About Alfonso Franco
Lived 1466 – 1523 (aged 56–57). Alfonso Franco was a painter.
Alfonso Franco (1466–1524), was an Italian painter from Messina, Sicily, active during the Italian Renaissance.
He was a pupil of Jacobello da Antonello, son of Antonello da Messina. He painted a Deposition for the church of San Francesco di Paola in Messina; and a Dispute of Jesus at the Temple for the church of Sant'Agostino. He died of the plague in 1524.
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Italian painter from Messina, Sicily (1466-1523)
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Alfonso Franco was born in 1466 in Messina.
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Alfonso Franco died in 1523 in Messina.
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Alfonso Franco was a painter.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Alfonso Franco. https://biography.guide/alfonso-franco/
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