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Niccolò dell'Abbate Niccolò dell'Abbate, sometimes Nicolò and Abate (1509 or 15121571) was a Mannerist Italian painter in fresco and oils. He was of the Emilian school, and was part of the team of artists called the School of Fontainebleau that introduced the I ...

(1509/12–1571) *

Giuseppe Abbati Giuseppe Abbati (January 13, 1836February 21, 1868) was an Italian painter who belonged to the group known as the Macchiaioli. Biography Abbati was born in Naples. He received early training in painting from his father Vincenzo, who specialized ...

(1836–1868) *

Angiolo Achini Angiolo Achini (March 6, 1850 – January 16, 1930) was an Italian painter. Biography Angiolo Achini was born in Milan. He was educated at the Brera Academy, where he studied under Giuseppe Bertini.Agnellini, Maurizio (1998). ''Ottocento itali ...

(1850–1930) *

Pietro Adami Pietro Adami was an Italian painter of coastal and marine views or vedute A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The pai ...

(c. 1730) *

Livio Agresti Livio Agresti (1508–1580), also called Ritius or Ricciutello, was an Italian painter of the late Renaissance or Mannerist period, active both in his native city of Forlì and in Rome, where he died. He was one of the members of the "Forlì paint ...

(1508–1580) * Giorgio Matteo Aicardi (1891–1985) *

Francesco Albani Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter who was active in Bologna (1591–1600), Rome (1600–1609), Bologna (1609), Viterbo (1609–1610), Bologna (1610), Rome (1610–1617) ...

(1578–1660) *

Giacomo Alberelli Giacomo Alberelli or Albarelli was an Italian painter, active mainly in Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small is ...

(1600–1650) *

Mariotto Albertinelli Mariotto di Bindo di Biagio Albertinelli (13 October 1474 – 5 November 1515) was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Florence. He was a close friend and collaborator of Fra Bartolomeo.Ludovico Borgo and Margot Borgo.Albertinelli, Mario ...

(1474–1515) * Ambrogio Antonio Alciati (1878–1929) *

Domenico Alfani Domenico Alfani di Paride () was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active chiefly in his native Perugia. Life He was born at Perugia in 1483. He was a contemporary of Raphael, with whom he studied in the school of Pietro Perugino. Th ...

(1479/1480–c. 1553) * Girolamo Alibrandi (1470–1524) *

Silvio Allason Silvio Allason (1845–1912) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, seascapes, and moonlit nocturnes. He was a resident in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern ...

(1845–1912) *

Alessandro Allori Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori (Florence, 31 May 153522 September 1607) was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school. Biography In 1540, after the death of his father, Allori was brought up and train ...

(1535–1607) *

Cristofano Allori Cristofano Allori (17 October 1577 – 1 April 1621) was an Italian painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school, painting mostly portraits and religious subjects. Allori was born at Florence and received his first lessons in painting from his ...

(1577–1621) * Marco Almaviva (born 1934) *

Altichiero Altichiero da Verona (c. 1330 – c. 1390), also called Aldighieri da Zevio, was an Italian painter of the Gothic style. A follower of Giotto, Altichiero is credited with founding the Veronese school. He worked in Verona and Padua—works by ...

(1330–1390) * Jaber Alwan (born 1948) *

Jacopo Amigoni Jacopo Amigoni (ca. 1685 – September 1752), also named Giacomo Amiconi, was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque or Rococo period, who began his career in Venice, but traveled and was prolific throughout Europe, where his sumptuous portrai ...

(1682–1752) *

Giuseppe Amisani Giuseppe Amisani (7 December 1881 – 8 September 1941) was an Italian portrait painter of the Belle Époque. Life Amisani was born on 7 December 1881 in Piazza Mercato (now Piazza Giuseppe Amisani) in the comune of Mede di Lomellina, near P ...

(1881–1941) *

Andrea da Murano Andrea da Murano, also known as Andrea di Giovanni (active 1463 to 1502) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Venice and the Venetian mainland. Polyptych Gallerie dell'Accademia Biography In 1468, he was given, along with Bartolomeo Vivar ...

(active 1463–1502) *

Andrea di Bartolo Andrea di Bartolo or Andrea di Bartolo Cini (1360/70 – 1428) was an Italian painter, stained glass designer and Illuminated manuscript, illuminator of the Sienese School mainly known for his religious subjects. He was active between 1389–142 ...

(1360/70–1428) *

Fra Angelico Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; February 18, 1455) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his '' Lives of the Artists'' as having "a rare and perfect talent".Giorgio Vasari, ''Lives of the Artists''. Pengu ...

(1387–1455) *

Sofonisba Anguissola Sofonisba Anguissola ( – 16 November 1625), also known as Sophonisba Angussola or Sophonisba Anguisciola, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Cremona to a relatively poor noble family. She received a well-rounded education that i ...

(1532–1625) *

Pietro Annigoni Pietro Annigoni, OMRI (7 June 1910 – 28 October 1988) was an Italian artist, portrait painter, fresco painter and medallist, best known for his painted portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. His work was in the Renaissance tradition, contrasting ...

(1910–1988) *

Andrea Ansaldo Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo (1584 – August 18, 1638) was an Italian painter active mainly in Genoa. Life Ansaldo was born in Voltri, now part of the ''comune'' of Genoa, the son of a merchant. He trained under Orazio Cambiasi and possibly collabo ...

(1584–1638) *

Michelangelo Anselmi Michelangelo Anselmi (c. 1492 – c. 1554) was an Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter active mostly in Parma. Biography He was born, apparently in Tuscany, perhaps in Lucca, from a Parmesan family of ancient Langobard origin, known as ...

(c. 1492–c. 1554) *

Antonello da Messina Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina ( 1430February 1479), was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Early Italian Renaissance. ...

(1430–1479) *

Antonello de Saliba Antonio de Saliba, or Antonello de Saliba or Resaliba, (c.1466-c.1535) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, mainly active in Sicily and Calabria. Born around 1466, Antonello de Saliba was the son of Giovanni Resaliba, woodcarver of p ...

