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Francesco del Cossa

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One of the first records we have of him is in 1456 when he was an assistant to his father, Cristofano del Cossa, at that time employed in painting the carvings and statues on the high altar in the chapel of the bishop's palace at
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has a depiction of the trio of Graces, one of the earliest Post-classical representations of the naked intertwined dancers in painting.
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He executed stained glass windows in Bologna, the best of which is a circular window, in the church of
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The stained glass window was revealed to be the final answer of the Great Google Earth Treasure Hunt.
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and complaining he was being paid the same as the "worst dauber in Ferrara", Cossa left Ferrara for
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Frescoes for Hall of Months, Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara (before 1470?)
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In Bologna, he obtained many commissions under the patronage of the
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Unhappy that he had been paid by the square foot for his work for
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11 other small pictures from altarpiece (1473, ?, ?)
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Del Cossa features as one of the two protagonists in
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Palazzo Schifanoia
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A circular stained glass window showing a saint with an angel and 7 candles above him. At his foot there is a golden chalice. There is a decorative frieze of flowers and oranges.
San Giovanni in Monte, Bologna
Detail of a stained glass window depicting a saint dressed in yellow, green and red robes, holding a quill.
Italian Renaissance painter
School of Ferrara
Bologna
frescoes
Cosimo Tura
Palazzo Schifanoia
Este family
stained glass
Ferrara
Ferrara
Leonardo Scaletti
Faenza
Cosimo Tura
Palazzo Schifanoia
Rockettes
Sandro Botticelli
Primavera
Three Graces
Chantilly

Saint Lucy
Duke Borso
Bologna

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