Francesco Lola Explained

Francesco Lola (active 1393–1419) was an Italian painter, active in Bologna.

Biography

Little is known of his biography. Some refer to him as Francesco di Andrea^[1] or the name is associated with Francesco de Andreolo Lola.^[2] He is known to have collaborated in 1410 with Michele di Matteo in painting processional standards to celebrate the arrival in Bologna of the antipope Alexander V.^[3] He also painted frescoes depicting the Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints and St Agatha Crowned by Angels^[4] in the Capella del Crocifisso (Pepoli Chapel) in San Petronio, Bologna.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-anguilla_(Dizionario_Biografico)/Encyclopedia Treccani
2. http://catalogo.fondazionezeri.unibo.it/ricerca.jsp?decorator=layout_S2&apply=true&percorso_ricerca=OA&tipo_ricerca=avanzata&mod_AUTN_OA=contiene&AUTN_OA=Lola+Francesco+di+Andreolo&componi_OA=AND&ordine_OA=rilevanza Fondazione Zeri
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=6vh8kwpZmwoC The Samuel H. Kress Study Collection at the University of Missouri
4. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/st-agatha-by-francesco-lola-fresco-san-petronio-basilica-news-photo/154717190 Getty Images
5. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/madonna-and-child-with-saints-by-francesco-lola-fresco-stock-graphic/158643244 Getty Images