Piero di Cosimo
Americannoun
noun
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He was apprenticed to the painter Cosimo Rosselli in the 1470s and took the master's first name as his own surname when he left the workshop, calling himself Piero di Cosimo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2015
The last time the United States saw a Piero di Cosimo retrospective was in 1938, a few months before Germany invaded Prague.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2015
Artists can be eccentric, but the quirks of the Italian Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo are legendary.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2014
Philip Roth rerouted the second world war in The Plot Against America, George Eliot brought Piero di Cosimo to life in Romola.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2010
As for our Piero di Cosimo, his wits are running after the wind of Mongibello: he has such an extravagant fancy that he would take a lizard for a crocodile.
From Romola by Eliot, George
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