Francesco del Cossa

Allegory of April, fresco Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara
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Detail showing The Three Graces
A circular stained glass window showing a saint with an angel and 7 candles above him. At his foot there is a golden chalice. There is a decorative frieze of flowers and oranges.
St. John of Patmos. Stained glass window in entrance of San Giovanni in Monte, Bologna, ca. 1480.
Detail of a stained glass window depicting a saint dressed in yellow, green and red robes, holding a quill.
Detail

Francesco del Cossa (c. 1430 – c. 1477) was an Italian Renaissance painter of the School of Ferrara, who after 1470 worked in Bologna. Cossa is best known for his frescoes, especially his collaboration with Cosimo Tura on a cycle of the months in the Palazzo Schifanoia of the Este family, rulers of Ferrara. Otherwise, his paintings are mostly of religious subjects, with some portraits and drawings attributed to him. He also designed stained glass.