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- Sandro BotticelliSandro BotticelliAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance...
begins painting of Adoration of the Christ Child (1500-15101510 in art-Works:* Sandro Botticelli completes painting of Adoration of the Christ Child as a tondo , oil on panel.-Births:* Orazio Alfani – Italian painter of the Renaissance...
) as a tondoTondo (art)A tondo is a Renaissance term for a circular work of art, either a painting or a sculpture. The word derives from the Italian rotondo, "round." The term is usually not used in English for small round paintings, but only those over about 60 cm in diameter, thus excluding many round portrait...
(round painting), oil on panel.
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- Hieronymus Bosch – The Temptation of St. Anthony (Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, LisbonLisbonLisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
) - Sandro BotticelliSandro BotticelliAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance...
– The Mystical NativityThe Mystical Nativity (Botticelli)The Mystical Nativity is a painting of circa 1500–1501 by the Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli, in the National Gallery in London. Botticelli built up the image using oil paint on canvas...
(National GalleryNational Gallery, LondonThe National Gallery is an art museum on Trafalgar Square, London, United Kingdom. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The gallery is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media...
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- Domenico CampagnolaDomenico CampagnolaDomenico Campagnola was an Italian painter and printmaker in engraving and woodcut of the Venetian Renaissance, but whose most influential works were his drawings of landscapes.-Life and work:...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter and engraver of the RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
period (d. 15641564 in art-Births:* Pieter Brueghel the Younger – Flemish Renaissance painter * Vincenzo Giustiniani – art collector, patron of Caravaggio * Joseph Heintz the Elder – Swiss painter, draftsman and architect...
); he was a pupil of his father, the painter Giulio CampagnolaGiulio CampagnolaGiulio Campagnola was an Italian engraver and painter, whose few, rare, prints translated the rich Venetian Renaissance style of oil paintings of Giorgione and the early Titian into the medium of engraving; to further his exercises in gradations of tone, he also invented the stipple technique... - Jan van AmstelJan van AmstelJan van Amstel was a Dutch Northern Renaissance painter.In or before 1528, van Amstel moved to Antwerp, when he joined its Guild of Saint Luke. He married Adriane van Doornicke, who would after his death remarry and give birth in 1544 to the future painter Gillis van Coninxloo...
– DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Northern RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceThe Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. Before 1450 Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century the ideas spread around Europe...
painter (d. 15421542 in art-Painting:* Wen Zhengming – Wintry trees after Li Cheng* Titian – Portrait of Ranuccio Farnese* Domenico Beccafumi – Madonna and Child with Infant John the Baptist-Births:...
) - Jan Cornelisz VermeyenJan Cornelisz VermeyenJan Cornelisz Vermeyen, or Jan Mayo, or Barbalonga was a Dutch Northern Renaissance painter.-Biography:...
– DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Northern RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceThe Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. Before 1450 Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century the ideas spread around Europe...
painter (d. 15591559 in art-Works:-Paintings:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder**The Fight Between Carnival and Lent**Netherlandish Proverbs* Luca Cambiaso – Resurrected Christ-Births:* Juan de las Roelas – Spanish painter...
) - Ligier RichierLigier RichierLigier Richier was a French sculptor active in Saint-Mihiel.Richier primarily worked in the churches of his native Saint-Mihiel. From 1530, he was under the protection of Duke Antoine of Lorraine, for whom he did important work. Ligier Richier did work in wood, but preferred pale, soft limestone...
– French sculptor (d. 15671567 in art-Paintings:* Pieter Bruegel the Elder paints The Adoration of the Magi.* Pieter Bruegel the Elder finishes painting The Massacre of the Innocents .* Giorgio Vasari, Self-portrait-Births:...
) - Girolamo Mazzola BedoliGirolamo Mazzola BedoliGirolamo Mazzola Bedoli was an Italian painter of the Parmesan school of Painting, active in the Mannerist style.Bedoli was born in Parma in a family coming from Viadana...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of the Parmesan School of Painting (d. 15691569 in art-Births:* Frans Pourbus the younger, Flemish painter * Juan Bautista Mayno – Spanish painter of the Baroque period * Lucio Massari – Italian painter of the School of Bologna...
) - Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, painter, soldier and musician, who also wrote a famous autobiography. He was one of the most important artists of Mannerism.-Youth:...
– Italian artist (d. 15711571 in art-Births:* September 29 – Caravaggio, Italian painter and one of the first great representatives of the Baroque school * Antiveduto Grammatica – proto-Baroque Italian painter nicknamed Antiveduto...
) - Juan Vicente Macip (or Vicente Joanes Masip), SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
painter of the RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
period (d. 15791579 in art-Works:* Giambologna begins the Rape of the Sabine Women, a remarkable example of Mannerist sculpture-Births:* Trophime Bigot – French painter * Frans Snyders – Flemish still-life master, apprenticed in 1593 to Pieter II Brueghel...
