Oil/canvas. 37,5 x 48 cm. Some rest., relined. - Italian history painter, one of the most important artists of his time. F. was a student of C. Cignani and was soon called upon by the latter as an assistant for important works, at first mainly frescoes. Later he worked for the Pope and many European courts. Mus.: Vienna (Kunsthist. Mus.), New York (Metrop. Mus.) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker.