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Biography of Dosso Dossi - Artists
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Dosso Dossi (c.1490 - 1542) fn|1, real name Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, was an Italian Renaissance|Italian High Renaissance painter and founder of the Ferrara school. He held the position of principal court artist to dukes Alphonso I of Ferrara|Alphonso I and Ercole II for 30 years. Dosso worked with his brother Battista Dossi frequently. ==Works== * Allegory of Fortune, c.1530; oil on canvas, 178 x 216.5 cm, J. Paul Getty Museum http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/objects/o943. html ==References== fnb|1 The 2003 Columbia Encyclopedia gives his birthdate as c.1479. The J. Paul Getty Trust (which owns some of Dossi's works), along with Britannica and Encarta give the birthdate as c.1490. ==Literature== *Dosso's Fate - Painting and Court Culture in Renaissance Italy, Getty Research Institute *Dosso and Battista Dossi, by F. Gibbons (1968). ==External links== *http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a1019-1. html Short biography and pictures at the J. Paul Getty Museum *http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/d/dossi/ Images of some paintings artist-stub
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Biography of Dosso Dossi - Painter
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Dosso Dossi (c.1490 - 1542) fn|1, real name Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, was an Italian Renaissance|Italian High Renaissance painter and founder of the Ferrara school. He held the position of principal court artist to dukes Alphonso I of Ferrara|Alphonso I and Ercole II for 30 years. Dosso worked with his brother Battista Dossi frequently. ==Works== * Allegory of Fortune, c.1530; oil on canvas, 178 x 216.5 cm, J. Paul Getty Museum http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/objects/o943. html ==References== fnb|1 The 2003 Columbia Encyclopedia gives his birthdate as c.1479. The J. Paul Getty Trust (which owns some of Dossi's works), along with Britannica and Encarta give the birthdate as c.1490. ==Literature== *Dosso's Fate - Painting and Court Culture in Renaissance Italy, Getty Research Institute *Dosso and Battista Dossi, by F. Gibbons (1968). ==External links== *http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a1019-1. html Short biography and pictures at the J. Paul Getty Museum *http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/d/dossi/ Images of some paintings artist-stub
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