Dosso Dossi
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Circe and her Lovers in a Landscape, 1514 - 1516.
Dosso Dossi (c.1490 - 1542) 1, real name Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, was an Italian High Renaissance painter and founder of the Ferrara school. He held the position of principal court artist to dukes Alphonso I and Ercole II for 30 years. Dosso worked with his brother Battista Dossi frequently.
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Works
- Allegory of Fortune, c.1530; oil on canvas, 178 x 216.5 cm, J. Paul Getty Museum [1] (http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/objects/o943.html)
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References
Note 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.
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Literature
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Witchcraft (Allegory of Hercules), c.1535
- Dosso's Fate - Painting and Court Culture in Renaissance Italy, Getty Research Institute
- Dosso and Battista Dossi, by F. Gibbons (1968).
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External links
- Short biography and pictures (http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/bio/a1019-1.html) at the J. Paul Getty Museum
- Images of some paintings (http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/d/dossi/)
