Francisco Rizi

Francisco Rizi's Virgin and Child with Sts Philip and Francis, Oil on canvas, 1650, Public collection

Francisco Rizi (1608–1685) was a Spanish painter born at Madrid.

He was the son of Antonio Rizi, a native of Bologna, who had accompanied Federico Zuccari into Spain.

Rizi was first trained by Vincencio Carducho. He became painter to Philip IV in 1656, and held the office under Charles II, who added to it the deputy-keepership of the royal keys. A few years before he had been appointed painter to the Cathedral of Toledo. Rizi died at the Escorial.

Among his works are:

• The decoration with Pedro Nuñez of the Theatre in the Alcazar of Madrid (1648)
• Religious Scenes in the Chapel of Autonio
• Scenery for the Theatre of the Retiro
• Sketch for an altarpiece in the Sacristy of the Escorial
• A Religious Ceremony at the Plaza Mayor, Spain [Auto De Fe]

References

• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves. ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 388. http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1. 

External links

• Rizi at Art Renewal Center
• Biography at Web Gallery of Art