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Also Known As Il Lissandrino • Lissandrino
Born February 4, 1667 • Genoa • Italy
Died March 12, 1749 (aged 82) • Genoa • Italy
Movement / Style Late Baroque

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The Synagogue, oil on canvas by Alessandro Magnasco, 1725–30; in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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The Annunciation to the Shepherds, oil on canvas by Jacopo Bassano, probably 1555/1560; in the Samuel H. Kress Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 106.1 × 82.6 cm.
Jacopo Bassano
Italian painter
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David Teniers, the Elder
Flemish painter
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
Italian painter
Baptism of Christ
Masolino
Italian painter
“Madonna and Child,” oil on canvas by Alesso Baldovinetti, c. 1465; in the Louvre, Paris
Alessio Baldovinetti
Italian painter
The Confessional
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
Italian painter
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Domenico Fetti
Italian painter
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Gianantonio Guardi
Venetian painter
Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista: Saint Helena
Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano
Italian painter
The Appearance of the Virgin to St. Philip Neri, painting by Carlo Maratta, c. 1675; in the Pitti Palace, Florence.
Carlo Maratta
Italian painter
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground.
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
Gustave Courbet
Gustave Courbet
French painter

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