Cosimo Tura

(1430–1495) Italian painter (1430-1495)

Cosimo Tura (1430–1495) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Cosimo Tura belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Cosimo Tura was born in Ferrara and died in Ferrara. The teachers included Francesco Squarcione and Galasso Galassi. Cosimo Tura worked in Ferrara. Wikidata associates Cosimo Tura with Quattrocento.

The best-known works include ‘A Muse (Calliope?)’, ‘Christ Crucified’, ‘The Trial of Saint Maurelius’, and ‘Saint John the Evangelist in Patmos’. The catalogue has 46 works by Cosimo Tura with free images. The dated works span the years 1450–1484. Works by Cosimo Tura are held by several collections, among them National Gallery, Samuel H. Kress Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Gallerie dell'Accademia.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Antonello da Messina, Justus van Gent, Nicolas Froment, Carlo Crivelli, and Bartolomeo Vivarini.

• The Renaissance
• Madonna of the Zodiac