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Also Known As Karel van Mander
Born May 1548 • Spanish Netherlands
Died September 2, 1606 (aged 58) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works “Het Schilderboek”
Movement / Style Mannerism • Renaissance art • Renaissance
Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari
Italian artist and author
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Tintoretto: Last Supper
Tintoretto
Italian painter
Parmigianino
Parmigianino
Italian artist
Giulio Romano: Palazzo del Te
Giulio Romano
Italian artist and architect
Marriage of Alexander and Roxane
Il Sodoma
Italian painter
Sigismund Gonzaga Myszkowski
Egidius Sadeler, II
Flemish engraver and painter
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Lucas van Leyden
Dutch artist
Scorel, Jan van
Jan van Scorel
Dutch artist and engineer
Gossart, Jan: Descent from the Cross
Jan Gossart
Netherlandish 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
Titian: Venus of Urbino
Titian
Italian painter
Giotto: Lamentation
Giotto
Italian painter
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Greek artist
Engraving of Petrarch wearing a laurel wreath and a robe, holding a closed book in his left hand.
Petrarch
Italian poet
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli
Italian painter
Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter

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