Artist: Dosso Dossi (1490 - 1542)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Renaissance
Media: Painting
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Biography:
At the age of twenty-five, Dosso Dossi was painting religious and secular cabinet pictures. Ten years later, he began working for the dukes of Ferrara and spent most of his career there producing independent works and sometimes collaborating with his brother, Battista. Dossi’s work contains many allegorical and personal mysteries. His work was centered on landscape and light and then infused with Titian’s color and Ferrarese painters’ fantastical themes. After a trip to Rome in 1520, Dosso began using poses from Michelangelo’s work and ancient Laocoon sculpture. Battista took over the workshop at Dosso’s death in 1542.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (15)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Three Ages of Man Dosso Dossi (Giovanni de Lutero) (Italian, Ferrarese, active by 1512,
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Dossi Dosso - A Bacchanal c. 1525 oil on canvas The National Gallery, London Italian
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Dossi Dosso - The Adoration of the Kings 1530-1542 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Dossi Dosso - A Man embracing a Woman c. 1524 oil on poplar The National Gallery, London Italian
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Dossi Dosso - A Female Saint after 1600 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Dosso Dossi - Saint Lucretia c. 1520 oil on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Dosso Dossi - The Holy Family c. 1516 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Italian
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Dossi Dosso - Lamentation over the Body of Christ c. 1517 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Dosso Dossi - Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape 1525 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Dosso Dossi - Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan Coast c. 1520 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Allegory of Fortune
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Mythological Scene
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Adoration of the Shepherds L"Ortolano (Giovanni Battista Benvenuti) (Italian, Ferrarese, active by 1512, died
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Battista Dossi - Holy Family with a Shepherd early 1520's oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Italian
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Battista Dossi - The Holy Family with the Infant St. John the Baptist c. 1530 oil on wood panel Ackland Art Museum Italian

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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Frick Collection: Michelangelo to Picasso: Master Drawings from the Collection of the Albertina, Vienna
These drawings and watercolors were selected by Dr. Konrad Oberhuber, former Director of the Albertina, Vienna, and Dr. Barbara Dossi, Head of Collections, in collaboration with Dr. Katharine Lo...
The Art Gallery of Ontario: Riches from Rome
Caravaggio
is considered one of the most important figures of the Baroque period - his dramatic realism and magic use of light influenced artists throughout Europe...

Further Artwork and Information:

WebMuseum: Dossi, Dosso
Dosso Dossi Online
DOSSI, Dosso
Dosso Dossi (Getty Museum)
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Dosso Dossi
Official Site Borghese Gallery Dosso Dossi - Circe or Melissa
Dosso Dossi (1490 - 1542) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Wikipedia: Dosso Dossi
Dosso Dossi

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