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Francesco Melzi, or Francesco de Melzi (1491–1567), was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy. He became a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and remained as his closest professional assistant throughout his career.
View all 16 artworks. Francesco Melzi lived in the XV – XVI cent., a remarkable figure of Italian High Renaissance. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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Francesco Melzi (1493–1570) was born into a noble family in Milan. He became Leonardo’s favoured pupil after joining his Milanese workshop in around 1508. Melzi worked for Leonardo in Rome, and followed him to France, where he stayed until Leonardo’s death in 1519.
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Flora (also La Columbina or Columbine) is a painting by Francesco Melzi, completed c. 1520. [1] It depicts the Roman mythological figure Flora, the goddess of springtime and flowers, a popular subject among Renaissance artists. [2]
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1491 - 1570. Francesco Melzi, or Francesco de Melzi, was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy. He was one of Leonardo da Vinci’s pupils.
