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Also Known As Andrea di Bartolo • Andreino degli Impiccati • Andrea di Bartolo di Simone
Born c.1419 • Italy
Died August 19, 1457 • Florence • Italy
Movement / Style Renaissance art • Renaissance

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Giovanni Boccaccio
Andrea di Bartolo: The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
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Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
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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
Italian painter
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
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“The Condemned in Hell,” fresco by Luca Signorelli, 1500–02; in the chapel of S. Brizio, Orvieto, Italy
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Franciabigio
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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
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Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
Italian painter
Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter
Masaccio: Holy Trinity
Masaccio
Italian painter
Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
Fra Filippo Lippi
Italian painter
Correggio: Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
Baptism of Christ
Masolino
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Parmigianino
Parmigianino
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Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
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Italian painter
Madonna with Child and SS. Sebastian and Rocco, oil on wood by Bartolomeo Montagna, 1487; in the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy.
Bartolomeo Montagna
Italian painter
Tintoretto: Last Supper
Tintoretto
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