Allegory of Isabella d'Este's Coronation [SEP] creator
Allegory of Isabella d'Este's Coronation
The Allegory of Isabella d'Este's Coronation is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Costa the Elder, dating to about 1505-1506. It is displayed in the Louvre Museum of Paris, France.
History.
The painting was the fourth commissioned by Isabella d'Este for her "studiolo", after two canvasses by Andrea Mantegna ("Parnassus" and the "Triumph of the Virtues", respectively from 1497 and 1499-1502) and Perugino's "Combat of Love and
in San Giacomo Maggiore. 
He was a great friend of Francesco Francia, who was much influenced by him. In 1509 he moved to Mantua to become the court painter of Marquis Francesco Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este. For the latter's studiolo in the Ducal Palace, he painted the "Allegory of Isabella d'Este's Coronation" (now at the Louvre) and the "Reign of Comus", two mythological paintings based on Mantegna's drawings.
He died at Mantua in 1535. His sons Ippolito and Girolamo were also