Palazzo Schifanoia

…work, the frescoes in the Schifanoia Palace at Ferrara (probably commissioned in 1469), Cossa developed a personal style of great coherence and vitality. Illustrating a humanist program, these frescoes represent in three tiers allegorical scenes, astrological symbols of the months, and scenes representing the daily life of Borso d’Este, the…

…cycle of frescoes in the Schifanoia Palace at Ferrara (1469–71) can still be seen. Other important works include his Primavera (c. 1460); the organ doors showing the Annunciation (1469) in Ferrara Cathedral; a Pietà (c. 1472); and the Roverella Altarpiece (c. 1472). The painting on the organ doors in the…