List of Renaissance artists

Primavera, Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510)

Titian : Bacchus and Ariadne (One of my favourite painting in national Gallery!)

This a list of Renaissance artists begins in the 13th century (1200s) 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.

Late Medieval artists

Italian Byzantine

These artists, before the Renaissance, painted in the style of Greek icons. Their paintings were important to the education of many Renaissance painters, and were to be seen in the churches where the Renaissance painters worked, and worshipped. Often an altarpiece by one of these artists was surrounded by frescoes by the Renaissance painters who lived 150 to 200 years later. A famous Madonna and Child by Coppo di Marcovaldo stood above the altar where Masaccio, Masolino and Filippo Lippi painted the walls of the Brancacci Chapel. Giotto, who is thought of as the first Renaissance painter, was educated by Cimabue, one of the great masters of the Late Byzantine style.

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums
Coppo di Marcovaldo	(c.1225– c.1276)	Florence	Florence, Pistoia Siena	Icon, Mosaic	The Last Judgement Bastistry, Florence	Civic Museum, San Gimignano
Cimabue	c.1240 - c.1302	Florence	Florence, Assisi	Icon, Mosaic	Madonna of Santa Trinita Uffizi, Florence	Uffizi
Pietro Cavallini	c.1250 – c.1330	Rome	Rome, Naples	Fresco, Mosaic	Last Judgement, S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome
Duccio	c.1260 - c.1318	Siena	Siena	Icon	Maesta, Duomo Museo, Siena	National Gallery, London Uffizi

Coppo di Marcovaldo, Christ in Majesty
Cimabue, The Madonna of Santa Trinita
Pietro Cavallini, Last Judgement (detail)
Duccio, The Maesta

Italian Proto-Renaissance

Proto-Renaissance artists worked before 1400 in Italy when the Renaissance style was slowly developing.

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums
Nicola Pisano	c.1220 – c.1284	Pisa	Pisa, Perugia	Sculptor	The Pulpit Baptistery of Pisa
Arnolfo di Cambio	c.1240 – c.1300	Tuscany	Siena, Florence, Rome	Sculptor, Architect	St. Peter St. Peter's Basilica, Rome	National Gallery, London
Giovanni Pisano	c.1250 – c.1315	Pisa	Pisa, Siena	Sculptor	The Pulpit Cathedral of Pisa	Duomo Museo, Siena
Giotto	c.1267 - 1337	Tuscany	Florence, Padua	Fresco, Tempera	Ognissanti Madonna Uffizi, Florence Life of Jesus Arena Chapel, Padua	Uffizi
Pietro Lorenzetti	c.1280 - 1348	Siena	Siena, Assisi	Fresco, Tempera	Scenes of the Passion of Christ Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi	Metropolitan Museum, New York
Ambrogio Lorenzetti	c.1290 – 1348	Siena	Siena	Fresco	Scenes of Good and Bad Government Town Hall, Siena	Louvre, National Gallery, London
Taddeo Gaddi	c.1300 – 1366	Tuscany	Florence	Fresco	Life of the Virgin Baroncelli Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence	Louvre, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Orcagna	c.1308 – 1368	Tuscany	Florence, Pisa	Fresco, Tempera	The Triumph of Death Campo Santo, Pisa	Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Altichiero	c.1330 – c.1390	Verona	Verona, Padua	Fresco	Crucifixion Basilica of Sant'Antonio, Padua
Giusto de' Menabuoi	c.1330 – c.1390	Florence	Padua	Fresco	The Salvation of Humankind, Baptistery of Padua Cathedral

Nicola Pisano, Baptistery pulpit, Pisa
Arnolfo di Cambio, St. Peter, Rome
Giovanni Pisano, Cathedral Pulpit, Pisa
Giovanni Pisano, The Madonna of Prato, Prato
Giotto, Ognissanti Madonna, Florence
Giotto, The Kiss of Judas, Padua
Pietro Lorenzetti, Deposition of Christ's body, Assisi
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Scenes of Good Government, Siena
Taddeo Gaddi, The Annunciation to the Shepherds, Florence
Orcagna, The Triumph of Death, Pisa
Altichiero, The Crucifixion, Padua
Giusto de' Menabuoi, Paradise, Padua

International Gothic

Artists from many parts of Europe worked in a decorative Gothic style.

