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