Francisco Rizi

Francisco Rizi's Virgin and Child with Sts Philip and Francis, Oil on canvas, 1650, Public collection

Francisco Rizi (1608–1685) was a Spanish painter born at Madrid.

Biography

He was the son of Antonio Rizi, a native of Bologna, who had accompanied Federico Zuccari into Spain.

Rizi was first trained by Vincencio Carducho. He became painter to Philip IV in 1656, and held the office under Charles II, who added to it the deputy-keepership of the royal keys. A few years prior, he was appointed painter to the Cathedral of Toledo. Rizi died at El Escorial.

Among his works are:

• The decoration with Pedro Nuñez of the theatre in the Real Alcázar of Madrid (1648).
• Religious scenes in the Chapel of Antonio.
• Scenery for the theatre of the Parque del Buen Retiro.
• Sketch for the retable of the Host of Gorkum (the paintings for which were later completed by Claudio Coello) in the Sacristy of El Escorial.
• "Auto de Fé en la plaza Mayor de Madrid".^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Antonio Palomino, An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects, 1724, first English translation, 1739, p. 112
• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. p. 388. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Francisco Rizi.

• Rizi at Art Renewal Center
• Biography at Web Gallery of Art