List of Renaissance artists
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This a list of Renaissance artists begins in the 13th century (1200s) and includes famous painters and sculptors.
Each artist is listed with their dates, place of birth, some places that they worked, their media (the type of artwork that they made), one or two most famous works and some art galleries where their works can be seen.
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[change] Late Medieval artists
[change] Italian Byzantine
These artists, who worked just before the Renaissance, painted in the style of Greek icons. Their paintings were important to the education of many Renaissance painters, and were to be seen in the churches where the Renaissance painters worked, and worshipped. Often an altarpiece by one of these artists was surrounded by frescoes by the Renaissance painters who lived 150 to 200 years later. A famous Madonna and Child by Coppo di Marcovaldo stood above the altar where Masaccio, Masolino and Filippo Lippi painted the walls of the Brancacci Chapel. Giotto, who is thought of as the first Renaissance painter, was educated by Cimabue, one of the great masters of the Late Byzantine style.
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
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| Coppo di Marcovaldo | (c.1225– c.1276) | Florence | Florence, Pistoia Siena |
Icon, Mosaic | The Last Judgement Bastistry, Florence |
Civic Museum, San Gimignano |
| Cimabue | c.1240 - c.1302 | Florence | Florence, Assisi | Icon, Mosaic | Madonna of Santa Trinita Uffizi, Florence |
Uffizi |
| Pietro Cavallini | c.1250 – c.1330 | Rome | Rome, Naples | Fresco, Mosaic | Last Judgement, S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome |
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| Duccio | c.1260 - c.1318 | Siena | Siena | Icon | Maesta, Duomo Museo, Siena |
National Gallery, London Uffizi |
 Coppo di Marcovaldo, Christ in Majesty |
 Cimabue, The Madonna of Santa Trinita |
 Pietro Cavallini, Last Judgement (detail) |
 Duccio, The Maesta |
[change] Italian Proto-Renaissance
Proto-Renaissance artists worked before 1400 in Italy when the Renaissance style was slowly developing.
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
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| Nicola Pisano | c.1220 – c.1284 | Pisa | Pisa, Perugia | Sculptor | The Pulpit Bapistery of Pisa |
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| Arnolfo di Cambio | c.1240 – c.1300 | Tuscany | Siena, Florence, Rome | Sculptor, Architect | St. Peter St. Peter's Basilica, Rome |
National Gallery, London |
| Giovanni Pisano | c.1250 – c.1315 | Pisa | Pisa, Siena | Sculptor | The Pulpit Cathedral of Pisa |
Duomo Museo, Siena |
| Giotto | c.1267 - 1337 | Tuscany | Florence, Padua | Fresco, Tempera | Ognissanti Madonna Uffizi, Florence Life of Jesus Arena Chapel, Padua |
Uffizi |
| Pietro Lorenzetti | c.1280 - 1348 | Siena | Siena, Assisi | Fresco, Tempera | Scenes of the Passion of Christ Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi |
Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Ambrogio Lorenzetti | c.1290 – 1348 | Siena | Siena | Fresco | Scenes of Good and Bad Government Town Hall, Siena |
Louvre, National Gallery, London |
| Taddeo Gaddi | c.1300 – 1366 | Tuscany | Florence | Fresco | Life of the Virgin Baroncelli Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence |
Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Orcagna | c.1308 – 1368 | Tuscany | Florence, Pisa | Fresco, Tempera | The Triumph of Death Campo Santo, Pisa |
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, National Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| Altichiero | c.1330 – c.1390 | Verona | Verona, Padua | Fresco | Crucifixion Basilica of Sant'Antonio, Padua |
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| Giusto de' Menabuoi | c.1330 – c.1390 | Florence | Padua | Fresco | The Salvation of Humankind, Baptistery of Padua Cathedral |
 Nicola Pisano, Baptistery pulpit, Pisa |
 Arnolfo di Cambio, St. Peter, Rome |
 Giovanni Pisano, Cathedral Pulpit, Pisa |
 Giovanni Pisano, The Madonna of Prato, Prato |
 Giotto, Ognissanti Madonna, Florence |
 Giotto, The Kiss of Judas, Padua |
 Pietro Lorenzetti, Deposition of Christ's body, Assisi |
 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Scenes of Good Government, Siena |
 Taddeo Gaddi, The Annunciation to the Shepherds, Florence |
 Orcagna, The Triumph of Death, Pisa |
 Altichiero, The Crucifixion, Padua |
 Giusto de' Menabuoi, Paradise, Padua |
[change] International Gothic
Artists from many parts of Europe worked in a decorative Gothic style.
