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Also Known As El Viejo
Born c.1590 • Sevilla • Spain
Died December 1656 • Madrid • Spain
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Spanish artist
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
Spanish artist
Francisco Herrera, the Younger
Spanish painter
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
Caravaggio
Italian painter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
Georges Rouault
French artist
Schongauer, Martin; Virgin and Child
Martin Schongauer
German engraver
Lucas van Leyden
Dutch artist
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
James Tissot
French artist
Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein
German painter
Jacopo de' Barbari: Holy Family
Jacopo de’ Barbari
Italian painter
Bloemaert, Abraham: St. Matthew and an Angel
Abraham Bloemaert
Dutch painter and engraver
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Joan Miró
Joan Miró
Spanish artist

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