- ful as a colourist. He executed frescos in
Rome, Urbino, Venice (1556), and other places, and made many designs for architectural decorations. Was also an engraver, and Bartsch enumerates ninety-three of his etchings. Works: Battle of Montemurlo, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Baptism of Christ, S. Francesco della Vigna, Venice, Madonna, S. Giobbo, ib.—Ch. Blanc, École ombrienne; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., xi. 317; Bartsch, xvi. 111.
FRANÇOIS, PIERRE JOSEPH CÉLESTIN,
born at Namur, March 19, 1759, died
in 1851. Flemish school; history painter,
pupil of Andreas Lens; visited Italy in
1778-81 and 1789-92, and France and Germany
repeatedly. Among his pupils were
Navez, Decaisne, and Madou. Order of Leopold
in 1845. Works: St. Germain blessing
St. Geneviève (Church du Sablon), and
Four Evangelists (Church des Minimes),
Brussels; Marius amid the Ruins of Carthage,
National Gallery, ib.; Sylla Tiburius,
Portrait of Mme. Du Barry, Arenberg Gallery,
ib.; Assumption, Ghent Academy;
Physician consulted by two old Women,
Haarlem Museum.—Immerzeel, i. 251;
Kramm, ii. 511.
FRANCUCCI. See Imola.
FRANK, JULIUS, born in Munich in
1826. History painter, son of the glass
painter, Michael Sigismund Frank (died
1847), pupil of Schraudolph. Works: St.
George, Dünkelsbühl; The Good Shepherd,
The Guardian Angel, Saalfelden; Mater
Dolorosa, St. Sebastian, Cycle of wall paintings
from sacred and profane history of Bavaria,
National Museum, Munich; do. from
New Testament, Philippine Congregation
in Gostyn, Posen. Many easel pictures,
chiefly Madonnas.—Müller, 182.
FRANQUE, JEAN PIERRE and JOSEPH,
twin brothers, born at Buis (Drôme)
in 1774. French school; history painters,
pupils of David, enjoyed reputation under
the empire, and often worked conjointly.
Pierre painted pictures of large dimensions
in the style of his master, and was employed
at the Louvre and in making copies and
restorations in Versailles Museum. Medal,
2d class, 1812; L. of Honour, 1836. Joseph
went to Naples in 1813, where he became
professor at the Academy. Works by Pierre:
Battle of Zürich (1812, with Joseph, gold
medal); Josabeth saving Joash from Fury
of Athaliah (1817), Nîmes Museum; Conversion
of St. Paul (1819), Dijon Museum;
Angelica and Medor (1822), Besançon Museum;
Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida
(1822), Montauban Museum; Crossing the
Rhine (1835); Siege of Lille (1836), Battle
of Lens (1841, with Alaux), Versailles Museum.
Works by Joseph: France in Anarchy
appearing to Bonaparte on Banks of
Nile (formerly in Luxembourg Museum).—Larousse,
viii. 787.
FRANQUELIN, JEAN AUGUSTIN, born
in Paris, Sept. 1, 1798, died there, Jan. 4,
1839. French school; history and genre
painter, pupil of Regnault. Medal, 2d class,
1827. Works: Christ leaving the Temple
(1819), Tours Cathedral; Death of Malvina
(1819), Fontainebleau Palace; Daughter of
Jairus (1822), Amiens Museum; Baptism of
Christ (1824), Préfecture de la Seine, Paris;
Conquest of Brisach, 1703, Versailles Museum;
Young Woman with her Child and a
Dog, Grenoble Museum; Mother at Cradle
of sick Child, Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Bragella,
the Sailor's Wife (after Byron), Italian
Woman with Sick Child praying before
Madonna, Leipsic Museum.—Bellier de la
Chavignerie, ii. 586.
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FRARI, IL. See Bianchi, Francesco.
FRASER, ALEXANDER, born in Edinburgh,
April 7, 1786, died at Hornsey, Feb.
15, 1865. Genre painter, studied at Trustees'
Academy, Edinburgh; went in 1813 to
London, where he became assistant to Wilkie,
and painted the details and still-life in
his pictures for twenty years. His own
works, mostly relating to Scottish life, show
