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Francesco del Cossa

1436 - 1477

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Francesco del Cossa (c. 1430 – c. 1477) was an Italian Renaissance painter of the School of Ferrara, who after 1470 worked in Bologna. Cossa is best known for his frescoes, especially his collaboration with Cosimo Tura on a cycle of the months in the Palazzo Schifanoia of the Este family, rulers of Ferrara. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco del Cossa is the 618th most popular painter (down from 588th in 2019), the 1,727th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,608th in 2019) and the 149th most popular Italian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francesco del Cossa ranks 618 out of 2,023. Before him are Léon Cogniet, Edmund Leighton, Arshile Gorky, Jules Breton, Hans Burgkmair, and Frans Masereel. After him are Tom of Finland, Bernard van Orley, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Will Sampson, Anton Janša, and Paul Bril.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1436, Francesco del Cossa ranks 4. Before him are Regiomontanus, Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, and Leonardo Loredan. After him are Louis of Cyprus, Tizoc, and Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset. Among people deceased in 1477, Francesco del Cossa ranks 3. Before him are Charles the Bold, and John VIII, Count of Vendôme. After him is George Sphrantzes.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco del Cossa ranks 1,727 out of 5,161. Before him are Lucius Licinius Crassus (-140), Saint Sabina (100), Enrico Letta (1966), Lina Bo Bardi (1914), Peter II of Sicily (1305), and Loris Francesco Capovilla (1915). After him are Antonio Corradini (1688), Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750), Nicola Romeo (1876), Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa (1750), Isabella de' Medici (1542), and Eugenia of Rome (180).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco del Cossa ranks 149. Before him are Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683), Michael Pacher (1435), Paris Bordone (1500), Agostino Tassi (1578), Giuseppe Cesari (1568), and Benvenuto Tisi (1481). After him are Tommaso da Modena (1326), Giovanni Pietro Bellori (1613), Margarita Luti (1500), Palma il Giovane (1548), Francesco Francia (1450), and Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (1483).

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