Francesco Gentileschi was a 17th-century Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was son of Orazio Gentileschi, but upon the death of his father, he entered the studio of the Genoese painter Domenico Fiasella. He died young.

Sources edit

  • Soprani, Raffaello (1769). Carlo Giuseppe Ratti (ed.). Delle vite de' pittori, scultori, ed architetti genovesi; Tomo secundo scritto da Carlo Giuseppe Ratti. Genoa: Stamperia Casamara. pp. 237. Genovesi Raffaello Soprani.


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  • Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries, which contains material on Francesco Gentileschi (see index)