1430s In Art

The decade of the 1430s in art involved some significant events.

Events

* 1430: Considered end of Medieval art art period.
* 1430: First use of optical methods in the creation of art.
* 1430s: The engraver known as the Master of the Playing Cards becomes active in south-western Germany and Switzerland.
* 1435: Leon Battista Alberti writes ''Della Pittura''.
* 1438-1440: Donatello completes his series of sculptures for the Cathedral of Prato.

Works

Image:Masolino Annunciation.jpg, Masolino da Panicale, ''The Annunciation'' (1425–30)

Image:Jan van Eyck - Léal Souvenir - National Gallery, London.jpg, Jan van Eyck, '' Léal Souvenir'' (1432)
Image:Angelico Annunciation (Cortona).jpg, Fra Angelico, Annunciation of Cortona (1432-4)
Image:Fra_Angelico_043.jpg, Fra Angelico, ''The Annunciation'' ( San Marco, Florence) (c.1437-1446)
Image:Van Eyck - Arnolfini Portrait.jpg, Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini portrait (1434)
File:Rogier van der Weyden 030.jpg, van der Weyden, ''The Annunciation'' (c.1435-1440)

Paintings

* 1425–1430: Masolino da Panicale – ''The Annunciation'' (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
* 1428–1432: Jan van Eyck (attrib.) – '' Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata'' (2 versions)
* c.1430
** Domenico di Bartolo – ''Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Peter and Saint Paul'' (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
** Jan van Eyck (attrib.) – ''Portrait of a Man with a Blue Chaperon''
* c.1430–1432
** Fra Angelico – '' The Annunciation'' (for Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole; now Museo del Prado, Madrid)
** Stefano di Giovanni – ''Madonna of the Snows'' Altarpiece ( Uffizi, Florence)
* c.1430–1440: Jan van Eyck – '' Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych'' ( Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
* 1432: Jan van Eyck
** Ghent Altarpiece
** '' Léal Souvenir''
* 1432–1434: Fra Angelico – Annunciation of Cortona completed in Florence
* 1433:
** Domenico di Bartolo – '' Madonna of Humility''
** Rogier van der Weyden (attrib.) – ''Virgin and Child Enthroned'' ( Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid)
** Jan van Eyck – ''Portrait of a Man'' (Self Portrait?)
* 1434: Jan van Eyck – Arnolfini portrait
* c.1434: Stefano di Giovanni
** ''Madonna of Humility with Saints'' ( Triptych)
** San Domenico da Cortona Polyptych
* c.1434–1436: Jan van Eyck – '' The Annunciation'' (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.)
* c.1434–1446: Workshop of Rogier van der Weyden – ''The Annunciation'' ( Musée du Louvre)
* 1435–1438: Rogier van der Weyden – ''The Magdalen Reading''
* c.1435–1440: Rogier van der Weyden (attrib.) – ''Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin''
* 1435: Stefano di Giovanni – ''The Journey of the Magi'' (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
* c.1435
** Jan van Eyck – Madonna of Chancellor Rolin''
** Konrad Witz – Heilspiegel Altarpiece and ''St. Christopher''
* 1436
** Paolo Uccello – '' Funerary Monument to Sir John Hawkwood'' (fresco painting, Florence Cathedral)
** Jan van Eyck – '' The Madonna with Canon van der Paele'' ( Groeningemuseum)
* 1437: Domenico di Bartolo – ''Virgin and Child'' (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
* c.1437
** Stefano di Giovanni – Polyptych of St. Anthony the Abbot (Cortona)
** Jan van Eyck – '' Lucca Madonna''
* c.1437-1438: Fra Angelico – '' Perugia Altarpiece''
* c.1437-1444: Stefano di Giovanni
** ''Ecstasy of Saint Francis'' (Villa i Tatti, Settignano)
** ''Saint Francis Receiving Stigmata'' ( National Gallery, London)
* c.1437-1446: Fra Angelico – ''The Annunciation'' ( San Marco, Florence)
* 1438: Domenico di Bartolo – Polyptych of Santa Giuliana ( Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia)
* c.1438-1440: Jan van Eyck – ''Madonna in the Church''
* 1439: Jan van Eyck – '' Portrait of Margareta van Eyck'' (Groeningemuseum)

Sculpture

* c.1425–1466: Donatello – '' David'' (bronze; Bargello, Florence)
* c. 1430 - Donatello - ''Dovizia'' (Mercato Vecchio lost)
* 1431–1438: Luca della Robbia – '' Cantoria'' (carved singing loft, Florence Cathedral)
* c.1435: Lorenzo Ghiberti – ''Gates of Paradise'' (bronze panels; doors of Florence Baptistery)

