- coe), iii. 157; Larousse, viii. 752; Burckhardt,
773, 785; Seguier, 70.
FRANCESCO DA COTIGNOLA. See
Zaganelli, Francesco.
FRANCESCO DA SANTA CROCE
(Francesco Rizo), born about 1480, at
Santa Croce, near Bergamo, flourished there
and in Venice in 1504-1541. Venetian
school; history painter, pupil of Giovanni
Bellini; developed probably under the influence
of Carpaccio and Bellini's followers.
Works: Adoration of Magi, Berlin Museum;
replica, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Madonna
with Saints, Count Paul Stroganoff,
ib.; 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 (1513), Venice
Academy.—Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., ii.
623.
FRANCHOYS (François), LUCAS, the
elder, born at Mechlin, Jan. 23, 1574, died
there, Sept. 16, 1643. Flemish school; history
and portrait painter, master of the guild
in 1599, and elected dean six times; went
to Paris and Madrid, in both of which places
he was made painter to the king, and returned
to Mechlin in 1605. Works: Descent
of the Holy Ghost, St. John's, Mechlin;
Male Portrait (1619), Museum, ib.;
Dead Christ on his Mother's Lap, St. Bavon's,
Ghent.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, vii.
235; Michiels, viii. 223.
FRANCHOYS, LUCAS, the younger,
born at Mechlin, June 28, 1616, died there,
April 3, 1681. Flemish school; history and
portrait painter, son and pupil of Lucas
Franchoys, the elder; then pupil of Rubens
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 1655, and dean in
1663. Works: Pope Honorius sanctioning
the Rule of the Carmelites, St. Onophrius
fed by Angels in the Desert, Prophet Elijah,
St. Paul the Hermit, St. Andrew healing
the Blind, The Virgin followed by
Carmelites, Christ in his Mother's Lap,
Museum, Mechlin; St. Roch healing the
Plague stricken, St. John's, ib.; Martyrdom
of St. Lawrence and of St. John, Holy Family,
St. Catharine's, ib.; Decapitation of
St. John (1650), St. Quentin's, Tournay;
Resurrection (1657), Cathedral, ib.; Education
of the Virgin, The Virgin appearing to
St. Simon Stock (both attributed to Lucas
the elder), Antwerp Museum.—Biog. nat.
de Belgique, vii. 236; Kramm, ii. 510; Michiels,
viii. 227; ix. 239; Neefs, Hist. de la
peint. à Malines, i. 347; Van den Branden,
809.
FRANCHOYS, PAUL. See Franceschi.
FRANCHOYS, PEETER, born at Mechlin,
Oct. 20, 1606, died there, Aug. 11,
1654. Flemish school; portrait painter,
son and pupil of Lucas the elder, and student
at Antwerp of Geeraard Zegers; returned
to Mechlin in 1635, then painted at
the court of France, spending four years in
Paris, and was in great favour with Archduke
Leopold at Brussels; settled at Mechlin
in 1646, where he became master of the
guild in 1649. His works on a small scale
were compared to those of Gonzales Coques,
and his large portraits valued equally highly.
Works: Portrait of a Prior, Tongerloo Abbey;
do. of Luc Fay d'herbe, Mechlin Museum;
do. of Gilbert Mutsaerts (1645), Lille
Museum; Male Portrait (1650), Cologne
Museum; Man with Pistol, Dresden Museum.—Biog.
nat. de Belgique, vii. 238; Immerzeel,
i. 252; Kramm, ii. 511; Michiels,
viii. 226.
FRANCIA, or FRANCIABIGIO. See
Bigio.
FRANCIA, ALEXANDRE, born in 1813,
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.
