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“The Miraculous Draft of Fishes,” tempera on panel by Konrad Witz, 1444; in the Museum of Art and History, Geneva
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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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Born c.1400 • Rottweil • Germany
Died c.1445 • Geneva • Basel • Switzerland
Movement / Style Late Gothic art

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“The Miraculous Draft of Fishes,” tempera on panel by Konrad Witz, 1444; in the Museum of Art and History, Geneva
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Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
Baptism of Christ
Masolino
Italian painter
“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
Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista: Saint Helena
Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano
Italian painter
Wolf Huber
Austrian artist
Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
Hans Holbein, the Elder
German painter
Michael Pacher: The Devil Presenting St. Augustine with the Book of Vices
Michael Pacher
Austrian artist
“Madonna of the Rose Bower,” painting on wood by Stefan Lochner; in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
Stefan Lochner
German painter
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child
Michael Wolgemut
German artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
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
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Spanish artist
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect

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