Dosso Dossi

Self-Portrait, 1489

Years of life:	1479 – 1542
Artist's Teachers:	Lorenzo Costa
Art Movement:	High Renaissance
Painting School:	Ferrara School

Genre:	Portrait , Religious , Mythology
Country:	Italy
Century:	XVI

Somewhat obscure Venetian painter in the mold of Titian and Giorgione. His emotional and poetic painting is rich in color and full of light. He painted myths and allegories, portraits, landscapes, and frothy trees. He had a liking for animals. Few works remain, most of which are badly damaged.

Dosso Dossi’s major works are Sibyl, c. 1516–20 (St. Petersburg: Hermitage Museum); Melissa, 1520s (Rome: Galleria Borghese); Circe and her Lovers in a Landscape, c. 1525 (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Allegory of Music

1522

Allegory of Music • 1522
Allegory of Hercules

between 1540 and 1542

Allegory of Hercules • between 1540 and 1542
Portrait of a Man

1517

Portrait of a Man • 1517
Didone

Didone
A Personification Of Geometry

A Personification Of Geometry
Hercules and the Pygmies

1535

Hercules and the Pygmies • 1535
The Virgin Appearing to Sts John the Baptist and John the Evangelist

1520s

The Virgin Appearing to Sts John the Baptist and John the Evangelist • 1520s
Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape

between 1514 and 1516

Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape • between 1514 and 1516
St Sebastian

St Sebastian
Bacchus

1524

Bacchus • 1524
Sibyl

between 1524 and 1525

Sibyl • between 1524 and 1525
The Adoration of the Kings

between 1530 and 1542

The Adoration of the Kings • between 1530 and 1542
Sage with compass and globe

Sage with compass and globe
Triumph of Bacchus

between 1513 and 1514

Triumph of Bacchus • between 1513 and 1514
Allegory of Fortune

between 1535 and 1538

Allegory of Fortune • between 1535 and 1538
Jupiter, Mercury and Virtue

1524

Jupiter, Mercury and Virtue • 1524
St Cosmas and St Damian

between 1534 and 1542

St Cosmas and St Damian • between 1534 and 1542
Diana and Callisto

1528

Diana and Callisto • 1528
Portrait of a Man

between 1518 and 1520

Portrait of a Man • between 1518 and 1520
Portrait of a young Man with a dog and a cat

Portrait of a young Man with a dog and a cat
Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan Coast

1520

Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan Coast • 1520
Portrait of a Warrior

1530s

Portrait of a Warrior • 1530s
The Holy Family

between 1527 and 1528

The Holy Family • between 1527 and 1528
Sts John and Bartholomew with Donors

1527

Sts John and Bartholomew with Donors • 1527
Lamentation over the Body of Christ

1517

Lamentation over the Body of Christ • 1517
Melissa

1518/1531

Melissa • 1518/1531
Apollo and Daphne

1524

Apollo and Daphne • 1524
Self Portrait

1489

Self Portrait • 1489