Piero di Cosimo

[ pee-air-oh di koh-zuh-moh; Italian pye-raw dee kaw-zee-maw ]

noun

1. Piero di Lorenzo, 1462–1521, Italian painter.

Piero di Cosimo

/ ˈpjɛːro di ˈkɔːzimo /

noun

1. Piero di Cosimo14621521MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter 1462–1521, Italian painter, noted for his mythological works

Example Sentences

For a 1968 ad for Olivetti, he modified a 15th-century painting by Piero di Cosimo showing a mourning dog and inserted the Italian company’s latest portable typewriter at the feet of the dead nymph in the original artwork.

From New York Times

Did Piero di Cosimo really live almost entirely on hard-boiled eggs?

From Washington Post

The show in the Palazzo dei Diamanti, one of the city’s finest Renaissance palazzi, offers an array of suggestive works by leading artists of the time, including Botticelli, Cosmè Tura, Leonardo da Vinci, Mantegna, Piero di Cosimo, Raphael and Titian.

From New York Times

Born Andrea d’Agnolo, he was the son of a tailor – “sarto,” in Italian — and as a teenager he was a favored student of the Renaissance master Piero di Cosimo.

From New York Times

The Florentine painter Piero di Cosimo was one of the major artists of his age, and a powerful influence on many of his contemporaries.

From New York Times