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FRANCESCO coe), iii. 157 ; Larousse, viii. 752 ; Burck- liardt, 773, 785 ; Seguier, 70. FRANCESCO DA COTIGNOLA. See Zagnnelli, Francesco. FRANCESCO DA SANTA CROCK (Francesco Rizo), born about 1480, at Santa Crocc, near Bergamo, flourished there and in Venice in 1504 1541. Venetian school ; history painter, pupil of Giovanni Bellini ; developed probably under the, in- fluence of Carpaccio and Bellini's followers. Works : Adoration of Magi, Berlin Museum ; replica, Hermitage, St. Petersburg ; Ma- donna with Saints, Count Paul StroganofF, ilj. ; Annunciation (1504), Madonna and Saints, Bergamo Gallery ; Adoration of the Magi, Museo Civico, Verona; Madonna with Saints (1507), S. Pietro Martire, Murano : Christ appearing to Magdalen (151:!), Ven- ice Academy. Liibke, Gescli. ital. Mai., ii. G23. FRANCHOYS (Francois), LUCAS, the elder, born at Mechlin, Jan. 23, 1574, died there, Sept. 1(5, 1(543. Flemish school ; his- tory and portrait painter, master of the guild in 15!)!), and elected dean six times ; went to Paris and Madrid, in both of which places he was made painter to the king, and re- turned to Mechlin in l(i()5. Works : De- scent of the Holy Ghost, St. John's, Mech- lin ; Male Portrait (KU'.t), Museum, ib. ; Dead Christ on his Mother's Lap, St. 1 Sa- von's, Ghent. Biog. n.it. de Belgique, vii. 235 ; Michiels, viii. 223. FRANCHOYS, LUCAS, the younger, born at Mechlin, June 28, l(!l(i, died there, April 3, 1(581. Flemish school ; history and portrait painter, son and pupil of Lucas Fraiichoys, the elder ; then pupil of Ru- bens at Antwerp, where he remained some years after his master's death ; spent several years in France, in favour at court, before returning to Mechlin, where he became master of the guild in 1055, and dean in 16G3. Works : Pope Honorius sanctioning the Rule of the Carmelites, St. Onophrius fed by Angels in the Desert, Prophet Eli- jah, St. Paul the Hermit, St. Andrew heal- ing the. Blind, The. Virgin followed >y Carmelites, Christ in his Mother's Lap. Museum, Mechlin ; St. Koch healing tin- Plague stricken, St. John's, ib. ; Martyrdom of St. Lawrence and of St. John, Holy Fam- ily, St. Catharine's, ib. ; Decapitation of St. John (ll!50), St. t^uentin's, Tournav ; Insurrection (11)57), Cathedral, il>. ; Educa- tion of the Virgin, The Virgin appearing to St. Simon Stock (both attributed to Lucas the elder), Antwerp Museum. Biog. nat. de Belgique, vii. 23(i ; Kramm. ii. 510 ; Mi- chiels, viii. 227 ; i. 23!) ; Ncefs, Hist, de la peint. :'i Malines, i. 317 ; Van den Braiidcn, 809. FRANC 'HO VS. PAUL. See Fraiuwhi. FUANCHOYS, PEETKU. born at Mech- lin, Oct. 20, lliOC., died there, Aug. 11. 1054. Flemish school; portrait painter, son and pupil of Lucas the elder, and stu- dent at Antwerp of Gccraard /cgers ; re- turned to Mechlin in 1(135, then painted at the court of France, spending four years in Paris, and was in great favour with Arch- duke Leopold at Brussels ; settled at Mech- lin in 1(54(5, where he became master of the guild in Kll'.l. His works on a small scale were compared to those of ( ion/.ales Cot pies, and his large; portraits valued equally highly. Works : Portrait of a Prior, Tongerlno Ab- bey ; do. of Luc Fay d'herbe, Mechlin Mu- seum ; do. of Gilbert Mutsaerts (1(545), Lille Museum; Male Portrait (1(550), Cologne Museum ; Man with Pistol, Dresden Muse- um. Biog. nat. de Belgic|iie, vii. 23* ; Ini- iner/eel, i. 252 ; Kramm, ii. 511 ; Michiels, viii. 22(5. FRANCIA, or FRANCIABIGIO. See liigio. FRANCIA, ALEXANDRE. born in 1S13, died in Brussels, Aug. 24, 1884. Marine painter ; took his subjects from Holland, Ireland, and Italy. Gold medal, Brussels, 1855 ; Orders of Leopold, Christ, Mauritius, Lazarus, Oak Crown, and Medjidie. Works : On the Meuse ; Strand of Scheveningen ; Riva dei Schiavoni ; Lake of Killarney ; Harbour of Calais; Wreck of the Amphitrite. 81