(1466–1535) *

Antoniazzo Romano Antoniazzo Romano, born Antonio di Benedetto Aquilo degli Aquili (c. 1430 – c. 1510) was an Italian Early Renaissance painter, the leading figure of the Roman school during the latter part of the 15th century. He "made a speciality of rep ...

(1430–1510) *

Andrea Appiani Andrea Appiani (31 May 17548 November 1817) was an Italian neoclassical painter. Life Born in Milan, it had been intended that he follow his father's career in medicine but instead entered the private academy of the painter Carlo Maria Giud ...

(1754–1817) * Alessandro Araldi (c. 1460–c. 1529) *

Giuseppe Arcimboldo Giuseppe Arcimboldo (; also spelled ''Arcimboldi'') (1526 or 1527 – 11 July 1593) was an Italian painter best known for creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books. These w ...

(1527–1593) * Pellegrino Aretusi (c. 1460–1523) *

Mino Argento Mino Argento (born January 5, 1927) is an Italian painter, mainly depicting abstract themes on canvas and paper. Life and work Mino Argento was born in Rome, Italy. He began as an architect, and first exhibited paintings at a 1968 exhibition at ...

(born 1927) *

Amico Aspertini Amico Aspertini, also called Amerigo Aspertini, was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor whose complex, eccentric, and eclectic style anticipates Mannerism. He is considered one of the leading exponents of the Bolognese School of paintin ...

(c. 1474–1552) *

Gioacchino Assereto Gioacchino Assereto (1600 – 28 June 1649) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period and one of the most prominent history painters active in Genoa in the first half of the 17th century. Life He initially apprenticed at age 12 with Luci ...

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* Francesco Bacchiacca (1494–1557) *Baciccio (

Giovan Battista Gaulli Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for ''Giovanni Battista''), was an Italian artist working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand ...

) (1639–1709) *

Sisto Badalocchio Sisto Badalocchio Rosa (28 June 1585 – ) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Bolognese School. Born in Parma, he worked first under Agostino Carracci in Bologna, then Annibale Carracci, in Rome. He worked with Annibale till 1609, t ...

(1585–c. 1647] * Giuseppe Badaracco (1588–1647) * Antonio Badile (c. 1518–1560) *

Alesso Baldovinetti Alesso or Alessio Baldovinetti (14 October 1427 – 29 August 1499) was an Italian early Renaissance painter and draftsman. Biography Baldovinetti was born in Florence to a rich noble family of merchants. In 1448 he was registered as a member of ...

(1425–1499) *

Camillo Ballini Camillo Ballini (Brescia 1540– c.1592) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerism, Mannerist period. He trained with Palma il Giovane in Venice, and was employed with him in the decoration of the Ducal palace, Venice, Ducal Pala ...

(1540–c. 1592) *

Cristiano Banti Cristiano Banti (4 January 1824 – 4 December 1904) was an Italian genre and landscape painter. He was a leading figure in the Macchiaioli movement of Tuscany. Biography Banti was born into a middle-class family in Santa Croce sull'Arno. A sc ...

(1824–1904) *

Jacopo de' Barbari Jacopo de' Barbari, sometimes known or referred to as de'Barbari, de Barberi, de Barbari, Barbaro, Barberino, Barbarigo or Barberigo (c. 1460/70 – before 1516), was an Italian painter, printmaker and miniaturist with a highly individual style. ...

(1460/70–1516) * Mario Bardi (1922–1998) *

Barna da Siena Barna da Siena, also known as Berna di Siena, was presumed to be a Sienese School, Sienese painter active from about 1330 to 1350. The painter was first referred to by Lorenzo Ghiberti in his ''I Commentarii'' (mid 15th century) as a Sienese p ...

(fl. c. 1340) *

Barnaba da Modena Barnaba da Modena (c. 1328-c.1386) was a mid-14th-century Italian painter who painted in the style of Byzantine art.Raimond Van Marle, ''The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting'', Springer Science & Business Media, 2012, p. 382-383 He ...

(1328–1386) *

Federico Barocci Federico Barocci (also written ''Barozzi'')(c. 1535 in Urbino – 1612 in Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and inf ...

(1526–1612) *

Bartolo di Fredi Bartolo di Fredi (c. 1330 – 26 January 1410), also called Bartolo Battiloro, was an Italian painter, born in Siena, classified as a member of the Sienese School. Biography He had a large studio and was one of the most influential painters wor ...

(1330–1410) *

Fra Bartolomeo Fra Bartolomeo or Bartolommeo (, , ; 28 March 1472 – 31 October 1517), also known as Bartolommeo di Pagholo, Bartolommeo di S. Marco, and his original nickname Baccio della Porta, was an Italian Renaissance painter of religious subjects. ...

(1472–1517) *

Bartolomeo Veneto Bartolomeo Veneto (active 1502–31) was an Italian painter who worked in Venice, the Veneto (the mainland), and Lombardy. During his time in Venice, he studied under Gentile Bellini. The little information available about Bartolomeo's life ...

(fl. 1502–46) *

Marco Basaiti Marco Basaiti (c. 1470–1530) was a Renaissance painter who worked mainly in Venice and was a contemporary of Giovanni Bellini and Cima da Conegliano.

(1470–1530) *

Marco Antonio Bassetti Marco Antonio Bassetti (1586–1630) was an Italian painter. Life He was born in Verona, and was a pupil of Felice Ricci. He then went to Venice where he was particularly influenced by the works of Tintoretto, Veronese and Jacopo Bassano. He i ...

(1586–1630) *

Cesare Bassano Cesare Bassano (1584–1648) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was born at Milan. He engraved: *Portrait' of Gaspare Aselli *''A Funeral Frontispiece of Francesco Piccolomini Francesco Piccolomini may refer to: *Pope Pius III Pope P ...

(1584–1648) *

Francesco da Ponte Francesco da Ponte the Elder, or Francesco Bassano the Elder (c. 1475–1539) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance Venetian School. He was born at Vicenza. After training in Venice he established himself at Bassano. If not an actual pup ...

the 1st Bassano (c. 1475–1530) *

Francesco Bassano the Younger Francesco Bassano the Younger (26 January 1549 – 4 July 1592), also called Francesco Giambattista da Ponte or Francesco da Ponte the Younger, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born at Bassano del Grappa near Venice, th ...

