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EMPOLI— FAENZA. 67 Works, Florence, Academy, theCall- ing of Matthew: Sant' Eligio, Gold- smith. Uffizj, Sant' Iyo ; the Dmnken- ness of Noah; the Sacrifice of Abra- ham. Louvre, Madonna and Child. FABRIANO, Allbqbetto, or Grit- to DA, called Allegretto Nucci, or di Nuzio, lived about 1350-1385. Um- brian School. *' Without attaining any high development of the art, this pain- ter is remarkable for sweetness of ex- pression, and a great softness of colour- ing." — Kugler. Works, Mac^rata, Cathedral, an altar-piece, a triptyc (1368). Fabriano, Sant' Antonio Abate, Life of St. Antony. Berlin Museum, Madonna and Saints ; and the Crucifixion. FABRIANO, Gentile (di Nicco- Lo), DA, b. about 1370, d. at Rome, about 1450. Umbrian School. A pupil of Gritto da Fabriano. This celebrated painter, '* Egregius Magister Magistro- rum," acquired a great reputation in many ItaUan cities, as Florence, Siena, Orvieto, Venice, Rome, &c. He was presented by the Senate of Venice with a patrician toga, and granted a daily pension of a ducat for life, for a fresco of the Victory of the Venetians over Barbarossa, in 1177, painted in the Grand Council Hall ; and destroyed in 1574. Gentile's style resembles that of Fra Giovanni da Fiesole; but he shows a freer treatment of the ordi- nary events of life, more detail of co8> tume, &c., and not so engrossing a devotional feeling. His pictures are well coloured and well executed, grace- ful and animated, and as Michelangelo said, " are like his name," Gentile. They abound in ornament and in gUd. ing. Jacopo Bellini studied under Gen- tile, at Florence; and his elder son, bom in 1421, was named after his cele- brated master, at that time probably in Venice. Gentile was as superior in the theory of his art as its practice ; he left writings on the origin and progress of painting, the mixing of colours, &c.<, now lost. Works, Florence, the Academy, the Adoration of the Magi (1423): San Niccolo, remains of a celebrated altar- piece. Fabriano (Casa Bufera), a Co- ronation of the Virgin ; and St. Francis receiving the Stigmata. Milan, Brera, Coronation of the Virgin (the so-called Quadro della Romita, from the church so named), and four pictures of saints. Berlin Museum, Madonna and Child, with Saints. Louvre, the Presentation in the Temple. {Vasari, Ricd,^ FACCINI, Babtolomeo, h. about 1520, d, 1557. Ferrarese School. A portrait and historical painter, but more distinguished for his architectural and ornamental works, in the taste of Giro- lamo da Carpi, whose works he con- tinued in the Ducal Palace. He was killed by a fall from a scaffolding, and the decorations were completed by his brother Girolamo. (Barvffaldi.) FACCINI, Pietbo, b, at Bologna, about 1562, d. 1602. He studied in the school of the Carracci, but the jealousy of Annibal Carracci is said to have en- gendered strife between them, and Fac- cini established a school of his own. A picture in San Giovanni in Monte, of the Martyrdom of San Lorenzo, by Faccini, was painted with such force of carnations, that Annibal Carracci ex- claimed, ** My God ! he has not ground up colours, but human flesh.'* He en- graved h few plates. Works, Bologna, the Academy, the Virgin and Child, with Saints: San Benedetto, th6 Crucifixion. Dresden, the Marriage of St. Catherine. (Mai- vasia,) FAENZA, Jacopone da, or Jacopo Bertucci, painted in 1513-32. Roman School. He copied and imitated the works of Raphael with great success, and executed some good works at Fa^