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Born c.1465 • Augsburg • Germany
Died 1524 • Alsace
Notable Works Kaisheim Altar
Movement / Style Late Gothic art
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
Hans Baldung
German artist
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
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Oil painting by Jan van Eyck showing a man in dark clothing with a large, elaborate red turban, set against a dark background.
Jan van Eyck
Netherlandish painter
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Rogier van der Weyden
Netherlandish painter
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Hans Memling
Netherlandish painter
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Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
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Matthias Grünewald
German artist
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
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Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein
German painter
“Madonna of the Rose Bower,” painting on wood by Stefan Lochner; in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
Stefan Lochner
German painter
Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child
Michael Wolgemut
German artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Titian: Venus of Urbino
Titian
Italian painter
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Greek artist
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter

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