Scholars know little about the training of Franciabigio, the son of a Milanese linen weaver, except that he assisted in the studio of a follower of Fra Bartolommeo. His spacious architectural settings and the swaying movement of his figures reflect his two trips to Rome, where he studied Raphael's murals. The workshop that Franciabigio founded with Andrea del Sarto around 1506 shaped multitudes of
