1460-1535
Italian
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Italian painter of the Ferrarese and Bolognese schools. Trained in the manner of such painters as Tura and Cossa, he modified the strident Ferrarese style when he became a partner of Francia. Among his paintings are the Madonna and Child with the Bentivoglio Family and the Triumphs of Petrarch in San Giacomo Maggiore, the Madonna with Saints in San Petronio, and the Madonna in San Giovanni in Monte, all in Bologna. His Three Saints is in the Metropolitan Museum. Related Paintings of Lorenzo Costa :. | St Cecily-s Charity | Portrait of a Man | Gentleman | Conversion of St Valerian | Court of Isabella d'Este after 1505 | Related Artists:
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