Lorenzo Costa the Younger (1537–1583) was an Italian painter of the

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period, active in his native city of

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. Lorenzo was the son of Girolamo Costa and grandson of

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, and was instructed in the art of painting by his uncle Ippolito. Around 1560, worked in concert with Taddeo Zuccaro in the

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and the Casino of

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at Rome, and died in Mantua in 1583. Returning to Mantua, he frescoed in the ''Sala dello Zodiaco'' in the Ducal Palace. He painted two large altarpieces for ''Santa Barbara'' church in the Ducal palace.

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* 1537 births 1583 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters Painters from Mantua People from the Duchy of Mantua {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub