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Francesco Granacci was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. Born at Villamagna di Volterra, he trained in Florence at the studio of Domenico Ghirlandaio, and was employed in frescoes for San Marco on commission of Lorenzo de'Medici. He is featured in Giorgio Vasari's Vite.

His early works were influenced from the style of Filippino Lippi, like the Enthroned Madonna between Saint Michael and John the Baptist (Staatliche Museen, Berlin), Adoration of the Child (Honolulu Academy of Arts) and four histories of Saint John the Baptist.

In 1508, Gramacci went to Rome, where, with other artists, he helped Michelangelo transfer cartoons to the Sistine chapel ceiling. Returning to Florence, he painted a Madonna with Child with Saints Francesco and Jerome for the convent of the Saint Agostiniani of San Gallo (now in the Gallery of the Academy), a Madonna della Cintola for the Company of San Benedetto Bigi, and in 1515 he participated in the decorations to celebrate the visit to Florence of Pope Leo X.