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Dosso Dossi (c. 1489–1542)

• Real name: Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri.
• Was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara.
• From 1514 to his death he was court artist to the Este Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena.
• He often worked with his younger brother Battista Dossi.
• He painted many mythological subjects and allegories with a rather dream-like atmosphere, and often striking disharmonies in colour.
• His portraits also often show rather unusual poses or expressions for works originating in a court.
• His pupils were Gabriele Capellini, Jacopo Panicciati, and Giovanni Francesco Surchi.
• The displayed paintinng is a crop from: Dosso Dossi, Saint Lucretia, c. 1520.
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