(1549–1592) *

Jacopo Bassano Jacopo Bassano (c. 1510 – 14 February 1592), known also as Jacopo dal Ponte, was an Italian painter who was born and died in Bassano del Grappa near Venice, and took the village as his surname. Trained in the workshop of his father, Francesco t ...

(1510–1592) *

Leandro Bassano Leandro Bassano (10 June 1557 – 15 April 1622), also called Leandro dal Ponte, was an Italian artist from Bassano del Grappa who was awarded a knighthood by the Doge of Venice. He was the younger brother of artist Francesco Bassano the Younge ...

(1557–1622) *

Lazzaro Bastiani Lazzaro Bastiani (1429 – 5 April 1512) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in Venice. He was born in Padua. He is first recorded as a painter in Venice by 1460 in a payment for an altarpiece of San Samuele, for the Procura ...

(1429–1512) *

Pompeo Batoni Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (25 January 1708 – 4 February 1787) was an Italian painter who displayed a solid technical knowledge in his portrait work and in his numerous allegorical and mythological pictures. The high number of foreign visitors tra ...

(1708–1787) *

Domenico Beccafumi Domenico di Pace Beccafumi (1486May 18, 1551) was an Italian Renaissance- Mannerist painter active predominantly in Siena. He is considered one of the last undiluted representatives of the Sienese school of painting. Biography Domenico was bor ...

(1486–1551) *

Gentile Bellini Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – 23 February 1507) was an Italian painter of the school of Venice. He came from Venice's leading family of painters, and at least in the early part of his career was more highly regarded than his younger brother Giova ...

(1429–1507) * Giovanni Bellini (1430–1516) *

Jacopo Bellini Jacopo Bellini (c. 1400 – c. 1470) was one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venice and northern Italy. His sons Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, and his son-in-law Andrea Mantegna, were also famous painters. Few of Belli ...

(1400–1470) *

Luigi Benfatto Luigi Benfatto known as Alvise dal Friso (1551–1611) was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance period. He was born at Verona, was the nephew and pupil of Paolo Veronese. He painted Glory of the saint for the church of St. Nicholas and pict ...

(1551–1611) *

Ambrogio Bergognone Ambrogio Borgognone (variously known as ''Ambrogio da Fossano'', ''Ambrogio di Stefano da Fossano'', ''Ambrogio Stefani da Fossano'' or as ''il Bergognone'' or ''Ambrogio Egogni''

(1453–1523) * Bonaventura Berlinghieri (1210–1287) *

Berlinghiero Berlinghieri Berlinghiero also known as Berlinghiero Berlinghieri or Berlinghiero of Lucca (floruit, fl. 1228 – between 1236 and 1242), was an Italian painter in the Italo-Byzantine style of the early thirteenth century. He was the father of the painter ...

(1175–1236) *

Giuseppe Bertini Giuseppe Bertini (1825–1898) was an Italian painter, active in his native Milan. Biography He studied at the Brera Academy under Luigi Sabatelli and Giuseppe Bisi, and in 1845 was awarded the ''Gran premio di pittura dell'Accademia di Brera ...

(1825–1898) * Francesco Bianchi (1447–1510) *

Francesco Galli Bibiena Francesco Galli, called Francesco da Bibiena (or da Bibbiena), a member of the theatrical Galli da Bibiena family and younger brother of Ferdinando Galli, was born at Bologna in 1659. He first studied under Lorenzo Pasinelli; but he was afterwar ...

(1659–1739) * Francesco Bissolo (1470/72–1554) *

Giovanni Battista Bissoni ''The mission of the Apostles '' Abbey of Santa Giustina Giovanni Battista Bissoni (1576–1636) was an Italian painter. He was born in Padua. He was first a pupil of Francesco Apollodoro, called ''Il Porcia'', a portrait painter, and afterward ...

(1576–1636) *

Boccaccio Boccaccino Boccaccio Boccaccino (c. 1467 – c. 1525) was a painter of the early Italian Renaissance, belonging to the Emilian school. He is profiled in Vasari's '' Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori'' (or, in English, ' ...

(c. 1467–c. 1525) *

Giovanni Boccati Giovanni Boccati or Giovanni di Pier Matteo Boccati (c. 1420 – after 1480) was an Italian painter. Biography Boccati was born in Camerino, in the region of Marche. He lived and worked in Camerino, Padua, Perugia, and Urbino. His first document ...

(1420–after 1480) * Giovanni Boccardi (?–1542) *

Umberto Boccioni Umberto Boccioni (, ; 19 October 1882 – 17 August 1916) was an influential Italian painter and sculptor. He helped shape the revolutionary aesthetic of the Futurism movement as one of its principal figures. Despite his short life, his approach ...

(1882–1916) *

Giovanni Boldini Giovanni Boldini (31 December 1842 – 11 January 1931) was an Italian genre and portrait painter who lived and worked in Paris for most of his career. According to a 1933 article in ''Time'' magazine, he was known as the "Master of Swish" becaus ...

(1842–1931) *

Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (or Beltraffio) (1466 or 1467 – 1516) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance from Lombardy, who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci. Boltraffio and Bernardino Luini are the strongest artistic personal ...

(1467–1516) * Benedetto Bonfigli (c. 1420–1496) *

Bonifacio Veronese Bonifacio Veronese, birth name: Bonifacio de' PitatiAlso known as Bonifazio Veneziano (1487 – 19 October 1553) was an Italian Renaissance painter who was active in the Venetian Republic. His work had an important influence on the younger ge ...

(Bonifacio de' Pitati) (1487–1553) * Giovanni Bonini (fl. 1320) *

Bono da Ferrara Bono da Ferrara or Bono Ferrarese (active 1441–1461) was an Italians, Italian painter of the early-Renaissance period.: The National Gallery London painting of ''St Jerome in Landscape''. Biography He seems to have been the pupil of both Pisan ...

