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Francesco Primaticcio

Header: Francesco Primaticcio
Also known as: Francesco Primaticcio; primary name: Primaticcio, Francesco; other name: Bologna, Francesco; other name: Francisque; other name: Primatice; other name: Saint Martin de Boulogne; other name: St Martin de Boulogne
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Bolognese; School of Fontainebleau; Italian; French; Male
Life dates: 1504-1570
Biography: Painter, draughtsman and architect. Born in Bologna, active in Mantua under Giulio Romano (Palazzo Te and Palazzo Ducale), moved to Fontainebleau in 1532, where he was made 'surintendant' of the works after Rosso Fiorentino's death in 1540. Sent to Rome to buy originals and casts of statues in 1540. After his own death, some of his works were completed by Nicolo dell'Abbate. Sometimes referred to as Saint Martin de Boulogne in French texts (Primaticcio was abbot of Saint-Martin of Troyes)
Bibliography: L. Dimier, 'Le Primatice', Paris 1900 Sylvie Beguin and others, 'La Galerie d'Ulysse à Fontainebleau', Paris 1985 Paris, Louvre 2004, 'P. maître de Fontainebleau'

285 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1942,0921.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1371 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.43 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.645 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Circle/School of:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1943,1113.35 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: Pp,2.129 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.488 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.46 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.649 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Camillo ProcacciniFormerly attributed to:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1575-1629

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1372 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: Pp,2.125 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: SL,5227.48 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0611.3 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.149 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.677 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0611.4 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.42 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.47 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: SL,5237.117 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Cornelis SaftlevenFormerly attributed to:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1646

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.426 |
Producer name: Drawn by:James NorthcoteAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1771-1776

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.485 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.590 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Circle/School of:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.44 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.487 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Ascribed to:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.490 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.486 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1900,0611.5 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1895,0915.676 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1890,1013.31 |
Producer name: After:Francesco PrimaticcioDrawn by:De Palange |
Production date: 18thC

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.134 |
Producer name: After:Francesco PrimaticcioFormerly attributed to:Anonymous |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.491 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Circle/School of:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.484 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.45 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: Pp,2.126 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Ascribed to:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: SL,5226.148 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.489 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Drawn by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.243 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Isaac OliverAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1556-1617

drawing

Museum number: SL,5236.44 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1519-1570

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.73 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.64 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: 1879,1011.711-839 |
Producer name: Print made by:Carlo LasinioPrinted by:Labrelis |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: W,3.190.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:Domenico del BarbiereAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.101 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: 1851,0208.104 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1541-1545

print

Title: Six classical landscapes |
Museum number: 1874,0808.900 |
Producer name: Print made by:Georges BobaAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1560-1590

print

Title: Diana of Poictiers |
Museum number: 1879,0111.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry WorthingtonAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1803-1850

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.133 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the story of CadmusAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Museum number: W,3.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Eloy BonnejonneAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1645-1695

print

Museum number: W,3.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist FGFormerly attributed to:Giorgio Ghisi |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.65 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Title: Theatrum Pictorium |
Museum number: A,8.38 |
Producer name: Print made by:Peeter van LisebettenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1654-1660

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.67 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: W,3.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1545

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: W,3.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1541-1545

print; book-illustration

Title: Tombeau du Roy François I |
Museum number: 1850,0527.188 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre GiffartIntermediary draughtsman:Alexandre Le Blond |
Production date: 1706

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.62 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.112 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the story of CadmusAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1542-1547

print

Museum number: W,4.54 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Frederik BloemaertAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1606

print

Museum number: 1871,0812.759 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist FGAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1550 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; ornament print; album

Title: Fueilliages modernes faicts au chateau Royal de Fontainebleau |
Museum number: 1937,0915.446.213 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Pierretz le jeuneAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1650-1664 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1859,0611.194 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1600-1700

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.60 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Title: Galerie des peintures qui sont dans la salle du bal à Fontainebleau |
Museum number: Nn,7.51.n |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexandre BetouAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1622-1693

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1545-1547

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.61 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.1 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 Print made by:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1570

print

Title: The Seven Liberal Arts |
Museum number: 1870,0625.722 |
Producer name: Ascribed to:Francesco PrimaticcioPublished by:Antonius Wierix |
Production date: 1591

print

Museum number: 1851,0208.154 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio FantuzziAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1545

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.55 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1851,0208.97 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1545

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.75 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: W,3.5 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist FGAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1550

print

Museum number: 1874,0711.1787 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne DelauneAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1569

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.94 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print; title-page; book-illustration; book; bookplate

Museum number: 1938,1108.9.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:Cristoforo CoriolanoPublished by:Giunti |
Production date: 1568 |
Production place: Published in:Florence (city)

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.108 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Title: Galerie des peintures qui sont dans la salle du bal à Fontainebleau |
Museum number: 1850,0527.164-169 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alexandre BetouAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1640-1650

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.51 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean MignonAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1543

print

Museum number: W,3.21 |
Producer name: BIOG42669 After:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1530-1560

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.79 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.88 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.466 |
Producer name: Print made by:Zacharie HeinceAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1630-1635

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.69 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: W,3.41 |
Producer name: Print made by:Étienne DelauneAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1569

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.789 |
Producer name: Print made by:Monogrammist FGFormerly attributed to:Giorgio Ghisi |
Production date: 1540-1550

print; ornament print; album

Title: Fueilliages modernes faicts au chateau Royal de Fontainebleau |
Museum number: 1937,0915.446.211 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Pierretz le jeuneAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1650-1664 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.216 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1546

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Léon DaventAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1540-1545

print

Title: The Seven Liberal Arts |
Museum number: 1870,0625.718 |
Producer name: Ascribed to:Francesco PrimaticcioPublished by:Antonius Wierix |
Production date: 1591

print

Title: Diana of Poictiers |
Museum number: 1918,1010.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Joseph BrownAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1853-1886

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.78 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.117 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the story of CadmusAfter:Léon Davent |
Production date: 1546-1550

print

Museum number: 1850,0527.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio FantuzziAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1545

print

Museum number: W,3.22 |
Producer name: After:Francesco PrimaticcioPublished by:Maarten Peeters (Petri) |
Production date: 1530-1560

print

Museum number: W,3.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Louis ElleAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1627-1647

print

Title: Les travaux d'Ulysse |
Museum number: W,3.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Theodoor van ThuldenAfter:Francesco Primaticcio |
Production date: 1633

print

Museum number: W,3.34 |
Producer name: Print made by:Master of the story of CadmusAfter:Léon Davent |
Production date: 1540-1546

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