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Flourished c.1475 - c.1495

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Geertgen tot Sint Jans: John the Baptist in the Wilderness
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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
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Patinir, Joachim
Joachim Patinir
Flemish painter
The Flute Player, oil painting by Hendrik Terbrugghen, 1621; in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Kassel, Ger.
Hendrik Terbrugghen
Dutch painter
Baburen, Dirck van: The Procuress
Dirck van Baburen
Dutch painter
Pieter Lastman: Odysseus and Nausicaa
Pieter Lastman
Dutch artist
Cuyp, Benjamin Gerritsz.: Interior of a Peasant Hut
Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp
Dutch painter
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
Caravaggio
Italian painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Sesshū: Landscape of Four Seasons
Sesshū
Japanese artist
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
Italian painter
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Georges Rouault
French artist
Baptism of Christ
Masolino
Italian painter
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
Orazio Gentileschi and Giovanni Lanfranco: Saint Cecilia and an Angel
Orazio Gentileschi
Italian painter
Bourdon, Sébastien: Bacchus Comforting the Abandoned Ariadne
Sébastien Bourdon
French painter

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