) - Francesco TorbidoFrancesco TorbidoFrancesco Torbido was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Verona and Venice. He is also known as il Moro....
, Italian painter (d. 15811581 in art-Births:* October 21 – Domenico Zampieri, Baroque Italian painter * Frans Francken the Younger, Flemish painter * Panfilo Nuvolone, Italian Mannerist painter * Artus Wolffort, Flemish painter...
) - Jean Cousin the ElderJean Cousin the ElderJean Cousin was a French painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician. He is known as "Jean Cousin the Elder" to distinguish him from his son Jean Cousin the Younger, also an artist.-Career:...
– FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
painter, sculptor, etcher, engraver, and geometrician (d. 15931593 in art-Paintings: *Caravaggio – Boy with a Basket of Fruit-Births:*March 13 - Georges de La Tour, painter from the Duchy of Lorraine, now in France *May 19 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish Baroque painter from the Antwerp school of painting...
) - Jan Sanders van HemessenJan Sanders van HemessenJan Sanders van Hemessen was a Flemish Northern Renaissance painter. He was born in Hemiksem, then called Hemessen or Heymissen. Following studies in Italy, in 1524 he settled in Antwerp. A mannerist, his images focused on human failings such as greed and vanity...
– FlemishFlandersFlanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
Northern RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceThe Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. Before 1450 Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century the ideas spread around Europe...
painter (d. 15661566 in art-Events:* In China, the Jiajing era is ending.* Pieter Bruegel the Elder begins painting The Massacre of the Innocents .* Giuseppe Arcimboldo returns to the Italian city-states.-Paintings:...
) - Georg PenczGeorg PenczGeorg Pencz was a German engraver, painter and printmaker.Pencz travelled to Nuremberg in 1523 and joined Albrecht Dürer’s atelier. Like Dürer, he visited Italy and was profoundly influenced by Venetian art and it is believed he worked with Marcantonio Raimondi...
– GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
engraverEngravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and printmakerPrintmakingPrintmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...
(d. 15501550 in art-Births:* Cristoforo Augusta – Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti * Pier Angelo Basili – Italian painter born in Gubbio * Giovanni Paolo Cavagna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo...
) - Giulio CampiGiulio Campithumb|250px|Portrait of Alessandro Farnese.Giulio Campi was an Italian painter and architect. His brothers Vincenzo Campi and Antonio Campi were also renowned painters.-Biography:...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter and architect (d. 15721572 in art-Paintings:* Nicholas Hilliard - Portrait miniature and "Pelican" portrait of Elizabeth I of England-Births:* Giovanni Bernardino Azzolini or Mazzolini or Asoleni, Italian painter...
) - Niccolo BoldriniNiccolo BoldriniNiccolo Boldrini was an Italian engraver of the Renaissance. He was frequently confused with Niccoló Vicentino. Boldrini was an engraver on wood, born at Vicenza in the early 16th century, and who was still living in 1566. His prints are chiefly after Titian, who may have been his master...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
engraverEngravingEngraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
(d. 15661566 in art-Events:* In China, the Jiajing era is ending.* Pieter Bruegel the Elder begins painting The Massacre of the Innocents .* Giuseppe Arcimboldo returns to the Italian city-states.-Paintings:...
) - Niccolò TriboloNiccolò TriboloNiccolò di Raffaello di Niccolò dei Pericoli, called "Il Tribolo" was an Italian Mannerist artist in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici in his natal city of Florence.-Life:...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Mannerist artistMannerismMannerism is a period of European art that emerged from the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520. It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century throughout much of Europe...
(d. 15501550 in art-Births:* Cristoforo Augusta – Italian painter, pupil of Giovanni Battista Trotti * Pier Angelo Basili – Italian painter born in Gubbio * Giovanni Paolo Cavagna – Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period, active mainly in Bergamo...
) - (b. 1500/1509): Giovanni Battista CastelloGiovanni Battista CastelloGiovanni Battista Castello was an Italian historical painter.Born in Gandino near Bergamo, he is ordinarily termed Il Bergamasco to distinguish him from the other painter with the identical name from school of Genoa. His best-known works are the paintings on the vault of the Basilica della...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
historical painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
(d. 1569/15791569 in art-Births:* Frans Pourbus the younger, Flemish painter * Juan Bautista Mayno – Spanish painter of the Baroque period * Lucio Massari – Italian painter of the School of Bologna...
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- Antonio del RincónAntonio del Rincón (painter)Antonio del Rincón was a 15th century Spanish painter and artist, a court painter to los Reyes Católicos, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile....
– SpanishSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
painter and artist (b. 1446) - Neroccio di Bartolomeo de' LandiNeroccio di Bartolomeo de' LandiNeroccio di Bartolomeo de' Landi was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early-Renaissance or Quattrocento period in Siena.He was a student of Vecchietta, and then he shared a workshop with Francesco di Giorgio from 1468...
– ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter and sculptor (b. 1447)