List of Renaissance artists facts for kids

Primavera by Sandro Botticelli is a famous painting of the 1400s. It is now in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

Renaissance artists ended in the late 14th century (~1370) and includes famous painters and sculptors.

Each artist is listed with their dates, place of birth, some places that they worked, their media (the type of artwork that they made), one or two most famous works and some art galleries where their works can be seen.

Renaissance artists: European
- High Renaissance
- Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Renaissance artists: Northern Europe and Spain
- Early Renaissance
- 1500s

Renaissance artists: European

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums
Brunelleschi	1377–1446	Florence	Florence	architect, sculptor in bronze	Crucifix Santa Maria Novella, Florence	Bargello
Ghiberti	1378–1455	Florence	Florence	sculptor in bronze and marble	The Baptistery Doors Florence	Bargello
Masolino da Panicale	c.1383–1447	Panicale, Umbria	Florence, Rome	fresco, tempera	Madonna with Child and St. Anne	National Gallery, London, National Gallery of Art D.C.
Nanni di Banco	c.1384–1421	Florence	Florence	sculptor in marble	The Four Crowned Martyrs, Orsanmichele, Florence	Bargello
Donatello	c.1386–1466	Florence	Florence, Padua	sculptor in bronze, wood and marble	Gattemelata on Horseback Padua	Bargello, Duomo Museo, Florence
Fra Angelico	c.1395–1455	Rupecanina, Tuscany	Fiesole, Florence Rome	fresco, tempera	Deposition of Christ National Museum of San Marco, Florence	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre; National Gallery of Art D.C.;Prado, Madrid
Uccello	1397–1475	Tuscany	Florence	fresco, tempera	The Battle of San Romano Uffizi, Louvre and N.G. London	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Asmolean Museum, Oxford.
Masaccio	1401–1428	San Giovanni Valdarno, Tuscany	Florence	fresco, tempera	The Life of St Peter, Brancacci Chapel, Carmine Church, Florence	Uffizi, National Gallery, London
Filippo Lippi	1406–1469	Florence	Florence, Prato Spoleto	fresco, tempera	The Life of the Virgin Spoleto Cathedral	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, National Gallery of Art D.C.
Piero della Francesca	c.1412–1492	Sansepolcro Tuscany	Arezzo, Florence Monterchi	fresco, tempera	The History of the True Cross Church of San Francesco, Arezzo	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre
Andrea del Castagno	c.1421–1457	Castagno, Tuscany	Florence	fresco, tempera	The Last Supper, refectory of Sant'Appollonia, Florence	National Gallery of Art D.C.
Gentile Bellini	1429–1507	Venice	Venice, Constantinople	oil painting	Scenes of the True Cross Accademia, Venice	National Gallery, London, Accademia, Venice
Antonello da Messina	c.1430–1479	Messina, Sicily	Naples, Venice, Sicily	oil painting	The Sibiu Crucifixion Brukenthal, Romania	Louvre, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; National Gallery of Art D.C.
Mantegna	c.1431–1506	Padua	Verona, Mantua, Rome	fresco, tempera	The Marriage Chamber Ducale Palace, Mantua	National Gallery, London; Hermitage, National Gallery of Art D.C.
Verrocchio	c.1435–1488	Florence	Florence	tempera sculptor in bronze	The Pistoia Altarpiece, Pistoia Cathedral Colleoni on Horseback, Venice	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Bargello, Florence
Botticelli	1445–1510	Tuscany	Florence, Rome	fresco, tempera	The Birth of Venus and Primevera, Uffizi	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, National Gallery of Art D.C.
Signorelli	c.1445–1523	Cortona, Tuscany	Cortona, Orvieto Rome, Arezzo	fresco, tempera	Scenes of the Last Day Orvieto Cathedral	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Brera, Milan
Perugino	1446–1524	Città della Pieve, Umbria	Perugia, Florence, Rome	fresco, tempera, oil painting	Christ giving the Keys to Peter Sistine Chapel, Vatican City	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, São Paulo Art Museum, Brazil
Ghirlandaio	1449–1494	Florence	Florence, Rome	fresco, tempera	Lives of the Madonna and John the Baptist, S. Maria Novella, Florence	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nanni di Banco, Four Crowned Martyrs, Florence
Brunelleschi, The Sacrifice of Isaac, Florence
Ghiberti, The Gates of Paradise, Florence
Donatello, Gattemelata, Padua
Masolino, 'The Healing of Tabitha, Florence
Masaccio, The Tribute Money, Florence
Fr Angelico, Descent from the Cross, Florence
Filippo Lippi, Coronation of the Virgin, Spoleto
Uccello, The Battle of San Romano, London
Piero della Francesca, 'The History of the True Cross, Arezzo
Andrea del Castagno, The Last Supper, Florence
Gentile Bellini, The Procession of the Cross, Venice
Antonello da Messina, St Jerome in his study, London
Mantegna, Ceiling of the Marriage Chamber, Mantua
Verrocchio, Bartolomeo Colleoni, Venice
Verrocchio and Leonardo, The baptism of Christ, Florence
Perugino, Jesus giving the Keys to Peter, Rome
Ghirlandaio, The Birth of the Virgin, Florence

