Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola

The Martyrdom of Saint Cassian of Imola.

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine, Filangieri Museum, Naples.

Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola (c. 1494 – c. 1550) was an Italian painter and draftsman born in Imola and died in Bologna. Innocenzo probably went to Florence and studied for some time under the direction of Mariotto Albertinelli and Gaspare Sacchi. He was asked by Count Giovanni Battista Bentivoglio to live in Bologna, where he created most of his work.

His earliest known works include The Virgin and Child with Saints Sebastian, Roch, Cosmas and Damian was signed and dated in 1515. The Virgin and Child with Saints John, Apollinaris and Catherine and a Bishop, signed and dated in 1516. This second painting is in Cásola Valsenio, near Bologna.

During his life he produced a series of religious frescoes and altarpieces. He was strongly influenced by Raphael. He trained artists such as Francesco Primaticcio and Prospero Fontana. The Church of Santa Maria Dei Servi in Bologna has interior paintings by da Imola.

Known works

Painting	Date	Location
The Virgin and Child with Saints Sebastian, Roch, Cosmas and Damian	1515	Casola Valsenio
The Virgin and Child with Saints John, Apollinaris and Catherine and a Bishop	1516
The Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Joachim and Anne	1526	Cathedral of Faenza
Study of an Angel and of Drapery		Getty Museum
The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine of Siena		Filangieri Museum, Naples
Madonna and Child in Glory and the Saints Archangel Michael, and Peter Benedict		Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna
St. John the Evangelist		La Salle University

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