Cav. Marc Antonio Franceschini
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Cav. Marc Antonio Franceschini [1]
an eminent Italian painter, was born at Bologna, April 5, 1648, and was instructed in the school of Gio. Battista Galli. The principal works of this master at Bologna are a ceiling in the Palazzo Ranuzzi; The Death of St. Joseph, in Corpus Domini; St. Francis of Sales Kneeling before the Virgin and Infant, in La Madonna di Galeria; a fine picture of The Annunciation, at the Institute. At Rimini, in the Church of the Augustines, is a fine picture of St. Tommaso Giving Alms to the Poor. Franceschini died December 24, 1728. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.