High Renaissance

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums

Giovanni Bellini	c.1430–1520	Venice	Venice	oil painting	San Zaccaria Altarpiece, Church of San Zaccaria, Venice	National Gallery, London; Rijksmuseum, Accademia, Venice, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Leonardo da Vinci	1452–1519	Vinci, Tuscany	Florence, Milan Amboise, France	drawing, tempera, oil painting sculpture	Mona Lisa, Louvre The Last Supper, Milan	Uffizi, National Gallery, London Louvre, Hermitage
Filippino Lippi	c.1457–1504	Prato, Tuscany	Florence, Rome	fresco, oil painting	The Life of St. Peter, Brancacci Chapel, Florence	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; Hermitage, Rijksmuseum
Michelangelo	1475–1570	Caprese Tuscany	Florence, Bologna Rome	sculptor in marble fresco, tempera	David, Accademia, Florence Pieta, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome The Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican	Uffizi, National Gallery, London, Duomo Museo, Florence; Accademia, Florence
Giorgione	c.1477—1510	Castelfranco, Venice	Venice	oil painting	The Tempest Accademia, Venice	Accademia, Venice; Hermitage, Louvre, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Raphael	1483–1525	Urbino, Marche	Perugia, Florence, Rome	fresco, oil painting	The School of Athens, Vatican The Sistine Madonna, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden	Uffizi, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York Hermitage, National Gallery, London
Titian	c.1485–1576	Pieve di Cadore, Venice	Venice, Padua	oil painting, fresco	The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari	Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Pitti, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Andrea del Sarto	1486–1531	Gualfonda Tuscany	Florence, France	oil painting	Last Supper in San Salvi, Vallombrosan Abbey (outskirts of Florence)	Uffizi, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, National Gallery, London

Filippino Lippi, Scenes from the Life of St. Peter, Florence
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, Milan
Michelangelo, Creation of Adam, Vatican
Raphael, School of Athens, Vatican
Michelangelo, David, Florence
Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Paris
Giorgione, The Tempest', Venice
Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece, Venice
Titian, Assumption of the Virgin, Venice
Raphael, Sistine Madonna, Dresden
Andrea del Sarto, Madonna of the Harpies, Florence

Mannerism (Late Renaissance)

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums
	1494—1557	Empoli	Florence	oil painting	The Deposition Florence	Uffizi, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York
Benvenuto Cellini	1500–1571	Florence	Italy, France	goldsmith, sculptor in bronze	Perseus with the Head of Medusa Loggia Lanzi, Florence	Bargello, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery of Australia; Royal Collection, London
Bronzino	1503–1572	Florence	Florence	oil painting	Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo Uffizi, Florence	Uffizi, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, National Gallery, London
Parmigianino	1503–1540	Parma	Florence, Rome, Bologna, Parma	oil painting	The Madonna with the Long Neck, Uffizi, Florence	Uffizi,Metropolitan Museum, New York Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Tintoretto	1518–1594	Brescia	Venice	oil painting	Paradise Doge's Palace, Venice	Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Paolo Veronese	1528–88	Verona	Mantua, Venice	oil painting	Feast in the House of Levi, Accademia, Venice	Louvre,Metropolitan Museum, New York Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
El Greco	1541–1614	Crete	Crete, Venice Toledo, Spain	oil painting	Burial of the Count of Orgaz Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York; Prado

Bronzino, Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo, Florence
Parmigianino, The Madonna with the Long Neck, Florence
Pontormo, The Deposition, Florence
El Greco, Burial of the Count of Orgaz, Toledo
Tintoretto, Paradise, Venice
Veronese, Feast in the House of Levi, Venice

