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Jean Fouquet

Jean Fouquet, French artist, 1420-1481

Giampietrino

Giampietrino, Italian painter, active 1495–1549

Michel Sittow

Michel Sittow, Estonian painter, c. 1469 - 1525

Bernardo Cavallino

Bernardo Cavallino, Italian painter, 1616–1656

Jan Sanders van Hemessen

Jan Sanders van Hemessen, Flemish painter, c. 1500 – c. 1566

Dosso Dossi

Dosso Dossi, Italian painter, c. 1489–1542

Enguerrand Quarton

Enguerrand Quarton, French artist, c 1411– c 1466

Albrecht Altdorfer

Albrecht Altdorfer, German painter, c. 1480 – February 12, 1538

Lucas van Leyden

Lucas van Leyden, c 1494 – August 8, 1533, was a Netherlandish painter and printmaker born and active in Leiden. He was the son of the painter Huygh Jacobsz and trained in Leiden.

Van Leyden produced engravings from an early age and also painted portraits, religious subjects, and genre scenes. He met Albrecht Dürer in Antwerp in 1521 and was a leading Netherlandish artist of his generation.

Van Leyden died in Leiden in 1533. His works are held by institutions including the National Gallery, London; Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden; the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Jacopo Bassano

Jacopo Bassano, born Jacopo dal Ponte around 1510 in Bassano del Grappa, trained first with his painter father, Francesco da Ponte, and then studied in Venice. He was known by the name of his native town.

Bassano returned to Bassano del Grappa and led a family workshop. He painted altarpieces, biblical subjects, landscapes, and portraits, often bringing animals, rural settings, and closely observed natural detail into religious scenes.

He died in 1592. His sons Francesco, Giovanni Battista, Leandro, and Gerolamo continued the workshop and extended the Bassano manner well into the following century.