Dosso dossi biography of michaels

Italian painter (c. 1489–1542)

Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, better known as Dosso Dossi (c. 1489–1542),^[1] was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara, painting in a style mainly influenced by Venetian painting, in particular Giorgione and early Titian.^[2]

From 1514 to his death he was court artist to the EsteDukes of Ferrara and of Modena, whose small court valued its reputation as an artistic centre.

He often worked with his younger brother Battista Dossi, who had worked under Raphael.

Archangel Michael fighting off the devil during Our Lady’s ...

He painted many mythological subjects and allegories with a rather dream-like atmospheres, and often striking disharmonies in colour. His portraits also often show rather unusual poses or expressions for works originating in a court.^[3]

Biography

Dossi was born in San Giovanni del Dosso, a village in the province of Mantua.

His early training and life are not well documented; his father, originally of Trento, was a Dosso Dossi – Wikipedia NAMO