Artist

Battista Franco

1510–1561

132681

Works

Years lived

Painter

Style

Battista’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132681 pieces

Sketches of Figures

Battista Franco, called Il Semolei Italian, c. 1510-1561

Virgin and Child with Infant St. John the Baptist and a Female Saint

Battista Franco, called Il Semolei Italian, c. 1510-1561

After the Antique: Greek and Amazon

Battista Franco, called Il Semolei Italian, c. 1510-1561

Two Standing Draped Figures (Saint John and the Magdalene?)

Attributed to Battista Franco, called Il Semolei (Italian, c. 1510-1561) after Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

Half-length Sketch of Bearded Man (Jupiter?)

After Battista Franco, called Il Semolei Italian, c. 1510-1561

Oracle and Worshippers before the Statue of Artemis of Ephesus

Follower of Battista Franco, called Il Semolei Italian, c. 1510-1561

The Deluge

Battista Franco Italian, c. 1510-1561

A Company of Horsemen

After Battista Franco, called Il Semolei (Italian, c. 1510-1561) or School of Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

View of Ponte Lugano on the Anio, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/9)

Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/9)

Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720-1778

Gian Lodovico Madruzzo

Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, 1520/24–1578)

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Pastoral Scene

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)

Flora

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Il Baciccio Italian, 1639-1709

A Nymph with a Small Satyr and Two Goats, from Capricci

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, 1696–1770