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5 unusual facts about Gianfrancesco Penni


Penni

Gianfrancesco Penni, Italian Renaissance artist, or his brothers Luca and Bartolomeo

Raphael Rooms

Following Raphael's death in 1520, his assistants Gianfrancesco Penni, Giulio Romano and Raffaellino del Colle finished the project with the frescoes in the Sala di Costantino.

Serjeant Painter

He had an Italian colleague Bartolommeo Penni, brother of the much more distinguished Luca and Gianfrancesco, Raphael's right hand man.

The Coronation of Charlemagne

Though it is believed that Raphael did make the designs for the composition, the fresco was probably painted by Gianfrancesco Penni.

The Vision of the Cross

After the master's death in 1520, Gianfrancesco Penni, Giulio Romano and Raffaellino del Colle from Raphael's workshop worked together to finish the commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.



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