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Born c.1330 • Italy
Died After 1390 • Verona? • Italy
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Renaissance

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“Decapitation of St. George,” fresco by Altichiero, c. 1384; in the Cappella di S. Giorgio, Padua, Italy
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Venus of Urbino by Titian
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Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
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Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
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Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
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Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
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The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
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The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
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Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
Fra Filippo Lippi
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Correggio: Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
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Paolo Uccello
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Perugino
Italian painter
Baptism of Christ
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Italian painter
Parmigianino
Parmigianino
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Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
Filippino Lippi
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Detail of The Dispute of St. Catherine, fresco by Pinturicchio, 1492–94; in the Borgia Apartment of the Vatican.
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