Births

* 1430: Michel Colombe – French sculptor (died 1513)
* 1430: Jean Colombe – French miniature painter and illuminator of manuscripts (died 1493)
* 1430: Desiderio da Settignano – Italian sculptor (died 1464)
* 1430: Vincenzo Foppa – Italian painter (died 1515)
* 1430: Matteo di Giovanni – Italian Renaissance artist from the Sienese School (died 1495)
* 1430: Francesco Laurana – Dalmatian-born sculptor and medallist (died 1502)
* 1430: Pier Antonio Mezzastris – Italian painter of the Umbrian school of painting (died 1506)
* 1430: Fra Diamante – Italian fresco painter (died 1498)
* 1430: Carlo Crivelli – Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility (died 1495)
* 1430: Antonello da Messina – Sicilian painter (died 1479)
* 1430: Hans Memling – Early Netherlandish painter (died 1494)
* 1430: Giovanni Bellini – Italian painter (died 1516)
* 1430: Simone Papa the Elder – Italian painter (died 1480)
* 1430: Cosimo Tura – Italian painter and one of the founders of the School of Ferrara (died 1495)
* 1430: Di Biagio Baldassarre del Firenze – Italian Renaissance painter of the Florentine School (died 1484)
* 1431: Shingei – Japanese painter and artist of the Muromachi period (died 1485)
* 1431: Andrea Mantegna – Italian Renaissance artist (died 1506)
* 1433: Felice Feliciano - Italian calligrapher, composer of alchemical sonnets and expert on Roman antiquity (died 1479)
* 1433: Marco Zoppo - Italian painter active mainly in Bologna (died 1498)
* 1434: Kanō Masanobu – Japanese chief painter of the Ashikaga shogunate and founder of the Kanō school of painting (died 1530)
* 1434: Tosa Mitsunobu – Japanese painter and founder of the Tosa school of painting (died 1525)
* 1434: Michael Wolgemut – German painter and printmaker (died 1519)
* 1435: Andrea del Verrocchio – influential Italian sculptor, goldsmith and painter working at the court of Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence (died 1488)
* 1435: Pietro Lombardo – Italian sculptor and architect (died 1515)
* 1435: Michael Pacher – Austrian Tyrolean painter and sculptor (died 1498)
* 1435: Andrea della Robbia – Italian sculptor, especially in ceramics (died 1525)
* 1435: Bartolomeo Sanvito – Paduan calligrapher (died 1518)
* 1435: Nicolas Froment – French painter (died 1486)
* 1435: Bernt Notke – German painter and sculptor (died 1508/1509)
* 1435: Giovanni Santi – Italian painter, poet and father of Raphael (died 1494)
* 1435: Jan Polack – Polish-born German painter (died 1519)
* 1435/1440: Bertoldo di Giovanni – Italian sculptor (died 1491)
* 1436: Baccio Baldini – Italian engraver in Florence (died 1487)
* 1436: Benvenuto di Giovanni – Italian artist, manuscripts (died 1509/1517)
* 1436: Sheikh Hamdullah – Ottoman master of Islamic calligraphy (died 1520)
* 1436: Ni Duan – Imperial Chinese painter of people and landscapes (died 1505)
* 1437: Simone Ferrucci – Italian sculptor (died 1493)
* 1438: Melozzo da Forlì – Italian fresco painter and member of the Forlì painting school (died 1494)
* 1439: Cosimo Rosselli – Italian painter of the Quattrocento, active mainly in Florence (died 1507)
* 1439: Domenico Rosselli – Italian sculptor (died 1498)
* 1439: Francesco di Giorgio – Italian painter of the Sienese School, sculptor, architect, art theorist and military engineer (died 1502)

Deaths

* 1430: Andrei Rublev – the greatest medieval Russian painter of icons and frescos (born 1360-1370)
* 1430: Daniil Chyorny – Russian icon painter (born 1360)
* 1430: Madern Gerthener – German late Gothic stonemason, sculptor and architect (born 1360/1370)
* 1431: Li Zai – Chinese painter of landscapes and human figures during the Ming Dynasty (born ''unknown'')
* 1435: Zhu Zhanji, Xuande Emperor – Emperor of China who was also a painter, especially of animals (born 1398)
* 1437: Pellegrino di Giovanni – Italian painter (born ''unknown'')
* 1438: Jacopo della Quercia – Italian sculptor of the Italian Renaissance (born 1374)
* 1439: Jacobello del Fiore – Italian quattrocento painter (born 1370)

References

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