Francesco Melanzio (1460–1526) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period in Montefalco, Umbria.

Photo of Francesco Melanzio

He was born in Montefalco, and said to have been, along with Bernardino di Mariotto, a pupil of Fiorenzo di Lorenzo. He painted extensive frescoes in the Monastery of San Francesco in Montefalco.[1]

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  1. ^ Rassegna d'arte antica e moderna, Volumes 6-7, Article: La Pittura all'Esposizione d'arte Antica di Perugia, by F. Mason Perkins (1907), page 304.