| Name | Dates | Born | Worked | Media | Masterpiece | Museums |
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| Simone Martini | c.1284 – c.1344 | Siena | Siena, Assisi, Avignon | Fresco, Tempera | The Maesta Town Hall, Siena |
Uffizi, Hermitage, Louvre Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Lorenzo Monaco | c.1370-1425 | Florence | Florence | Tempera | Coronation of the Virgin Uffizi Gallery |
Uffizi, National Gallery, London; National Galleries of Scotland |
| Gentile da Fabriano | 1370 – c.1427 | Marche | Florence, Siena, Rome | Fresco, Tempera | Adoration of the Magi Uffizi |
Uffizi, Vatican Museums, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
| Andrea Pisano | c.1290 – c.1348 | Pisa | Pisa, Florence, Orvieto | Sculptor in bronze | Baptistery Doors Florence |
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| Tilman Riemenschneider | c.1460 - 1531 | Würzburg | Würzburg | Sculptor in wood | Altarpiece of the Holy Blood Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Veit Stoss | c.1445-1450 | Horb am Neckar Germany |
Nuremberg, Krakow | Sculptor in wood | Altarpiece of the Blessed Virgin Mary St Mary's Church, Krakow |
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| Limbourg Brothers | active 1385–1416 |
Nijmegen | France | illuminators | Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The Duke of Berry's Prayer Book) Musée Condé, Chantilly, France |
Condé Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York |
| Enguerrand Quarton | c.1410 - c.1466 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon France |
Villeneuve-lès-Avignon | Tempera | Coronation of the Virgin Villeneuve-lès-Avignon |
Louvre |
 Simone Martini, Maesta, Siena |
 Lorenzo Monaco, Coronation of the Virgin, Uffizi |
 Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, Uffizi |
 Andrea Pisano, Baptism of Jesus, Florence Baptistery |
 Riemenschneider, Altarpiece off the Holy Blood, Rothenburg |
 Veit Stoss, Altarpiece of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Krakow |
 Enguerrand Quarton, Coronation of the Virgin, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon |
 Limbourg Brothers, The Month of May, Conde, France |
[change] Renaissance artists: Italy
[change] Early Renaissance
 Nanni di Banco, Four Crowned Martyrs, Florence |
 Brunelleschi, Sacrifice of Isaac, Florence |
 Ghiberti, The Gates of Paradise, Florence |
 Donatello, Gattemelata, Padua |
 Masolino, 'The Healing of Tabitha, Florence |
 Masaccio, The Tribute Money, Florence |
 Fr Angelico, Descent from the Cross, Florence |
 Filippo Lippi, Coronation of the Virgin, Spoleto |
 Uccello, The Battle of San Romano, London |
 Piero della Francesca, 'The History of the True Cross, Arezzo |
 Andrea del Castagno, The Last Supper, Florence |
 Gentile Bellini, The Procession of the Cross, Venice |
 Antonello da Messina, St Jerome in his study, London |
 Mantegna, Ceiling of the Marriage Chamber, Mantua |
 Verrocchio, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Venice |
 Verrocchio and Leonardo, The baptism of Christ, Florence |
 Botticelli, Birth of Venus, Florence |
 Signorelli, The Resurrection, Orvieto |
 Perugino, Jesus giving the Keys to Peter, Rome |
 Ghirlandaio, The Birth of the Virgin, Florence |
[change] High Renaissance
 Filippino Lippi, Scenes from the Life of St. Peter, Florence |
 Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Milan |
 Michelangelo, Creation of Adam, Vatican |
 Raphael, School of Athens, Vatican |
 Michelangelo, David, Florence |
 Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Paris |
 Titian, Venus of Urbino, Florence |
 Giorgione, The Tempest', Venice |
 Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece, Venice |
 Titian, Asumption of the Virgin, Venice |
 Raphael, Sistine Madonna, Dresden |
 Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of the Harpies, Florence |
[change] Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
 Cellini, Perseus with the head of the Medusa, Florence |
 Giambolgna, Rape of the Sabine Women, Florence |
 Bronzino, Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo, Florence |
 Parmigianino, The Madonna with the Long Neck, Florence |
 Pontormo, The Deposition, Florence |
 El Greco, Burial of the Count of Orgaz, Toledo |
 Tintoretto, Paradise, Venice |
 Veronese, Feast in the House of Levi, Venice |
[change] Renaissance artists: Northern Europe and Spain
[change] Early Renaissance
 Hubert and Jan van Eyck, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Ghent |
 Jan van Eyck, Wedding portrait of the Arnolfini, London |
 Robert Campin, The Merode Altarpiece, New York |
 Rogier van der Weyden, Descent from the Cross, Madrid |
 Jean Fouquet, Madonna and Child, Antwerp |
 Hugo van der Goes, The Portinari Altarpiece, Florence |
 Bartolomé Bermejo, Altarpiece of the Virgin of Montserrat, Acqui Terme |
 Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Worldly Delights, Prado |