(?–1461) *

Francesco Bonsignori Francesco Bonsignori (c. 1455 – July 2, 1519), also known as Francesco Monsignori, was an Italian painter and draughtsman, characterized by his excellence in religious subjects, portraits, architectural perspective and animals. He was born in V ...

(c. 1455–1519) *

Paris Bordone Paris Bordone (Paris Paschalinus Bordone; 5 July 1500 – 19 January 1571) was an Italian painter of the Venetian Renaissance who, despite training with Titian, maintained a strand of Mannerist complexity and provincial vigor. Biography Bord ...

(1500–1571) * Guido Borelli (born 1952) *

Odoardo Borrani Odoardo Borrani (22 August 1833 – 14 September 1905) was an Italian painter associated with the Macchiaioli group. Biography He was born in Pisa. The Borrani family moved to Florence, where Odoardo enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1853. ...

(1833–1905) *

Giuseppe Borsato Giuseppe Borsato (14 February 1771 in Venice – 15 October 1849 in Venice) was an Italian painter, primarily of vedute. Known for his work as the architect, decorator, and painter to the French Imperial Court in Venice. Life and works From ...

(1771–1849) * Andrea Boscoli (c. 1560–c. 1606) * Erma Bossi (1875-1952) *

Carlo Bossoli Carlo Bossoli (6 December 1815, in Lugano – 1 August 1884, in Turin) was a Swiss-born Italian painter and lithographer, who spent his early career in Russia. He is best known for historical scenes from the Risorgimento. Biography His ...

(1815–1884) *

Sandro Botticelli Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli (, ), was an Italian Renaissance painting, Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th cent ...

(c. 1445–1510) *

Francesco Botticini Francesco Botticini (real name Francesco di Giovanni, 1446 – 16 January 1498) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He was born in Florence, where he remained active until his death in 1498. Although there are only few documented wor ...

(1446–1498) * Raffaello Botticini (1474–1520) *

Donato Bramante Donato Bramante ( , , ; 1444 – 11 April 1514), born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio and also known as Bramante Lazzari, was an Italian architect and painter. He introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style ...

(1444–1514) *

Bramantino Bartolomeo Suardi, best known as Bramantino ( – ), was an Italian painter and architect, mainly active in his native Milan. Biography He was born in Milan, the son of Alberto Suardi, but his biography remains unclear, and was long complicated ...

(Bartolomeo Suardi) (c. 1455–c. 1536) * Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572) * Nicolao Branceleon (c. 1460–c. 1526) *

Buonamico Buffalmacco Buonamico di Martino, otherwise known as Buonamico Buffalmacco (active c. 1315–1336), was an Italian Renaissance painter who worked in Florence, Bologna, and Pisa. Although none of his known work has survived, he is widely assumed to be the ...

(1290–1340) *

Giuliano Bugiardini Giuliano di Piero di Simone Bugiardini (29 January 1475 – 17 February 1555) was an Italian Renaissance painter. He was born and was mainly active in Florence."Bugiardini, Giuliano." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. ...

(1476–1555) * Niccolò di Buonaccorso (?–1388) *

Bernardino Butinone Bernardino Butinone (1435 or 1436 – c. 1507 or 1508) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly around Milan. Born in Treviglio, Lombardy, he was the son of Jacopo da Treviglio, and also known as ''Bernardo da Treviglio''. ...

(1450–1510) *

Ludovico Buti Ludovico Buti (c. 1560 - after 1611) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Florence. Belonging to the late-Mannerist period, he worked along with more famous figures as Alessandro Allori, Bernardino Poccetti or Santi di Tito on large projec ...

(c. 1560–1611)

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Vincenzo Cabianca Vincenzo Cabianca (June 21, 1827, Verona – March 21, 1902, Rome) was an Italian painter of the Macchiaioli group. Biography He was born in Verona in modest circumstances. He began his artistic training at the Verona Academy under Giovanni Cali ...

(1827–1902) *

Guglielmo Caccia Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo (9 May 15681625) was an Italian painter of sacred subjects in a Mannerist style. Biography He was born in Montabone near Acqui. He is said to have been a pupil of Lorenzo Sabbatini. He started painting in Milan ...

"il Moncalvo" (1568–1625) * Vicenzo Caccianemici (fl. 1530) *

Giovanni Cadioli Giovanni Cadioli (c. 1710 – 10 September 1767) was an Italian painter of the Baroque, active mainly in his native Mantua. He was also an author of a guide to artworks in this city. Biography He was a pupil of Giovanni Canti, along with Gius ...

(c. 1710–1767) * Giuseppe Calcia (fl. 1725) *

Bartolommeo Calomato Bartolommeo Calomato (17th century) was an Italian painter active in Venice. He was remarkable for his small genre pictures representing scenes from town and country life, enlivened with figures. References

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(17th century) *

Pietro Calzetta Pietro Calzetta ( fl. 1470–1500) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was son-in-law of Montagnana and a pupil of Squarcione. He painted in the chapel of Corpus Christi at the Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua. In 1470 he restored some ...

(fl. 1470–1500) * Luca Cambiasi (1527–1585) * Michele Cammarano (1835–1920) * Bartolomeo da Camogli (14th century) *

Agostino Campanella Agostino Campanella (active 1770) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was born in Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated cit ...

(fl. 1770) *

Galeazzo Campi Galeazzo Campi (1475/1477 – 1536) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance from Cremona in Lombardy. He was a pupil of Boccaccio Boccaccini. His representation was rather rigid, but careful. His landscapes show influences of Perugino an ...

(1475/1477–1536) *

Vincenzo Campi Vincenzo Campi (; c.1530/1535–1591) was a 16th-century Italian painter working in Cremona during the Late Renaissance. Campi is best known as one of the first northern Italian artists to work in the Flemish style of realist genre painting. ...

(1536–1591) *

Canaletto Giovanni Antonio Canal (18 October 1697 – 19 April 1768), commonly known as Canaletto (), was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. Painter of city views or ...

