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GIANFRANCESCO PENNY (1488–1528)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 104 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
GIANFRANCESCO PENNY (1488–1528)

PENNY (1488–1528) , See also:

ITALIAN

Italian painter, surnamed " II Fattore," from the relation in which he stood to See also:

RAPHAEL (Hebrew smm, " God heals ")

Raphael, whose favourite See also:

DISCIPLE

disciple he was after Giulio Romano, was a native of See also:

Florence, but spent the latter'years of his See also:

LIFE

life in See also:

Naples . He painted in oil as well as in See also:

FRESCO (Ital. for cool, " fresh ")

fresco, but is chiefly known for his See also:

WORK

work in the Loggie of the Vatican .

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