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 50 CORTE— COSTA. mine, St Simon and St Francis; in San Pietro di Banchi, the Titular Saint at the feet of the Virgin, {So- prani,) COSIMO, PiEBO DI, h. at Florence, about 1460, d. about 1521. Tuscan School. The scholar of Gosimo Boselli : he painted chiefly at Florence, and is introduced by Yasari as doing for the arts in Florence what Giorgione and Gorreggio had done in Lombardy ; and as the pupil of Gosimo Boselli he must have been a much younger man than Yasari makes him. He became an imitator of the delicate tone of Leonardo da Yinci after the return of that painter from Milan, but in other respects his style belongs to the dry manner of the fifteenth century. He was distinguished for his landscapes. He was fond of strange devices ; and his life was like his works, abounding in caprices and eccentricities, more especially after the death of Gosimo Boselli, about 1506. Works, Florence, Ufli^, the Story of Perseus and Andromeda, in four pictures : the Liberation of Andromeda is said to have been coloured only by Piero from a design by Leonardo da Vinci. Berlin Museum, Venus and Cupid ; a Holy Family, Louvre, Coro- nation of the Virgin. GOSSALE, Grazio, of Brescia, painted 1594-1612. Venetian School. He painted on a large scale, in the style of Palma Giovane. The churches of Brescia still contain many of his works. In Santa Maria delle Grazie, and Santa Maria de' Miracoli, are the Adoration of the Magi, and the pre- sentation in the Temple ; and in Santi Faustino e Giovita, the Apparition of those Saints in Defence of Brescia. The Bres(^a guide has the date of 1660 against one of the pictures of Gossale, probably an error. He is reported to have been shot by his own son. {Brognoli,) ^ COSTA, Francesco, b. at Genoa, 1672, d, 1740. Genoese ScbooL A pupil of Grregorio Ferrari, and a per- spective and ornamental painter of great ability: he executed many works in company with Giovan Battista Bevello. Works, Pegli, Palazzo GriUi. {Ratti.) GOSTA, Lorenzo, 6. at Ferrara, 1460, d, March 5th, at Mantua, 1535. Feirarese School. Having acquired the rudiments of his art at Ferrara, he visited Florence. Vasari states that Costa formed his manner from the pictures of Fra Filippo Lippi and Benozzo Gozzoli ; he studied with the latter. He afterwards resided at Bo- logna, where he seems to have im- proved himself by the example of the works and instructions of Franda, whose assistant he became. His pictures have much of Leonardo da Vinci and the Lombard School, but are inferior to those of Francia. There appear to have been many painters of this family : Ippolito d. 1561, and Girolamo d. 1595, brothers of Lorenzo : Lorenzo, the younger, d. 1583 ; there were several others of inconsiderable name. Works. Bologna, San Giaoomo Maggiore, Bentiovgli Chapel, the Madonna Enthroned, and the nu- merous Family of the Donor kneeling around her (1488). Academy, San Petronio, Christ with Angels. Berlin Gallery, the Presentation in. the Temple; the Dead Christ Louvre, Isabella D'Este, crowned by Love, and surrounded by the members of her Court; an aUegory; a mythological subject. {Baruffaldiy Oualandi.) GOSTA, ToMMAso, 6. at Sassnolo, about 1634, d, at Beggio, 1690. Lom- bard School. A pupil and imitator of Jean Boulanger at Modena : he painted architectural perspective, landscapes, and figures. He worked chiefly at .Beggio and Modena. The Cupola of