Florence and Rome. Patrons of the Renaissance
Merchants, monasteries, the Medici and the papal court. The changing work of artists from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century.
Renaissance paintings
Renaissance paintings from Italy and Northern Europe. Explore artists, religious subjects and classical mythology with explanations.
Paintings in this selection
73 artworks. Open a painting to read its story and explore its details.
Leonardo da VinciMona Lisa (Portrait of Lisa Gherardini)
1503–1519
Sandro BotticelliSpring (Primavera)
About 1480
Leonardo da VinciThe Last Supper
1495–1498
Sandro BotticelliThe Birth of Venus
c. 1485
Fra AngelicoAnnunciation at San Marco
About 1440–1450
Sandro BotticelliAdoration of the Magi
1470–1475
Lucas Cranach the ElderEve
1533–37
Giotto di BondoneLamentation
1303–1305
Lucas Cranach the ElderThe Judgment of Paris
ca. 1528
Antonio da CorreggioVirgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
c. 1515
Albrecht DürerVirgin and Child with Saint Anne
probably 1519
Sandro BotticelliVirgin and Child with an Angel
1475–85
Jan Sanders van HemessenJudith
c. 1540
Lucas Cranach the ElderHunting near Hartenfels Castle
1540
Jean Hey, Master of MoulinsThe Annunciation
1490–95
Hans Holbein the YoungerEdward VI as a Child
probably 1538
Giovanni BelliniMadonna and Child
late 1480s
Rogier van der Weyden and workshopPortrait of Jean Gros (recto); Coat of Arms of Jean Gros (verso)
1460–64
Sandro BotticelliThe Last Communion of Saint Jerome
early 1490s
Hans Holbein the YoungerThe Ambassadors
1533
Hans MemlingVirgin and Child
c. 1485
Pieter Bruegel the ElderThe Harvesters
1565
Vittore CarpaccioThe Meditation on the Passion
ca. 1490
Petrus ChristusPortrait of a Carthusian
1446Compare the ways painters represented space, the human body and fabric. Individual stories introduce artists and patrons, while the Florence and Rome tour explores artistic commissions. Religious patronage and interest in antiquity are considered together.
Artists
- Jan Sanders van Hemessen
- Antonio da Correggio
- Jean Hey, Master of Moulins
- Rogier van der Weyden
- Sandro Botticelli
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
- Hans Memling
- Giovanni Bellini
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- Vittore Carpaccio
- Petrus Christus
- Gerard David
- Albrecht Dürer
- Jan van Eyck
- Giotto di Bondone
- Fra Filippo Lippi
- Lorenzo Lotto
- Andrea Mantegna
- Joachim Patinir
- Piero di Cosimo
- Simone Martini
- Titian
- Paolo Veronese
- Duccio di Buoninsegna
- Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden
- Fra Angelico
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Raphael
- Giovanni Bellini and Titian
- Hans Holbein the Younger
- Hubert and Jan van Eyck
- Michelangelo
- Hieronymus Bosch
- Giorgione
- Masaccio
- Matthias Grünewald
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How to explore the paintings
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