| LC control no. | nr2002043786 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Franco, Battista, 1510?-1561 |
| Variant(s) | Semolei, 1510?-1561 Semoleli, 1510?-1561 Semolelli, 1510?-1561 Franco, Giovanni Battista, 1510?-1561 Franc, Baptiste, 1510?-1561 Battista, di Franchi, 1510?-1561 Franchi, Battista di, 1510?-1561 Francus, Joannes Baptista, 1510?-1561 |
| Birth date | 1510? |
| Death date | 1561 |
| Place of birth | Venice, Italy |
| Field of activity | Drawing Painting Prints |
| Profession or occupation | Artists |
| Found in | Group of four supplicants before a Roman general, in a military camp near a town [drawing], 15-- De excellentia, et nobilitate delineationis libri duo, 1611: t.p. ( ... Baptistae Franchi Veneti) engraved t.p. to book 2 (Ioannes Baptista Francus Venetus pictor) The Grove dictionary of art online, Dec. 2, 2002 (Franco, (Giovanni) Battista (Baptista Veneziano; il Semolei) b. Venice, 1510?; d. Venice, 1561; Italian painter, printmaker and draughtsman; Vasari gave birth date as 1498 but latter date seems more likely) Battista Franco, "pittore viniziano," c2007: p. 18 (birthdate unknown; no documentary support for date 1498; on the basis of documentary evidence of his career, a birthdate of ca. 1510-1515 is proposed; origin and meaning of sobriquet "il Semolei" unknown; variant spellings: Semolelli, Semoleli) Union list of artist names, Dec. 2, 2002 (Franco, Battista; Italian artist; 1498?-1561; variants: Bap. Franco; Bapt. Franco; Baptiste Franc; Battista di Franchi; Battista Franco Veneziano; Il Semolei) Thieme-Becker (Franco, Battista (Giovanni B.); called Semolei (in documents "Battista di Franchi"); b. in Venice, reputed 1498; d. 1561) |
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