(1697–1768) * Bartolomeo Caporali (c. 1420–c. 1503/1505) *

Aliprando Caprioli Aliprando Caprioli was an Italian engraver, born in Trento and active in Rome between 1575 and 1599, producing portraits and historical subjects in the style of Agostino Carracci and Cornelis Cort Cornelis Cort (c. 1533 – c. 17 March 1578) ...

(fl. 1575–1599) * Domenico Caprioli (1494–1528) * Antonio Capulongo (16th century) * Cecco del Caravaggio (fl. c.1620) *

Marco Cardisco Marco Cardisco, also known as Marco Calabrese, (Born in Tiriolo c.1486 – c.1542) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Naples during 1508–1542. Biography He was a pupil of the painter and decorator Polidoro da C ...

(c.1486–c.1542) *

Bartolomeo Carducci Bartolomeo Carducci (156014 November 1608) was an Italian painter, better known as Carducho, the Spanish corruption of his Italian patronymic. Biography He was born in Florence, where he studied architecture and sculpture under Bartolomeo ...

(1560–1608) *

Luca Carlevarijs Luca Carlevarijs or Carlevaris (20 January 1663 – 12 February 1730) was an Italian painter and engraver working mainly in Venice. He pioneered the genre of the cityscapes (''vedute'') of Venice, a genre that was later widely followed by artis ...

(1663–1730) * Giulio Carmignani (1813–1890) * Fra Simone da Carnuli (fl. 1519) * Agostino Carracci (1557–1602) *

Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...

(1560–1609) *

Ludovico Carracci Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light th ...

(1555–1619) *

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

(1573–1610) *

Fernando Carcupino Fernando Carcupino (23 July 1922 – 22 March 2003) was an Italian painter, illustrator and comics artist. He was most widely known for his female nudes, but he also painted landscapes, still lifes, historical subjects, and portraits of mothers ...

(1922–2003) * Andrea Carlone (1626–1697) *

Giovanni Battista Carlone Giovanni Battista Carlone (1603–1684) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Genoa. Biography Carlone was born and died in Genoa. He came from a family of artists: his father Taddeo, uncle, and cousins were sculptors ...

(1603–1684) *

Giovanni Bernardo Carlone Giovanni Bernardo Carlone (1590–1630) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerist and early-Baroque periods. He was born in Genoa. He was the son of Taddeo Carlone, a sculptor and historical painter, who placed him under the tuition of Pietro ...

(1590–1630) * Domenico Carnovale (fl. 1564) *

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(c. 1460–c. 1525) *

Domenico Carpinoni Domenico Carpinoni (1566 – 11 June 1658) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born at Clusone in the Valle Seriana. He was sent to Venice when young, and became a pupil of the younger Palma il Giovane. He painted a ''Birt ...

(1566–1658) *

Rosalba Carriera Rosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 – 15 April 1757) was a Venetian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium in eighte ...

(1675–1757) *

Felice Casorati Felice Casorati (December 4, 1883 – March 1, 1963) was an Italian painter, sculptor, and printmaker. The paintings for which he is most noted include figure compositions, portraits and still lifes, which are often distinguished by unusua ...

(1883–1963) * Stefano Cassiani (1636–1714) *

Andrea del Castagno Andrea del Castagno () or Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (; – 19 August 1457) was an Italian painter from Florence, influenced chiefly by Masaccio and Giotto di Bondone. His works include frescoes in Sant'Apollonia in Florence and the painte ...

(1421–1457) * Raffaelle Castellini (d. 1864) *

Fabrizio Castello Fabrizio Castello (1562–1617) was an Italian painter of Genoese origin settled in Spain. He was a fresco painter who specialized in ornamental painting grotesques. Early life Fabrizio is also listed as being nicknamed ''il Figonetto''. ...

(c.1486–c.1542) *

Vincenzo Catena Vincenzo Catena (c. 1480–1531) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance Venetian school. He is also known as Vincenzo de Biagio. Life Nothing is known of the date and place of Catena's birth. The earliest known record of him is in an inscr ...

(1470–1531) *

Pasquale Cati Pasquale Cati (c. 1550–c. 1620) was an Italian Mannerist painter active mostly in Rome. Born in Jesi, Cati moved to Rome, where he was known as a follower, if not pupil, of Michelangelo, and later of Federico Zuccari. Among his works are ...

(1550–1620) * Paoluccio Cattamara (fl. 1718) * Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (c. 1550–1627) *

Bernardo Cavallino Bernardo Cavallino (1616–1656) was an Italian painter and draughtsman. He is regarded as one of the most original painters active in Naples during the first half of the 17th century.Ann Percy. "Cavallino, Bernardo." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art ...

(1616–1656) *

Giacomo Cavedone Giacomo Cavedone (also called ''Giacomo Cavedoni'') (1577–1660) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. Life He belonged to the generation of Carracci-inspired or trained painters that included Giovanni Andrea Donducci (Maste ...

(1577–1660) *

Paolo Caylina the Younger Paolo Caylina the Younger was a 16th-century Italian painter active mainly in Brescia in a Renaissance style. Biography He was the nephew of both Vincenzo Foppa and Paolo Caylina the Elder, and son of Bartolomeo Caylina. He is sometimes erroneou ...

(16th century) * Rodolfo Ceccotti (born 1945) *

Adriano Cecioni Adriano Cecioni (July 26, 1836May 23, 1886) was an Italian artist, caricaturist, and critic associated with the Macchiaioli group. Biography He was born in Florence into a middle-class family belonging to the local gentry. He began his artisti ...

(1836–1886) * Quinto Cenni (1845–1917) * Giulia Centurelli (1832–1872) * Giacomo Ceruti (1698–1767) *

Giovanni Maria Cerva Giovanni Maria Cerva was a 17th-century Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in quadratura in the city of Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of ...

(17th century) * Tito Chelazzi (1834–1892) *

Giorgio de Chirico Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico ( , ; 10 July 1888 – 20 November 1978) was an Italian artist and writer born in Greece. In the years before World War I, he founded the '' scuola metafisica'' art movement, which profoundly influ ...

