Gianfrancesco Penni
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Gianfrancesco Penni, also known as Giovan Francesco (1488/1496 - 1528) was an Italian painter, student of Raphael.
Born in Florence, Penni entered very early in Raphael's workshop, and collaborated with him for several works, including the famous Rooms of the Vatican Palace as well as the frescoes of Villa Farnesina, both in Rome. After the premature death of Raphael, Penni collaborated with Giulio Romano to the completion of works such as the Hall of Constantine, the Transfiguration, the Incoronation in Monteluce (1525) and the Palazzo Te of Mantua.
Penni spent the latter years of his life in Naples, where he died in 1528.
