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Born May 15, 1816 • Aachen • Germany • (Birthday tomorrow)
Died December 1, 1859 (aged 43) • Düsseldorf • Germany
Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Italian artist
Campagnola, Domenico: The Assumption of the Virgin
Domenico Campagnola
Italian artist
Ciro Ferri: Triumph of Bacchus
Ciro Ferri
Italian painter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
Mengs, Anton Raphael: Portrait of Isabel Parreño y Arce, Marquesa de Llano
Anton Raphael Mengs
Bohemian painter
Johann Friedrich Overbeck
German painter
Adam Friedrich Oeser
painter, sculptor, and engraver
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius: Ruth and Boas
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
German painter
Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein
German painter
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Venus of Urbino by Titian
Titian
Italian painter
Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
Italian painter
Tintoretto: Last Supper
Tintoretto
Italian painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
Italian painter
Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter

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