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Georges de La Tour (1593-1652)
French Baroque painter noted for his use of Tenebrism and dramatic lighting.
• The Penitent Magdalene (1640) Louvre, Paris.
Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)
Portraitist, successor to Joshua Reynolds as Royal Portrait Painter to
George III.
• Sarah Goodin Barrett Moulton: "Pinkie" (1794) Huntington
Gallery, San Marino.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
One of the greatest artists and inventors of the Italian Renaissance,
famous for his "sfumato" method of shading.
• Virgin of the
Rocks (1484) oil on wood, Louvre, Paris.
• Lady with an
Ermine (1490) oil on panel, Czartoryski Museum, Krakow
• Last
Supper (1495-98) fresco, Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.
• Mona Lisa (1503) Louvre,
Paris.
Limburg Brothers - Paul, Jan, Herman
(c.1387-1416)
French miniaturists, specialists in book illustration for Philip II of
Burgundy/Duc de Berry.
• Les
Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (1416) Musee Conde Chantilly.
Filippino Lippi (1457-1504)
Pupil of his father Fra Filippo Lippi and Botticelli.
• Virgin and Child with Saints (Madonna of the Otto) (1485) tempera,
Uffizi, Florence.
Stephan Lochner (1400-51)
Finest 15th century artist of Cologne, noted for his altarpieces.
• "Three Kings Altarpiece" (c.1440) Cologne Cathedral.
• The Last Judgement (c.1440) Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne.
• Madonna of the Rose Bower (1448) Wallraf-Richartz-Museum.
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (c.1285-1348)
Leading member of the 14th century Sienese School.
• Allegory
of Good and Bad Government (1338-9) Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.
Claude Lorrain (1600-82)
French painter revered for his famous landscape paintings, typically featuring
classical Italianate pastoral scenes. He was the first artist to introduce
'narrative' into the landscape genre.
• Landscape with the Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca (1648) oil, National
Gallery, London.
Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556)
Highly original Renaissance/Mannerist painter in Venice.
• The Annunciation (1534) Pinacoteca Communale, Recanati.
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Andrea Mantegna (1430-1506)
Influential Renaissance artist noted for foreshortening and tromple l'oeil
technique.
• Camera
degli Sposi frescoes (c.1474) Ducal Palace, Mantua.
• The Court of Ludovico II Gonzaga (c.1474) Ducal Palace, Mantua.
• Lamentation
over the Dead Christ (c.1490) oil on canvas, Pinacoteca di Brera,
Milan.
Simone Martini (1284-1344)
After Duccio, the greatest of all painters from the Siena School.
• Annunciation
Triptych (1333) egg tempera on panel, Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Tommaso Masaccio (1401-28)
With Donatello and Brunelleschi, one of the greatest artists of the Florentine
Renaissance.
• Brancacci
Chapel Frescoes (1424-8) Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
• Tribute Money
(c.1425-6) fresco, Brancacci Chapel.
• Expulsion
from the Garden of Eden (c.1425-6) fresco, Brancacci Chapel.
• The Holy Trinity
(1428) fresco, Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Hans Memling (1433-94)
Eclectic Netherlandish painter based in Bruges.
• Last Judgment
Triptych (1471) oil on panels, Muzeum Narodowe, Gdansk.
• Donne Triptych
(1480) oil on oak, National Gallery, London.
Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Arguably the greatest-ever painter and sculptor in the history of art.
• Genesis
Fresco (1508-12) Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican, Rome.
• Creation of Adam
(God Passing the Spark of Life) (1511) part of the Genesis fresco.
• Last Judgment
Fresco (1535-41) Sistine Chapel Altar Wall, Vatican.
See also: Sistine Chapel
Frescoes, Vatican, Rome.
Giovanni Battista Moroni (1524-78)
Mannerist painter best-known for his portraiture.
• Portrait of Don Gabriel de la Cueva y Giron (1560) Gemaldegalerie,
Berlin.
• Portrait of a Man "The Tailor" (1570) National Gallery,
London.
Le Nain Brothers: Louis (1600-48),
Antoine (1599-1648) and Mathieu Le Nain (1607-77)
Family of French artists renowned for their genre painting of blacksmiths
and the like.
• Blacksmith at His Forge (1640) Louvre, Paris.
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Michael Pacher (1434-98)
Austrian/German Renaissance Tyrolese painter and sculptor, influenced
by Mantegna.
• Altarpiece of the Church Fathers (1484) oil on wood, Alte Pinakothek,
Munich.
Parmigianino (1503-40)
Parma-born Mannerist painter/engraver, influenced by Correggio & Raphael.
• Madonna
with the Long Neck (1535) oil on panel, Uffizi, Florence.
Joachim Patenier (Patinier/Patinir)
(1485-1524)
Underrated Netherlandish painter, innovative pioneer of narrative landscapes.
• Charon Crossing the Styx (1515-24) oil on panel, Prado, Madrid.
• The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1515) oil on panel, Koninklijk
Museum, Antwerp; and Prado.
Perugino (1450-1523)
Umbrian school Renaissance painter, master of oil painting, noted for
Sistine Chapel frescoes.
• Christ
Handing the Keys to St Peter (1481-2) fresco, Sistine Chapel, Vatican.
• Pieta (1494-5) tempera, Uffizi, Florence.
Piero della Francesca (1420-92)
Umbrian painter, expert in linear perspective, one of the pioneers of
the early Renaissance.
• The Baptism of Christ (1440-50) tempera on panel, National Gallery,
London.
• Flagellation
of Christ (1460) oil and tempera, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche,
Urbino.
• Portraits of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza (1465-66)
tempera, Uffizi.
• Brera Madonna (1472-4) oil on panel, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan.
Piero di Cosimo (1461-1521)
Eccentric, reclusive Florentine painter, best known for allegorical paintings.
• Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci (1482) tempera, Musee Conde, Chantilly.
Pietro da Cortona (1596–1669)
Quadraturista, famous for his High Baroque trompe l'oeil ceiling frescoes.
• Allegory
of Divine Providence and Barberini Power (1633-39) Palazzo Barberini.
Jacopo Pontormo (1494-1556)
Pupil of Andrea del Sarto and Leonardo; influential Italian Mannerist
artist.
• Cosimo de' Medici Il Vecchio (1518-19) oil on panel, Uffizi, Florence.
• The Deposition of Christ (1525-8) Capponi Chapel, Florence.
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)
Greatest French painter of the 17th century; one of the best history painters
in the history of art; also revered for his polished 'academic' style
of art.
• The Great Bacchanal With Woman Playing A Lute (1628) Louvre, Paris.
• Et in Arcadia
Ego (Arcadian Shepherds) (1637) Louvre, Paris.
• Abduction
of the Sabine Women (1638) oil on canvas, Louvre, Paris.
• The Holy Family on the Steps (1648) oil on canvas, National Gallery,
Washington DC.
Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709)
Jesuit painter, architect; greatest exponent of quadratura illusionistic
painting of the Baroque.
• Apotheosis
of St Ignatius (1694) ceiling fresco, San Ignazio, Rome.
Jean Pucelle (c.1290-1334)
French Gothic book painter noted for his exquisite illuminations.
• Belleville Breviary
Manuscript (c.1330) Paris National Library.
• Hours of
Jeanne d'Evreux (1324-28) The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Quarton, Enguerrand (de Charenton)
(1410-66)
Leading figure of the Provence school pf painting.
• The Avignon
Pieta (Pieta de Villeneuve-les-Avignon) (1454-6) Louvre, Paris.
Henry Raeburn (1756-1823)
Leading Scottish portraitist who painted direct onto canvas without sketches.
• The Rev Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch (1784) oil, National
Gallery of Scotland.
Raphael (Raffaello Santi) (1483-1520)
Probably the greatest painter of the High Renaissance.
• Raphael Rooms (Stanze
di Raffaello) (1508-20) Vatican, Rome.
• School of Athens
(1510-11) fresco, Raphael Rooms Vatican.
• Sistine Madonna
(1513) Gemaldegallerie, Dresden.
• Portrait
of Baldassare Castiglione (1514-15) Louvre, Paris.
• Pope Leo
X with Cardinals (1518) Uffizi, Florence.
• Transfiguration
(1518-20) Pinacoteca Apostolica, Vatican
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669)
Incomparable Dutch painter, one of the best portrait artists in the history
of painting.
• Anatomy
Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632) Mauritshuis, The Hague.
• Night Watch (1642)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
• Aristotle
Contemplating the Bust of Homer (1653) Metropolitan Museum, NY.
• Bathsheba
Holding King David's Letter (1654) Louvre Museum, Paris.
• Portrait of
Jan Six (1654) The Six Collection, Amsterdam.
• Jacob Blessing the Children of Joseph (1656) Gemaldegallerie, Kassel.
• Conspiracy
of Julius Civilis (1661) National Museum, Stockholm.
• Syndics
of the Cloth-Makers Guild (The Staalmeesters) (1662) Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam.
• Suicide of Lucretia
(c.1666) The Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
• Jewish Bride
(Isaac and Rebecca) (c.1665-8) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
• Return
of the Prodigal Son (1666-69)
Joshua Reynolds (1723-92)
Arguably the greatest 18th century portrait painter in England.
• Portrait of Nelly O'Brien (1762) The Wallace Collection.
• Mrs. Abington (1771) Yale Center for British Art.
• Charles Burney (1781) National Portrait Gallery, London.
Jusepe 'Jose' Ribera (1591-1652)
Caravaggesque style Spanish religious painter, active in Naples.
• The Holy Trinity (1635) oil on canvas, Prado Museum, Madrid.
• Saint Paul the Hermit (1640) oil on canvas, Prado, Madrid.
• Boy with a Club Foot (1642) Louvre, Paris.
Francisco Ribalta (1565-1628)
Realist painter whose style paved the way for Velazquez, Ribera and Zurbaran.
• Christ Embracing St Bernard (1625-27) Prado.
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743)
French Rococo portraitist best-known for his portraits of the French royal
family.
• Louis XIV (1701) Louvre, Paris.
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Flemish painter, greatest Baroque artist of Northern Europe; known for
fleshy female nudes.
• Samson and Delilah
(1609) oil on wood, National Gallery, London.
• Descent
from the Cross (Rubens) (1612-14) oil on wood, Cathedal of Our Lady,
Antwerp.
• The
Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (1618) Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
• Judgement
of Paris (1632-6) National Gallery, London. (cf. 1597-99 version,
NG, London)
Andrei Rublev (c.1360-1430)
Finest exponent of icon painting in Russia.
• Holy Trinity Icon
(c.1411) Egg tempera on wood, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Jacob Van Ruisdael (1628-82)
Pupil of his uncle Salomon Van Ruisdael, one of the greatest Dutch landscape
artists.
• The Mill at Wijk Near Duurstede (1670) oil on canvas, Rijksmuseum.
• Jewish Cemetery at Ouderkerk (1670) oil on canvas, Alte Meister,
Dresden.
Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750)
Greatly influenced by Heem, Ruysch specialised in flower pictures and
still life.
• Basket of Flowers (1711) Uffizi, Florence.
• Flowers, Fruit, and Insects (1716) Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
Salomon van Ruysdael (1602-70)
One of the greatest Dutch Realist landscape painters, active in Haarlem.
• River Landscape near Arnhem (1651) oil on panel, Hermitage Museum,
St Petersburg.
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