(1888–1978) * Michele Ciampanti (?–1510) *

Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (15 May 1628 – 8 September 1719) was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well ...

(1628–1719) *

Giambettino Cignaroli Giambettino Cignaroli (Verona, July 4, 1706 – Verona, December 1, 1770) was an Italian painter of the Rococo and early Neoclassic period. Biography He was a pupil of Santo Prunato and Antonio Balestra and active mostly in the area of th ...

(1706–1770) *

Cimabue Cimabue (; ; – 1302), Translated with an introduction and notes by J.C. and P Bondanella. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World’s Classics), 1991, pp. 7–14. . also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian painter a ...

(1240–1302) *

Vincenzo Civerchio Vincenzo Civerchio or Civercio (c. 1470c. 1544) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, born at Crema, and active also in Brescia, where there are some of his alter-pieces. One of his works is at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., ...

(1470–1544) * Sigismondo Coccapani (1585–1643) * Leonardo Coccorante (1680–1750) *

Colantonio Colantonio is a general contractor headquartered in Holliston, Massachusetts. The firm offers preconstruction, general contracting, and construction management services with specialization in academic, affordable housing, municipal, and historica ...

(c. 1420–c.1460) * Michele Coltellini (1480–1542) * Giacomo Coltrini (16th century) *

Cima da Conegliano Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was an Italian Renaissance painter, who mostly worked in Venice. He can be considered part of the Venetian school, though he was also influenced by Antonello da ...

(c.1459–c.1517) * Jacopo Coppi (1523–1591) *

Leonardo Corona Leonardo Corona (1561–1605) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Venice. Born in Murano. For the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, he painted an ''Annunciation''; while for Santo Stefano, he painted a ...

(1561–1605) *

Correggio Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 – 5 March 1534), usually known as just Correggio (, also , , ), was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sens ...

(1494–1534) *

Hermann David Salomon Corrodi Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (July 1844 – 30 January 1905) was an Italian painter of landscapes and orientalist scenes.Mavi Boncuk: "Hermann CorrodiThe Galata Bridge and the Yeni Valide Djami Accessed 23 June 2011.Juler, Caroline, ''Les or ...

(1844–1905) * Niccolò Corso (1446–c. 1512) *

Pietro da Cortona Pietro da Cortona (; 1 November 1596 or 159716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect. Along with his contemporaries and rivals Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Francesco Borromini, he was one of the key figures in the emergence of Roman ...

(1596–1669) * Francesco del Cossa (1436–1478) * Giovanni Costa (1826–1903) *

Lorenzo Costa Lorenzo Costa (1460 – 5 March 1535) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. Biography He was born at Ferrara, but moved to Bologna by his early twenties, and was probably influenced by the Bolognese School. However, many artists worked in ...

(1460–1535) * Carlo Cozza (c. 1700–1769) *

Giovanni Battista Crema Giovanni Battista Crema (Ferrara, 1883 – Rome, 1964) was an Italian painter. Biography Crema was born in Ferrara in 1883. In 1889 he moved to Naples to study under Michele Cammarano and Domenico Morelli at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, ...

(1883–1964) *

Daniele Crespi Daniele Crespi (159819 July 1630) was an Italian painter and draughtsman. He is regarded as one of the most original artists working in Milan in the 1620s. He broke away from the exaggerated manner of Lombard Mannerism in favour of an early B ...

(1598–1630) * Giovan Battista Crespi (il Cerano) (1573–1632) *

Giuseppe Maria Crespi Giuseppe Maria Crespi (March 14, 1665 – July 16, 1747), nicknamed Lo Spagnuolo ("The Spaniard"), was an Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. His eclectic output includes religious paintings and portraits, but he is now most ...

(Lo Spagnuolo) (1665–1747) *

Donato Creti Donato Creti (24 February 1671 – 31 January 1749) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period, active mostly in Bologna. Born in Cremona, he moved to Bologna, where he was a pupil of Lorenzo Pasinelli. He is described by Wittkower as the "Bol ...

(1671–1749) *

Carlo Crivelli Carlo Crivelli (Venice, c. 1430 – Ascoli Piceno, c. 1495) was an Italian Renaissance painter of conservative Late Gothic decorative sensibility, who spent his early years in the Veneto, where he absorbed influences from the Vivari ...

(1430–1495) *

Vittore Crivelli Vittorio (or Vittore) Crivelli was an Italian painter, brother of Carlo Crivelli. Born ca. 1440 in Venice, dead in Venice 1501 or 1502. His works are similar in style to his brother's, but less accomplished. There are examples of his work in the ...

(1440–1502) *

Baldassare Croce Baldassare Croce (Bologna, 1558–November 8, 1628) was an Italian painter, active during the late-Mannerist period, active mainly in and around Rome. Biography He trained in Bologna, and moved to Rome by 1581. Known as a prolific academic paint ...

(1558–1628) * Francesco Curradi (1570–1661)

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* Bernardo Daddi (c. 1280–1348) * Pino Daeni (1939–2010) * Ottaviano da Faenza (14th century) *

Vito D'Ancona Vito D'Ancona (August 12, 1825January 9, 1884) was an Italian painter of the Macchiaioli group. He was born in Pesaro to a wealthy Jewish family. He began his artistic training in Florence, and in 1844 was admitted to the Accademia di Belle Ar ...

(1825–1884) *

Cosmo D'Angeli Cosmo D'Angeli (29 October 1889 – 28 November 1968) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Life and works Cosmo D'Angeli was born on 29 October 1889 in Rome, Italy. His family owned a bakery near Termini Station. After graduating from the A ...

(1889–1968) *

Daniele da Volterra Daniele Ricciarelli (; 15094 April 1566), better known as Daniele da Volterra (, ), was a Mannerist Italian painter and sculptor. He is best remembered for his association with the late Michelangelo. Several of Daniele's most important works ...

(c.1509 –1566) * Giuseppe De Sanctis (1858–1924) *

Serafino De Tivoli Serafino De Tivoli (March 18261892) was an Italian painter of the Macchiaioli group. Biography He was born in Livorno. After initial study of literature at a religious private school in Florence, he began his artistic training under Carlo Mark ...

