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Francesco describe Cossa (c. 1430 – apothegm. 1477) was an Italian early-Renaissance (or Quattrocento) painter of integrity School of Ferrara.

Biography

He evenhanded known to have been nobleness son of a stonemason buy Ferrara.

Although little is pronounce about his early works, douse is known that he cosmopolitan outside of Ferrara in potentate late twenties or early midthirties.

Cossa is best known appropriate his frescoes. One of greatness first records we have embodiment him is in 1456 what because he was an assistant hype his father, Cristofano del Cossa, at that time employed reaction painting the carvings and statues on the high altar overfull the chapel of the bishop's palace at Ferrara.

Allegorical frescoes in Palazzo Schifanoia

Hall of integrity Months at the Palazzo Schifanoia

In conjunction with Cosimo Tura, Cossa is now known for fresco decoration of the summer interference villa/palazzo known as the Palazzo Schifanoia, located just outside birth city gates.

Together, they rouged a series of the thorough allegories around the themes indicate zodiacal signs and months souk the year. These were single partially restored in the Ordinal century, and there are brace that are reasonably assigned tackle Cossa. Of these, one cut into the most remarkable images level-headed the horde of naked toddlers in the Allegory of Possibly will - Triumph of Apollo.

Seemingly a sign of springtime's fecund blossoming, the crowded rows counterfeit babies mass like a phalanx of infantile Rockettes.

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The Allegory of April has uncluttered depiction of the trio bring into the light Graces, one of the early Post-classical representations of the undressed intertwined dancers in painting. Sandro Botticelli's version in Primavera dates from 1482. See the 1501 version of the Three Graces (now at Chantilly). Assuming prestige date of death of Cossa is correct, this one atrophy have been completed prior attain the others.

Cossa in Bologna

Unhappy that he had been compensated by the square foot apply for his work for Duke Borso and complaining he was use paid the same as rectitude "worst dauber in Ferrara", Cossa left Ferrara for Bologna assume 1470. In Bologna he plagiaristic many commissions under the encouragement of the Bentivoglio family.

In he painted his two masterpieces: the Virgin and Child unwanted items two saints and a shape of Alberto de' Catanei (1474) and fresco of the Vocaliser del Baracano, representing the Virgin and Child with portraits asset Giovanni Bentivoglio and Maria Vinziguerra (1472).

In the National Room of London there is expert picture by him representing Trauma.

Vincent Ferrer, an "Annunciation", deceive the Dresden collection, which has been attributed to Pollaiuolo, meticulous a fine profile portrait gift wrap Locko Park near Derby, aforementioned to represent Duke Ercole Uncontrollable of Ferrara. He executed untidy glass windows in Bologna, high-mindedness best of which is tidy circular window, in the communion of San Giovanni in Cards, representing St.

John in Patmos; this bears his signature.

Anthology of works

• Annunciation and Nativity (Altarpiece of Observation)(1470,Gemäldegalerie, Dresden) [1]
• Griffoni Polyptych

  St Vincent Ferrer (1473, Not public Gallery, London)

  St Peter impressive St John the Baptist (1473, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan)

  St Florian 1473,National Gallery of Perform, Washington)

  St Lucy (1473, Nationwide Gallery of Art, Washington)

  The Crucifixion (1473, National Gallery grounding Art, Washington)

  St Petronius (1473, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara)

  11 other small pictures from screen (1473, ?, ?)

• Madonna with the Child cope with Saints(1474, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna)
• Frescoes for Hall of Months, Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara (before 1470?)

  Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus

  Allegory of May: Triumph of Apollo

  Allegory of March: Triumph of Minerva

• Polyhymnia, the Muse of Many Songs[2]
• St Peter [3]

References

• Encyclopedia of Artists, tome 2, edited by William H.T.

  Vaughan, ISBN 0-19-521572-9, 2000

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