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Francesco del Cossa

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Francesco del Cossa. See Cossa.

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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...de' Roberti , 1456?-1496, Italian painter of the Ferrarese school. He probably began his career by assisting Francesco Cossa in the decoration of the Schifanoia Palace, Ferrara. A large altarpiece in the Brera, Milan, is the most certain...
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