Artists timeline
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Michelangelo is Commissioned to Paint the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Sistine Chapel (Italian: Cappella Sistina) is the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City.... Read more
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Raphael Paints the "School of Athens"
The School of Athens, or Scuola di Atene in Italian, is one of the most famous paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted... Read more
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Leonardo da Vinci Collaborates with Marcantonio della Torre on his Work of Theoretical Anatomy
Leonardo's formal training in the anatomy of the human body began with his apprenticeship to Andrea del Verrocchio, his teacher insisting that all... Read more
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Raphael Paints his Portrait of Pope Julius II
The Portrait of Pope Julius II is a painting attributed to the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. Three portraits that have been attributed... Read more
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Raphael Paints the Triumph of Galatea
Villa Farnesina is an artistically and architecturally influential Renaissance villa in Via della Lungara, in the central district of Trastevere in... Read more
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Leonardo da Vinci Paints St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist is an oil painting on walnut wood by the artist Leonardo da Vinci. Completed from 1513 to 1516, when the High Renaissance was... Read more
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Titian Paints "Sacred and Profane Love"
Sacred and Profane Love (also called Venus and the Bride) is an oil painting by Titian, painted around 1513-1514. The painting was commissioned by... Read more
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Raphael Paints the Portrait of Balthasar Castiglione
Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione is an oil painting attributed to the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael, circa 1514-1515. Baldassarre... Read more
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Titian Paints "The Feast of the Gods" with Bellini
The Feast of the Gods is an oil painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, with substantial additions by Titian, who added all... Read more
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Raphael Paints his Cartoons for Tapestries at the Sistine Chapel
The Raphael Cartoons are seven large cartoons for tapestries, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, painted by the High Renaissance... Read more
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Titian Paints his Assumption of the Virgin
Assumption of the Virgin (1516-1518) is a large oil painting by Titian. It is located in the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice,... Read more
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Leonardo da Vinci Dies in Amboise
From September 1513 to 1516, Leonardo spent much of his time living in the Belvedere in the Vatican in Rome, where Raphael and Michelangelo were... Read more
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Titian Paints the "Pesaro Madonna"
Titian shows his patron in a devotional pose, kneeling before the Virgin and presented to her by Saint Peter. Prominently displayed on the step is... Read more
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Titian Paints "Bacchus and Ariadne"
Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23) is an oil painting by Titian. It is one of a cycle of paintings on mythological subjects produced for Alfonso d'Este,... Read more
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Titian Paints the Venus of Urbino
The Venus of Urbino (1538) is an oil painting by the Italian master Titian. It depicts a nude young woman, identified with the goddess Venus,... Read more
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Titian Paints his Portrait of the Vendramin Family
The Portrait of the Vendramin Family is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Titian, executed around 1543-1547. It is in the National... Read more
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Titian Paints "Paul III and His Nephews Alessandro and Ottavio Farnese"
The Portrait of Paul III and his Nephews Alessandro and Ottavio Farnese is a painting by the Italian artist Titian, from 1546. It is housed in the... Read more
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Giorgio Vasari's "Lives of the Artists" is First Published
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori,... Read more
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Titian Paints "Diana and Actaeon"
Diana and Actaeon is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Titian, finished in 1556-1559, and is considered amongst Titian's greatest works.... Read more
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Titian Paints "Diana and Callisto"
Diana and Callisto is a painting of 1556–59 by the Venetian artist Titian. It is currently part of the Bridgewater or Sutherland Loan, on display... Read more
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Titian Paints "The Death of Actaeon"
The Death of Actaeon was a late work by Titian, painted in 1559 to 1575 as an oil on canvas. It is probably one of the two paintings the artist... Read more
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Titian Paints the Allegory of Prudence
The Allegory of Prudence (c. 1565-1570) is an oil painting by the Italian master Titian. It is in the National Gallery, London. The picture... Read more
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Titian Paints his Pietà
Pietà is the last painting by the Italian master Titian (c. 1575). It is housed in the Gallerie dell'Accademia of Venice. The picture... Read more
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Frans Hals Paints The Gypsy Girl
What a joy it is to see a Frans Hals, how different it is from the paintings – so many of them – where everything is carefully smoothed out in the... Read more
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Judith Leyster Paints Serenade
Leyster was particularly innovative in her domestic genre scenes. In them, she creates quiet scenes of women at home, which were not a popular... Read more