Pier Francesco Foschi

Pier Francesco Foschi (1502–1567) was an Italian painter active in Florence in a Mannerist style.

He completed 3 altarpieces, commissioned in 1540–1545 for the church of Santo Spirito in Florence: an Immaculate Conception, Resurrection, and a Transfiguration.

He was the son of Jacopo Sandro Foschi, known for his Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John.

In his portraits he adhered to Mannerist style, utilizing a slight Contrapposto in the sitter with their head turned from the body.

This pose gave the depiction a spontaneity and sense of movement for the innovative Mannerists, but was eventually so formulaic that it lost its intention of originality.