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Francesco Bianchi Ferrara

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Francesco Bianchi (1447–1510) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He is also known as Francesco del Bianchi Ferrara, also called Il Frare) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was born at Ferrara. Modena is also mentioned as the place of his birth. His works were much esteemed in his time. He was a pupil of Cosimo Tura. He is said to have been an instructor of Correggio. The Louvre has a Virgin and Child enthroned with two Saints.

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Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves. ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. pages 124–125.

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