Category:Francesco Cossia
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English: Francesco Cossia, also known as Goma, Italian painter active in Verona at the end of the 18th century; he made an oil sketch of Napoleon, ad viv del, in March 1797 in Verona commissioned by Maria Cosway. Little is known about Cossia as he faded into obscurity.
Reference: Salomon, Xavier F., and Christopher Woodward. How England first saw Bonaparte: a painting by Francesco Cossia commissioned by Maria Cosway in 1797 was the first true portrait of Napoleon to be seen in England. It was acquired by Sir John Soane, who, as Xavier F. Salomon and Christopher Woodward explain, juxtaposed it with a miniature by Isabey in a graphic comparison of the youthful hero with the tyrannical dicatator. Apollo – The International Art Magazine, October 1, 2005.
Media in category "Francesco Cossia"
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Bonaparte Francesco Cossia.jpg 1,200 × 1,505; 2 MB
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