Of Francia
| 1450. | Born at Bologna. | (P. 75.) |
| 1482. | Entered the Goldsmiths’ Guild. | (P. 76.) |
| 1483. | Elected steward of the Guild. | (P. 70.) |
| 1485. | Birth of his son Giacomo. | (P. 76.) |
| 1487. | Birth of his son Giulio. | (P. 76.) |
| 1489. | Elected steward of the Goldsmiths’ Guild a second time. | (P. 76.) |
| 1490. | Painted his first altar-piece for Bartolommeo Felicini. | (P. 79.) |
| 1495. | Painted a Madonna and Child for Jacopo Gambaro. | (P. 81.) |
| 1499. | Painted altar-pieces for the Bentivoglio Chapel and Church of the Misericordia. | (P. 81.) |
| 1500. | Painted altar-pieces for the Church of the Annunziata, and for San Lorenzo. | (Pp. 84, 85.) |
| 1502. | Painted Madonna and Saints for the Friars dell’ Osservanza at Modena. | (P. 100.) |
| 1505-1506. | Painted frescoes of the Chapel of St. Cecilia. | (P. 94.) |
| 1507. | Expulsion of the Bentivogli. | (P. 97.) |
| 1508. | Coined money for Pope Julius II. | (P. 97.) |
| ″ | Sent his portrait to Raphael in Rome, Sept. | (P. 97.) |
| 1509. | Painted the Baptism of Christ (now in the Dresden Gallery). | (P. 99.) |
| 1511. | Elected one of the six Gonfalonieri of the People. | (P. 102.) |
| 1512. | Elected steward of the Guild. | (P. 103.) |
| 1514. | Elected steward of the four Guilds. | (P. 103.) |
| 1515. | Painted Sanvitale altar-piece at Parma, and Pietà at Turin. | (P. 104.) |
| 1516. | Raphael sent his St. Cecilia to Bologna. | (P. 105.) |
| 1517. | (New style, 1518). Died, Jan. 5. | (P. 106.) |
Footnotes
1 Crowe and Cavalcaselle doubt that he went to Greece.
2 We have Professor Colvin’s authority for assigning this print to Mantegna, as well as the strong inference drawn from the likeness of the engravings to the frescoes of the Castello di Corte. (Portfolio, vol. 8.)
3 The Raphael Cartoons only realised £300.
4 Crowe and Cavalcaselle doubt that Francia studied under Zoppo.
5 See Crowe and Cavalcaselle. “A History of Painting in North Italy,” Vol. I., p. 294. Crevalcore’s name, however, does not occur in the Berlin official catalogue.
6 No. 80, in the Pinacoteoa, Bologna.
7 No. 81.
8 At Tew Park, Oxfordshire.
9 These two frescoes are usually ascribed to Giacomo Raibolini; but Frizzoni and Milanese after him attribute them to Tamaroccio, who assisted his master Francia in the chapel.
10 The picture exhibited by Sir William Abdy at Burlington House last winter (1881) as the painter’s own likeness has too little in common with Francia’s style to be accepted as genuine with any certainty, although a print of it, bearing the date 1763 and the name of the goldsmith painter, is said to exist.
11 In the lists of Mantegna’s and Francia’s works exhibited at the British Institution, Manchester, Leeds, and the “Old Masters” at Burlington House, the official catalogues have been strictly adhered to; it must not be supposed that every picture classed as the work of Mantegna or of Francia is recognised as genuine by the critics; for example, the Royal Academy merely catalogues the works “under the names given to them by the contributors,” and “can accept no responsibility as to their authenticity.”