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born: Ferrara, [now Italy]; about 1430
died: Ferrara,[now Italy]; 1495
| Tura was court artist at the court of the Este dukes at Ferrara. He served both dukes: Borso and Ercole I. |
born: Messina, Sicily [now Italy]; about 1430
died: Messina, Sicily [now Italy]; 19 February 1479
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Christ at the Column[detail] |
born: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; about 1429
died: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 23 February 1507
| Less well known brother of Giovanni. His father was Jacobo Bellini, also an artist. His sister, Niccolosa, married the painter Andrea Mantegna. |
born: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 1430 (or 31)
died: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 1516
| Better known brother of Gentile. His father was Jacobo Bellini, also an artist. His sister, Niccolosa, married the painter Andrea Mantegna. |
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Doge Leonardo Loredan |
born: Isola di Carturo, Vicenza, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 1431
died: Mantua, March of Mantua [now Italy]; 13 September 1506
Forty-four more Mantegna pictures with a small
biography.
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born: Venice [now Italy]; about 1432
died: Camerino, Marches [now Italy]; about 1494
| In 1457 Crivelli was convicted and given a prison term in Venice for seducing a married woman. Afterwards he left Venice, and apparently never returned. Crivelli was knighted in 1490 by Ferdinand II of Naples. He apparently had no students nor followers of his style. |
| This picture provides proof that ET visited either around the time of Christ or sometime in the fifteenth century. Which makes sense when you realize that ET, the movie, is a retelling of the Christ story of love and redemption in a modern suburban setting. |
Antonio born: Florence, Republic of Florence [now Italy]; 17 January 1432/33
Antonio died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy], 4 February 1498
Piero born: Florence, Republic of Florence [now Italy]; 1443
Piero died: Rome, Papal States [now Italy], 1496
| Brothers that worked jointly under a combined signature. Antonio Pollaiuolo was a painter, sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver pupil of Donatello; his brother Piero was a painter. |
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Galeazzo Maria Sforza |
Young Woman |
Twenty-two more Pollaiuolo paintings, sculptures, drawings, and etchings.
born: Florence, Republic of Florence; [now Italy]; 1435
died: Venice; Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 1488
| He was a goldsmith, sculptor, carver, painter and musician. Teacher of Leonardo da Vinci. |
born: Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara [now Italy]; 1436
died: Bologna, Emilia [now Italy]; 1478
Early Renaissance painter who worked for the last seven years of his life in Bologna.
born: Forlì, near Ravenna; [now Italy]; 1438
died: Forlì, near Ravenna; [now Italy]; 8 November 1494
| Fresco artist and architect. One of the great fresco artists of the early Renaissance. Specialized in illusionistic prespective. His painting is more realistic that Uccello or Piero della Francesca, his teacher. |
Sandro
Botticelliborn: Florence, Republic of Florence [now Italy]; 1445
died: Florence, Republic of Florence [now Italy]; 17 May 1510
Many more Botticelli pictures and a summary chronological biography.
born: Cortona, Republic of Florence [now Italy]; about 1447
died: Cortona, Republic of Florence [now Italy]; 16 October 1523
Five more Signorelli pictures.
born: Florence, Republic of Florence [now Italy]; 1449
died: Florence, Republic of Florence [now Italy]; 11 January 1494
Two more Ghirlandaio pictures.
born: Città della Pieve, near Perugia, Romagna [now Italy]; about 1450
died: Fontignano, near Perugia [now Italy]; February or March 1523
born: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; about 1460
died: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 1525 or 1526
| The dominant influences on Vittore's early work were Gentile Bellini and Antonello da Messina |
Filippino
Lippiborn: Prato, Republic of Florence, [now Italy]; about 1457
died: Florence, [now Italy], 18 April 1504
Sixteen more Filippino Lippi pictures.
active: Italy, 1445-1484
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