Lorenzo Costa

Lorenzo Costa the Elder ( * 1460 in Ferrara, † March 5, 1535 in Mantua ), was an Italian painter.

Costa was in his hometown students the painter Cosimo Tura and Francesco del Cossa. 1483 settled down with Costa 23 years as an artist in Bologna. There he soon became a pupil and assistant of the painter Francesco Francia, of which he was also very affected.

Costa had in his art a kind of rough, realistic nature, which itself could not be influenced by Francia. Costa soon developed his own style, but always remained in the shadow of his teachers, since he lacked the inventiveness of those.

Works (selection)

Here you can find some images at their present location

Whereabouts of some works in 1889

  • Madonna with Saints (1492, San Petronio, Bologna )
  • The Twelve Apostles ( 1495, San Giovanni Bologna)
  • Madonna with angels and saints (Santa Cecilia, Bologna, frescoes )
  • The Madonna of the Bentivoglio family ( 1488, San Giacomo Maggiore)
  • Jesus Christ in the Temple (1502, Berlin Museum )

S. Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna

  • Vision of the Apocalypse The 1490s fresco of S. Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna
  • The Triumph of Death fresco 1490 S. Giorgio Maggiore, Bologna

Hermitage Petersburg

  • Portrait of a Woman 1500-06 Oil and tempera on canvas, 57 x 44 Cm Hermitage, St.Petersburg

Various museums

  • Nativity, circa 1490, tempera on wood (Lyon, Musée des Beaux -Arts )
  • Portrait of a Lady with a Lap Dog c. 1500 oil on panel, 45.5 x 35.1 Inch Royal Collection, Windsor
  • St Sebastian 1490-91 Tempera on wood, 55 x 49 Inch Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
  • St Jerome 1485 S. Petronio panel, Bologna
16th century Francesco Raibolini Integrated Authority File
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