(1826–1892) * Giorgio De Vincenzi (1884–1965) *

Luigi Deleidi Luigi Deleidi (15 November 1784, Bergamo - 2 September 1853, Bergamo) ...

(1784–1853) *

Francesco Denanto Francesco Denanto (also referred to as Francesco de Nanto and Francesco de Nempto) was an Italian woodcutter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Savoy, but worked in Rome in the 1520s. This is known as a result of two notarial acts signed by ...

(fl. 1520–1532) * Beppe Devalle (1940–2013) *

Antonio DeVity Antonio DeVity (1901–1993, born Umberto Marone) was an Italian painter born in Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest ...

(1901–1993) * Fra Diamante (c.1430–c.1498) *

Carlo Dolci Carlo (or Carlino) Dolci (25 May 1616 – 17 January 1686) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence, known for highly finished religious pictures, often repeated in many versions. Biography He was born in Florence, ...

(1616–1686) *

Domenichino Domenico Zampieri (, ; October 21, 1581 – April 6, 1641), known by the diminutive Domenichino (, ) after his shortness, was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School of painters. Life Domenichino was born in Bologna, son of a sho ...

(1581–1641) *

Domenico di Bartolo Domenico di Bartolo (birth name Domenico Ghezzi), born in Asciano, Siena, was a Sienese painter who became active during the early Renaissance period. He was inaccurately named by the famous painter, writer and historian Giorgio Vasari as the ne ...

(c. 1400/1404–1445/1447) *

Domenico di Zanobi Domenico di Zanobi, formerly known as the Master of the Johnson Nativity, was an Italian Renaissance painter. His exact dates of birth and death are not known. He is documented as a mature artist from 1467 until 1481. Domenico di Zanobi's painti ...

(active 1460–1481) *

Domenico Veneziano Domenico Veneziano (c. 1410 – May 15, 1461) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, active mostly in Perugia and Tuscany. Little is known of his birth, though he is thought to have been born in Venice, hence his last name. He then moved ...

(c.1410–1461) *

Enrico Donati Enrico Donati (February 19, 1909 – April 25, 2008) was an Italian-American Surrealist painter and sculptor. Life and work Enrico Donati studied economics at the Università degli Studi, Pavia, and in 1934 moved to the USA, where he attended th ...

(1909–2008) *

Dosso Dossi Giovanni di Niccolò de Luteri, better known as Dosso Dossi ( 1489–1542), was an Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the School of Ferrara, painting in a style mainly influenced by Venetian painting, in particular Giorgione and early T ...

(c. 1490–1542) * Giuseppe Drugman (1810–1846) *

Duccio Duccio di Buoninsegna ( , ; – ) was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy. Ducc ...

(1255–1319)

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Giovanni Fattori Giovanni Fattori (September 6, 1825August 30, 1908) was an Italian artist, one of the leaders of the group known as the Macchiaioli. He was initially a painter of historical themes and military subjects. In his middle years, inspired by the Barbi ...

(1825–1908) *

Martino Ferabosco Martino Ferabosco was an Italian engraver who lived in Rome, and engraved the plates for the work ''Architettura della Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano'' (Architecture of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican Vatican may refer to: Vatican City, ...

(17th century) * Floriano Ferramola (c. 1478–1528) *

Defendente Ferrari Defendente Ferrari (c. 1480/1485 – c. 1540) was an Italian painter active in Piedmont. His work marks the transition from late Gothic traditions to Renaissance art in the region. Life and work Ferrari was born at Chivasso, near Turin. ...

(1480/85–1540) *

Gaudenzio Ferrari Gaudenzio Ferrari (c. 1471 – 11 January 1546) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the Renaissance. Biography Gaudenzio was born to Franchino Ferrari at Valduggia in the Valsesia in the Duchy of Milan. Valduggia is now in the Province of V ...

(1471–1546) * Antonio Ferrigno (1863–1940) *

Domenico Fetti Domenico Fetti (also spelled Feti) (c. 1589 – 1623) was an Italian Baroque painter who had been active mainly in Rome, Mantua and Venice. Biography Born in Rome to a little-known painter, Pietro Fetti, Domenico is said to have apprenticed ...

(1589–1623) *

Domenico Fiasella Domenico Fiasella (12 August 1589 – 19 October 1669) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Genoa. He was nicknamed ''Il Sarzana'', after his birthplace. Biography He was born in c, the son of Giovanni Fiasella, a silver ...

(1589–1669) * Marcello Figolino (15th century) *

Francesco Filippini Francesco Filippini (18 September 1853 – 6 March 1895) was an Italian painter from Lombardy. He was much influenced by Tranquillo Cremona. Life Filippini was born in Brescia, in Lombardy in northern Italy, on 18 September 1853, into a p ...

(1853–1895) *

Lavinia Fontana Lavinia Fontana (August 24, 1552 – August 11, 1614) was a Bolognese Mannerist painter active in Bologna and Rome. She is best known for her successful portraiture, but also worked in the genres of mythology and religious painting. She was trai ...

(1552–1614) * Michele Foschini (1711–c. 1770) *

Vincenzo Foppa Vincenzo Foppa ( – ) was an Italian painter from the Renaissance period. While few of his works survive, he was an esteemed and influential painter during his time and is considered the preeminent leader of the Early Lombard School. He spent hi ...

(1430–1515) *

Marcantonio Franceschini Marcantonio Franceschini (; 1648 – 24 December 1729) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mostly in his native Bologna. He was the father and teacher of Giacomo Franceschini.''The picture collector's manual'' by James R. Hob ...

(1648–1729) *

Francesco Francia __NOTOC__ Francesco Francia, whose real name was Francesco Raibolini (1447 – 5 January 1517) was an Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist from Bologna, who was also director of the city mint.Levinson:492 He may have trained with Marco Zop ...

(1447–1517) * Giorgio Fuentes (1756–1821) *

Bernardino Fungai Bernardino Fungai (1460– c. 1516) was an Italian painter whose work marks the transition from late Gothic painting to the early Renaissance in the Sienese school.

