the Valois Chapel at the Abbey of Saint-Denis, although this was not completed until after his death and was destroyed in 1719.

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Abbey of Saint-Denis - 1719

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