Francesco Terzi
Francesco Terzio, or Francesco Terzi (ca. 1523 – 20 August 1591) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Bergamo.
Also recorded as Giovanni Francesco de Terciis · Giovanni Francesco Terzio · Giovanni Francesco Terzo · Giovanni Francesco Terzi
Francesco Terzi

Florian Abel, Francesco Terzio · Jiří Pešek: Jiří Melantrich a Aventýna, Melantrich, Praha 1991, s. 22 · Public domain
- Born
- 1523 · Bergamo.
- Died
- 1591 · Rome.
- Occupation
- painter · copper engraver
- Fields
- portrait
- Teachers
- Giovanni Battista Moroni
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Francesco Terzio, or Francesco Terzi (ca. 1523 – 20 August 1591) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Bergamo.
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Born at Bergamo in 1523, died in Rome in 1591.
Training under Giovanni Battista Moroni is recorded. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bergamo, Prague and Venice. Positions recorded include court painter. Work by Francesco Terzi is recorded in the collections of Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Apoštol Pavel píšící epištolu (?), dřevořez z Bible Melantrichovy
Florian Abel, Francesco Terzi · Jiří Pešek: Jiří Melantrich a Aventýna, Melantrich, Praha 1991, s. 22

Izraelité na výpravě do Svaté Země, dřevořez z Bible Melantrichovy
Florian Abel, Francesco Terzio · Jiří Pešek: Jiří Melantrich a Aventýna, Melantrich, Praha 1991, s. 23
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Bergamo.
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- 1.cita Pistoi .
- 2.Carlo Ridolfi. Le Maraviglie dell'arte, ovvero la vita degli illustri pittori veneti. 1648.
- 3.Ritratto d'uomo, Terzi Gian Francesco (attribuito) – Opere e oggetti d'arte – Lombardia Beni Culturali. Lombardia Beni Culturali.
- 4.Cosimo Poncino. Fondazione Zeri.
- 5.Giovan Battista Moroni. Museo Adriano Bernareggi. 2005.
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