Costa, Lorenzo

Costa, Lorenzo

▪ Italian painter
born c. 1460, Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara [Italy]
died March 5, 1535, Mantua, Duchy of Mantua [Italy]

      painter of the school of Ferrara-Bologna, notable as one of the first Ferrarese artists to adopt a soft, atmospheric style of painting.

      Costa was trained at Ferrara, probably under Cosmè Tura, who was the first important native-born Ferrarese painter, and Ercole de' Roberti. From at least 1485 he worked at Bologna in close connection with Francia, the major Bolognese artist of the period, who led him to soften his style and eliminate his native robustness. His best works are several altarpieces in the churches of Bologna.

      In 1506, soon after the expulsion of the ruling Bentivoglio family from Bologna, he was summoned as court painter to Mantua to succeed Andrea Mantegna. He had already painted (1504–06) one elaborate allegory for the Marchesa of Mantua. He spent his last years in the service of the Gonzagas, doing religious and historical pictures.

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