Fracanzani, Franc., a Neapolitan, d. about 1657. _Dominici._ ii. 418.
Francesca, della, Piero, from Borgo S. Sepolcro, called also Pietro Borghese, d. about 1484, aged 86. _See Vasari._ i. 71, ii. 23, iv. 221, v. 289.
Franceschi, or de' Freschi, Paolo, of Flanders, d. 1596, aged 56. _Ridolfi._ iii. 195.
Franceschini, Baldassare, from his native place called Il Volterrano, b. 1611, d. 1689. _Baldinucci._ i. 301.
---- Cav. Marcantonio, b. 1648 at Bologna, d. 1729. _Zanotti._ v. 241.
Franceschini, Can. Giacomo, his son, d. 1745. _Guida di Bologna._ Or d. 26th December, 1745, aged 73. _Oretti, Mem._ v. 245.
---- Mattia, of Turin. _Pitture d'Italia_, painted in 1745. v. 487.
Franceschitto, a Spaniard, scholar of Giordano, d. young. _Vita del Giord._ of 1728. ii. 433.
Francesco, Don, a monk of Cassino; a painter on glass; opened school at Perugia in 1440. _Orlandi_, _Risp._ i. 226.
Franchi, Ant., a Lucchese, b. 1634, d. 1709. _R. Gall._ i. 303, ii. 223.
---- Cesare, of Perugia, d. 1615. _Pascoli._ ii. 223.
Franchini, Niccolò, a Sienese, living in 1761. _Pecci._ i. 454.
Francia, Domenico, a Bolognese, d. 1758, aged 56. _Crespi._ v. 275.
---- Pietro, a Florentine, one of the masters of Fei. _Borghini._ i. 267.
---- otherwise Raibolini Francesco, a Bolognese, painted before 1490. _Malvasia._ d. 1535. _MS._ i. 112, v. 25.
---- Giacomo, his son; his work of 1526. _Guida di Bologna._ d. 1557, and interred at S. Francesco. _Oretti, Mem._ v. 29.
---- Gio. Batista, son of Giacomo, d. 1575. _Malvasia._ v. 30.
---- Giulio, cousin of Francesco, flourished about 1500. _Baldinucci._ d. 1540, and buried at S. Francesco. _Oretti, Mem._ v. 29.
---- or Francia Bigi, or Franciabigio, Marcantonio, a Florentine, b. 1483, d. 1524. _Baldinucci._ i. 202.
Franco, Alfonso, b. at Messina in 1466, d. there of the plague in 1524. _Hakert._ ii. 367.
---- Angiolo, a Neapolitan, d. about 1445. _Dominici._ ii. 357.
---- Batista, called Il Semolei, a Venetian, painted in 1536, d. 1561. _Vasari._ i. 182, iii. 242.
---- Giuseppe, a Roman, called De' Monti and Dalle Lodole, d. in the pontificate of Urban VIII. _Baglione._ ii. 158.
---- Lorenzo, a Bolognese, d. at Reggio about 1630. _Orlandi._ Aged 67. _Malvasia._ iv. 310.
Frangipane, Niccolò, a Paduan; according to some, of Udine, or rather of doubtful birth-place. _Lett. Pitt._, tom. i. p. 248. His memor. up to 1595. _Renaldis._ iii. 169.