Dosso Dossi

Dosso Dossi
Self-portrait
Born	1489 Mantua
Died	1542 (aged 52–53) Ferrara
Nationality	Italian
Education	Lorenzo Costa
Known for	Painting
Movement	Italian Renaissance
Patron(s)	Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

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 Este Dukes 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. 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]