Francesco del Cossa


Name
Francesco del Cossa
Life Dates
c. 1436-1477/78
Country
Italy
Movement
Early Renaissance

Francesco del Cossa Biography

Together with Cosmè Tura

and Ercole de’Roberti, Francesco del Cossa belonged to the great trio of the Ferrara school of painting. Cosmè Tura’s assistant and partner in Ferrara, Cossa reduced his master's austerity in his own more genial style of painting. Although less fantastic in temperament than Tura, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish one from the other. Very possibly Donatello’s work in Padua also played an important role in formulating the young painter's...


Francesco del Cossa 17 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

Francesco del Cossa Bibliography

Monumental Painting of Italian Renaissance. by I. Smirnova. Moscow. 1987.

The Art of the Italian Renaissance. Architecture. Sculpture. Painting. Drawing. Könemann. 1995.

Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.

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