\paperw3900 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b FRANCIA, Francesco Raibolini called\par
\b0 Italian painter and goldsmith\par
(Bologna c\i .\i0 1450 - 1517)\par
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He comme
nced his career as a goldsmith. His early pictorial works suggest a study of the Ferrarese, especially Ercole deÆ Roberti and \b \cf4 \ATXht1203 Lorenzo Costa\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , and of Flemish painting. However, his precocious preference for balanced and
rhythmic composition clearly indicate contacts with contemporary Tuscan painting. Subsequently, his style tended toward a mild and simple classicism, based on calm gestures, symmetrical rhythms and harmonious forms that underwent no further substantial c