About Domenico Francia
Lived 1702 – 1758 (aged 55–56). Domenico Francia was a painter, architect and artist.
Domenico Francia (1702–1758) was an Italian painter and architect.
He was born in Bologna, the son of the engraver Francesco Maria Domenico Francia, and studied under Ferdinando Galli (called Bibiena), whom he assisted in his paintings at Vienna. He was afterwards appointed builder to the King of Sweden, and on the expiration of this service painted at other European courts.
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Who was Domenico Francia?
Italian painter and architect (1702-1758)
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Domenico Francia was born in 1702 in Bologna.
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Domenico Francia died in 1758 in Bologna.
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Domenico Francia was a painter, architect and artist.
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