DETAILS
- Artist
- Lorenzo Costa
- Date
- 1490
- Location
- Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon
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THE ARTIST
Lorenzo Costa
Lorenzo Costa, a prominent painter of the Italian Renaissance, bridged the artistic worlds of Ferrara, Bologna, and Mantua, serving as court painter to Isabella d'Este.
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