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums
Simone Martini	c.1284 – c.1344	Siena	Siena, Assisi, Avignon	Fresco, Tempera	The Maesta Town Hall, Siena	Uffizi, Hermitage, Louvre Metropolitan Museum, New York
Lorenzo Monaco	c.1370-1425	Florence	Florence	Tempera	Coronation of the Virgin Uffizi Gallery	Uffizi, National Gallery, London; National Galleries of Scotland
Gentile da Fabriano	1370 – c.1427	Marche	Florence, Siena, Rome	Fresco, Tempera	Adoration of the Magi Uffizi	Uffizi, Vatican Museums, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Andrea Pisano	c.1290 – c.1348	Pisa	Pisa, Florence, Orvieto	Sculptor in bronze	Baptistery Doors Florence
Tilman Riemenschneider	c.1460 - 1531	Würzburg	Würzburg	Sculptor in wood	Altarpiece of the Holy Blood Rothenburg ob der Tauber	Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Veit Stoss	c.1445-1450	Horb am Neckar Germany	Nuremberg, Krakow	Sculptor in wood	Altarpiece of the Blessed Virgin Mary St Mary's Church, Krakow
Limbourg Brothers	active 1385–1416	Nijmegen	France	illuminators	Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (The Duke of Berry's Prayer Book) Musée Condé, Chantilly, France	Condé Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Enguerrand Quarton	c.1410 - c.1466	Villeneuve-lès-Avignon France	Villeneuve-lès-Avignon	Tempera	Coronation of the Virgin Villeneuve-lès-Avignon	Louvre

Simone Martini, Maesta, Siena
Lorenzo Monaco, Coronation of the Virgin, Uffizi
Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, Uffizi
Andrea Pisano, Baptism of Jesus, Florence Baptistery
Riemenschneider, Altarpiece off the Holy Blood, Rothenburg
Veit Stoss, Altarpiece of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Krakow
Enguerrand Quarton, Coronation of the Virgin, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Limbourg Brothers, The Month of May, Conde, France

Renaissance artists: Italy

Early Renaissance

Name	Dates	Born	Worked	Media	Masterpiece	Museums
Brunelleschi	1377–1446	Tuscany	Florence	architect, sculptor in bronze and wood	Crucifix Santa Maria Novella, Florence	Bargello
Ghiberti	1378–1455	Florence	Florence	sculptor in bronze and marble	The Baptistery Doors Florence	Bargello
Masolino	c.1383–1447	Panicale, Umbria	Florence, Rome	fresco, tempera	Life of St. Peter Brancacci Chapel, Florence	National Gallery, London, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; National Gallery, Washington 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, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; National Gallery, Washington D.C.
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, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; National Gallery, Washington 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, Washington 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 National Museum, Romania	Louvre, National Gallery, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; National Gallery, Washington D.C.
Mantegna	c.1431–1506	Padua	Verona, Mantua, Rome	fresco, tempera	The Marriage Chamber Ducale Palace, Mantua	National Gallery, London; Hermitage, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; National Gallery, Washington 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, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; National Gallery, Washington 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 Picture Gallery, 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, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; 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, Alte Pinakothek, Munich; Metropolitan Museum, New York

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
Botticelli, Birth of Venus, Florence
Signorelli, The Resurrection, Orvieto
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.1430–1516	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	1475–1564	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	1483–1520	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	Madonna of the Harpies Uffizi	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
Titian, Venus of Urbino, Florence
Giorgione, The Tempest', Venice
Giovanni Bellini, San Giobbe Altarpiece, Venice
Titian, Asumption 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
Pontormo	1494—1557	Empoli	Florence	oil painting	Deposition from the Cross Santa Felicita, 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
Giambologna	1529-1608	Douai, France	Florence, Rome, Bologna	sculptor in marble and bronze	The Rape of the Sabine Women Loggia Lanzi, Florence	Bargello, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; Louvre, National Gallery, Washington D.C.; Hermitage, Rijksmusem
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

Cellini, Perseus with the head of the Medusa, Florence
Giambolgna, Rape of the Sabine Women, Florence
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	Ghent	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	Madonna and Child with angels 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
Jean Fouquet, Madonna and Child, Antwerp
Hugo van der Goes, The Portinari Altarpiece, Florence
Bartolomé Bermejo, Altarpiece of the Virgin of Montserrat, Acqui Terme
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