Baldassarre Franceschini

1611 – 1690

Italian painter and draughtsman (known as Il Volterrano). He was the son of Guasparri Franceschini, a sculptor in alabaster, and studied first with the local artist Cosimo Daddi (d 1630) then, from 1628, in Florence with Matteo Rosselli. His first works, which are still in Volterra, are the Purification of the Virgin (1630; Volterra, S Agostino), Elijah and the Angel (1631; Volterra, S Giusto Abbey Church) and the Assumption of the Virgin (1631; Volterra, Archv Capitolare); they reveal the influence of Rosselli and elements of Mannerism.

8 artworks in collection