About Lorenzo Costa the Younger
Lived 1537 – 1583 (aged 45–46). Lorenzo Costa the Younger was an Italian painter.
Lorenzo Costa the Younger (1537–1583) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active in his native city of Mantua.
Lorenzo was the son of Girolamo Costa and grandson of Lorenzo Costa, and was instructed in the art of painting by his uncle Ippolito. Around 1560, worked in concert with Taddeo Zuccaro in the Belvedere and the Casino of Pope Pius IV at Rome, and died in Mantua in 1583.
Returning to Mantua, he frescoed in the Sala dello Zodiaco in the Ducal Palace. He painted two large altarpieces for Santa Barbara church in the Ducal palace.
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Who was Lorenzo Costa the Younger?
Italian painter (1537–1583)
When was Lorenzo Costa the Younger born?
Lorenzo Costa the Younger was born in 1537 in Mantua.
When did Lorenzo Costa the Younger die?
Lorenzo Costa the Younger died on 29 September 1583 in Mantua.
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Lorenzo Costa the Younger was a painter.
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Lorenzo Costa the Younger was Italian.
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