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The fresco cycle in Ferrara's Palazzo Schifanoia was created in the 1460s for Borso d'Este and originally represented the months of the year. Each surviving section combines a triumph of a classical deity, astrological figures, and scenes of courtly government and recreation. Francesco del Cossa ide...
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Outstanding Este court cycle, celebrated astrological and civic imagery, major Early Renaissance secular ensemble.
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The Month of March is one of the frescoes in the cycle devoted to the months in the Hall of the Months at the Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara. Painted around 1470 by Francesco del Cossa, it combines the triumph of Minerva, astrological imagery, and scenes of contemporary activity under the Este court....
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Best-known Schifanoia month by del Cossa, admired for detail and invention, strong but part-dependent reputation.
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