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Alfonso Franco (1466–1524), was an Italian painter from Messina, Sicily, active during the Italian Renaissance.

He was a pupil of Jacobello da Antonello, son of Antonello Da Messina. He painted a Deposition for the church of San Francesco di Paola in Messina; and a Dispute of Jesus at the Temple for the church of Sant'Agostino. He died of the plague in 1524.

References

1. Ticozzi, Stefano (1818). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d'ogni etá e d'ogni nazione (Volume 1). Vincenzo Ferrario, Milan. pp. 212–213.

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