ARTIST

Francesco del Cossa

1436–1477

Renaissance painter who quit Ferrara after being paid 'by the square foot' like the 'worst dauber' in town.

ABOUT

Francesco del Cossa (c. 1430 – c. 1477) was an Italian Renaissance painter of the School of Ferrara, who after 1470 worked in Bologna. Cossa is best known for his frescoes, especially his collaboration with Cosimo Tura on a cycle of the months in the Palazzo Schifanoia of the Este family, rulers of Ferrara. Otherwise, his paintings are mostly of religious subjects, with some portraits and drawings attributed to him. He also designed stained glass. == Biography == Francesco w…

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NOTABLE WORKS
Angel of annunciation kneeling in landscape 1460 · Munich Central Collecting Point Virgin and Child with an Angel 1460 · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus 1468 · Palazzo Schifanoia The Annunciation 1470 · Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Saint Catherine and Saint Clare 1470 · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya St John the Baptist 1470 · Pinacoteca di Brera
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