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