Renaissance artists: Northern Europe and Spain

Early Renaissance

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums
Hubert van Eyck	c.1366–1426	Maaseik? Belgium	Naples	oil painting, manuscripts	The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb St. Bavon Cathedral, Ghent
Jan van Eyck	Before 1395–1441	Maaseik? Belgium	The Hague, Bruges Ghent	oil painting	The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb St. Bavon Cathedral, Ghent	Louvre, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Metropolitan Museum, New York
Robert Campin/ "The Master of Flémalle"	c.1375–1444	Valenciennes?	Belgium	oil painting	The Mérode Altarpiece Metropolitan Museum, New York	Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York; State Museum, Frankfurt; Royal Museum, Antwerp
Rogier van der Weyden	c.1400–1464	Tournai	Tournai	oil painting	Descent from the Cross Prado Museum, Madrid	Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Prado, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Jean Fouquet	1420–1481	Tours, France	France, Italy	tempera, miniature manuscripts	Melun Diptych Royal Museum, Antwerp	Louvre, Royal Museum, Antwerp; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Metropolitan Museum, New York
Hugo van der Goes	c.1440–1482	Ghent?	Ghent	oil painting	The Portinari Altarpiece Uffizi Gallery, Florence	Uffizi, Hermitage, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Metropolitan Museum, New York
Bartolomé Bermejo	c.1440-c.1498	Cordoba, Spain	Spain, Belgium	oil painting	Altarpiece of the Virgin of Montserrat Cathedral of Acqui Terme	National Gallery, London, National Museum of Catalonia, Art institute of Chicago
Hieronymus Bosch	c.1450–1516	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Netherlands	oil painting	The Garden of Worldly Delights Prado Museum, Madrid	Rijksmuseum, Prado; National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Hubert and Jan van Eyck, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Ghent
Jan van Eyck, Wedding portrait of the Arnolfini, London
Robert Campin, The Merode Altarpiece, New York
Rogier van der Weyden, Descent from the Cross, Madrid
Hugo van der Goes, The Portinari Altarpiece, Florence
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Worldly Delights, Prado

1500s

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums
Matthias_Grünewald	c.1470–1528	Würzburg	Germany	oil painting	The Isenheim Altarpiece Colmar, France	Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Albrecht Durer	1471–1528	Nuremberg, Germany	Germany, Italy, Netherlands	oil painting engraving	Adoration of the Trinity Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	Louvre, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Hermitage, National Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York
Lucas Cranach the Elder	1472–1553	Kronach	Germany, Netherlands	oil painting engraving	The Altarpiece of St. Catherine Gemäldegalerie, Dresden	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, Hermitage, Metropolitan Museum, New York Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer	c.1480–1538	Regensburg	Germany	oil painting	Battle of Issus Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Alte Pinakothek, Munich;Hermitage, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Metropolitan Museum, New York
Jean Clouet	1480–1541	Brussels?	Tours, Paris	tempera, miniature manuscripts	François I of France Louvre, Paris	Louvre, National Galleries of Scotland, Royal Collection, London; Metropolitan Museum, New York
Hans Holbein the Younger	c.1497–1543	Augsburg	Germany, Switzerland, England	oil painting drawing	The Ambassadors National Gallery, London	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York; Hermitage, National Gallery, London;
François Clouet	c.1510–1572	Tours	Paris	oil painting miniatures	Diane de Poitiers National Gallery, Washington D.C.	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Royal Collection, London
Nicholas Hilliard	1547–1619	Exeter, England	Oxford, London	oil painting, miniatures	The Pelican portrait of Queen Elizabeth National Portrait Gallery, London	National Portrait Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; National Gallery, Washington D.C.; National Galleries of Scotland

Grunewald, The Isenheim Altarpiece, Colmar
Durer, Adoration of the Trinity, Vienna
L. Cranach the elder, Altarpiece of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Dresden
Altdorfer, The Battle of Issus, Munich
Jean Clouet, François I of France, Louvre
Holbein, The Ambassadors, London
Hilliard, Pelican Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, London(?)

Diana Davies (editor), Harrap's Encyclopedia of Art and Artists, (1990), ISBN: 0-245-54692-8
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Luciano Berti, Florence: the city and its art, (1971) Scala.
Luciano Berti, The Ufizzi, (1971) Scala, Florence.

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