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LORENZO COSTA (146o-r535)

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 219 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COSTA (146o-r535)  , See also:Italian painter, was See also:born at See also:Ferrara, but went in See also:early See also:life to See also:Bologna and ranks with the Bolognese school . In 1438 he painted his famous " Madonna and See also:Child with the See also:Bentivoglio See also:family," and other frescoes, on the walls of the Bentivoglio See also:chapel in See also:San Giacomo See also:Maggiore, and he followed this with many other See also:works . He was a See also:great friend of See also:Francia, who was much influenced by him . In 1509 he went to See also:Mantua, where his See also:patron was the See also:Marquis See also:Francesco See also:Gonzaga, and he eventually died there . His " Madonna and Child en-throned " is in the See also:National See also:Gallery, See also:London, but his See also:chief works are at Bologna . His sons, Ippolito (15o6–1561) and See also:Girolamo, were also painters, and so was Girolamo's son Lorenzo the younger (1537–1583) .

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