Giovanni Francesco Surchi

Giovanni Francesco Surchi (died c. 1590) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active in Ferrara.

Giovanni Francesco, the son of Zanobio, who was a pupil of Dosso Dossi.

[1] Orlandi found him facile with figures and grotteschi, and having a predilection for bizarre decoration.

He painted a Nativity at San Giovannino and the convent of the Benedictines in Ferrara.

He painted some medallions with the four evangelists for the church of the Gesu (Jesuits) in Ferrara.

Saint Catherine and the Trinity , Ferrara Cathedral