Battista Franco Veneziano aka Giovanni Battista Franco, il Semolei or Battista Franco, before 1510 - 1561. Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker in etching active in Rome, Urbino, and Venice in the mid 16th century. From Le Vite de' piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, - architettori or Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Vasari, published 1829.