Italian c1435-c1478 Francesco del Cossa Location Italian painter. He was a leading representative of the Ferrarese school and was regarded, with Ercole de Roberti, as the founder of the Bolognese school. His principal works include The Glorification of March, April, and May, frescoes in the Schifanoia Palace, Ferrara; some admirable portraits of the artist contemporaries; Madonna Enthroned (Bologna); Madonna and Child with Angels, St. Liberal, and St. Lucy (National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C.); and an altarpiece representing scenes from the life of St. Vincent Ferrer (National Gall., London, and the Vatican).  Related Paintings of Francesco del Cossa :. | Saint Lucy | Griffoni-Altar, ursprl. Griffonikapelle in der San Petronio in Bologna, linker Flugel | The Triumph of Minerva March,From the Room of the Months | Saint Vincent Ferrer | Allegory of the Month of April (mk080 |
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Thomas Moran
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PIENEMAN, Jan Willem.
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