Francesco Floriani

Italian painter

Francesco Floriani (flourished 1568) was an Italian painter, known for his portraits and sacred subjects.

Biography

He was born in Udine, and trained under Pellegrino, and displayed a great talent for portraiture. Many of his paintings were in the possession of the Emperor Maximilian II, by whom he was employed, along with his brother Antonio, also a painter. His Judith has great merit.

References

Ticozzi, Stefano (1818). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d'ogni etá e d'ogni nazione (Volume 1). Vincenzo Ferrario, Milan. p. 203.

Attribution:

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Floriani, Francesco". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.