Benedetto Coda (c. 1460 - 1535) was an Italian painter of the
Renaissance
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active in
Rimini
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. He is mainly known for his religious subjects.
Born in
Treviso
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,
Vasari
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claimed that Coda trained with
Giovanni Bellini. He stayed for a brief period in
Ferrara and settled in Rimini in the last decade of the 15th century. His works however have little in common with the
Venetian School but lean rather towards the style of
Francesco Raibolini, called Francesco Francia. There might also be possible
Umbria
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n influences. His art is mannered and archaistic, but also meticulous and pleasing.
Apart from his activity in Rimini, he also worked for several centres in
Romagna and the
Marche (Faenza, Ravenna, Cesena, Pennabilli, Pesaro and Urbino), in many cases, together with his sons (
Bartolomeo, Francesco and Raffaele).
He was elected a member of the City Council. When he died in 1535, this office went to his son Bartolomeo, who was also a painter.
Vite di Benedetto Codi e di Domenico Panetti, pittori Ferraresi
by Girolamo Baruffaldi
Girolamo Baruffaldi (10 July 1740 – 2 February 1817) was an Italian historian who wrote a biography of artists active in Ferrara.
Biography
Born in Ferrara, he studied initially with the Jesuit institute in Novellara, entered the order, and ...
, Padua, 1847, page 7-10.
Selected works
* Cesena, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio
** Hieronymus in a landscape.
* Riccione, Villa Franceschi
** Mary with Child and St. John as a boy
* Rimini cathedral (originally)
** Virgin Mary
* Warschau, Muzeum Narodowe
** Mary with Child and Saints
* Painted for the Dominicans
** Rosary
References
* "Coda, Benedetto." Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press.
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Painters from Ferrara
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
People from the province of Rimini
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Renaissance painters
1535 deaths
1492 births