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The Bentivoglio Altarpiece  is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Costa, dating to August 1488.  It is displayed in the Bentivoglio Chapel of the church of San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna, Italy.
It was commissioned by Giovanni II Bentivoglio, lord of Bologna, as a thanksgiving for the family's escape from an attempted massacre by the Malvezzi family [1].
San Giacomo Maggiore, Bologna Bologna Giovanni II Bentivoglio Italy San Giacomo Maggiore Italian Lorenzo Costa