(1460–1516)

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Agnolo Gaddi Agnolo Gaddi (c.1350–1396) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Florence, and was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi,who was himself the major pupil of the Florentine master Giotto. Agnolo was a painter and mosaicist, trained ...

(1350–1396) *

Taddeo Gaddi Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1290, in Florence – 1366, in Florence) was a medieval Italy, Italian Painting, painter and architect. He was the son of Gaddo di Zanobi, called Gaddo Gaddi. He was a member of Giotto's workshop from 1313 until the master's d ...

(c. 1300–1366) * Enrico Gamba (1831–1883) * Francesco Gamba (1818–1887) *

Lattanzio Gambara Lattanzio Gambara (c. 1530 – 18 March 1574) was an Italian painter, active in Renaissance and Mannerist styles. It is likely that Gambara is the same 16th century painter referred to as ''Lattanzio Cremonese'' or ''Lattanzio da Cremona''. Biog ...

(c. 1530–1574) * Salvatore Garau (born 1953) * Enrico Garff (born 1939) *

Domenico Gargiulo Domenico Gargiulo called Micco Spadaro ( – ) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Naples and known for his landscapes, genre scenes, and history paintings. Life Domenico Gargiulo was the son of a sword maker. T ...

aka Micco Spadaro (1609–1610–ca. 1675) * Bartolomeo Gennari (1594–1661) *

Gentile da Fabriano Gentile da Fabriano ( – 1427) was an Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic painter style. He worked in various places in central Italy, mostly in Tuscany. His best-known works are his ''Adoration of the Magi'' ...

(c. 1370–1427) *

Artemisia Gentileschi Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi (, ; 8 July 1593) was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished seventeenth-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. She was producing profess ...

(1593–1652) *

Orazio Gentileschi Orazio Lomi Gentileschi (1563–1639) was an Italian painter. Born in Tuscany, he began his career in Rome, painting in a Mannerist style, much of his work consisting of painting the figures within the decorative schemes of other artists. After ...

(1563–1639) *

Tommaso Gherardini Tommaso Gherardini (December 21, 1715 - 1797) was an Italian painter, mainly of Rococo fresco decorations. Biography He was born in Florence, where he was a pupil of Vincenzo Meucci. He also traveled to Bologna and Venice to study at the respe ...

(1715–1797) *

Davide Ghirlandaio Davide Ghirlandaio (1452–1525), also known as David Ghirlandaio and as Davide Bigordi, was an Italian painter and mosaicist, active in his native Florence. His brothers Benedetto Ghirlandaio (1458–1497) and Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–14 ...

(1452–1525) *

Domenico Ghirlandaio Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (, , ; 2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494), professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio, also spelled as Ghirlandajo, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of ...

(1449–1494) *

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Ridolfo di Domenico Bigordi, better known as Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (14 February 1483 – 6 June 1561) was an Italian Renaissance painter active mainly in Florence. He was the son of Domenico Ghirlandaio. Biography He was born in Florence. Since ...

(1483–1561) *

Giampietrino Giampietrino, probably Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli (active 1495–1549), was a north Italian painter of the Lombard school and Leonardo's circle, succinctly characterized by S. J. Freedberg as an "exploiter of Leonardo's repertory."Freedberg, 1993 ...

(c. 1495–1549) *

Corrado Giaquinto Corrado Giaquinto (8 February 1703 – 18 April 1766) was an Italian Rococo painter. Early training and move to Rome He was born in Molfetta. As a boy he apprenticed with a modest local painter Saverio Porta, (c1667–1725), escaping the rel ...

(1703–1765) * Camillo Gioja Barbera (19th century) *

Luca Giordano Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Earl ...

(1634–1705) *

Giorgione Giorgione (, , ; born Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco; 1477–78 or 1473–74 – 17 September 1510) was an Italian painter of the Venetian school during the High Renaissance, who died in his thirties. He is known for the elusive poetic qualit ...

(c. 1477–1510) *

Giotto Giotto di Bondone (; – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto ( , ) and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/Proto-Renaissance period. Giot ...

(1267–1337) *

Giovanni da Milano Giovanni da Milano (Giovanni di Jacopo di Guido da Caversaccio) was an Italian Painting, painter, known to be active in Florence and Rome between 1346 and 1369. His style is, like many Florentine painters of the time, considered to be derivative ...

(fl. 1346–1369) * Giovanni da Rimini (fl. 1292–1336) *

Giovanni d'Alemagna Giovanni d'Alemagna (; born Johannes Alamanus; 9 July 1450) was a Venetian renaissance painter of German ancestry, active in Italy, with his brother-in-law Antonio Vivarini on religious paintings in Venice and Padua, that are preserved in the ...

(1411–1450) *

Giovanni del Biondo Giovanni del Biondo was a 14th-century Italian painter of the Gothic and early-Renaissance period. He was active in the period 1356-1399 and is mainly known for his panel paintings. He specialized in religious-themed works, many of which have su ...

(fl. 1356–1399) *

Giovanni di Paolo Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia (''c.'' 1403–1482) was an Italian painter, working primarily in Siena, becoming a prolific painter and illustrator of manuscripts, including Dante's texts. He was one of the most important painters of the 15th cent ...

(1398–1482) * Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (1406–1486) *

Gerolamo Giovenone Gerolamo Giovenone (1486/1487 – 1555), also spelled ''Girolamo'', was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance period, active mainly in Milan. He was born in Vercelli. He was the teacher of the painter Gaudenzio Ferrari and possibly als ...

(1487–1555) *

Girolamo da Carpi Girolamo Da Carpi (1501 – 1 August 1556) was an Italian painter and decorator who worked at the Court of the House of Este in Ferrara. He began painting in Ferrara, by report apprenticing to Benvenuto Tisi (il Garofalo); but by age 20, he had ...

(1501–1556) *

Giunta Pisano Giunta Pisano (also named Giunta da Pisa or Giunta Capitini) was an Italian painter. He is the earliest Italian painter whose name is found inscribed on an extant work. He is best known for his crucifixes. Works He is said to have exercised hi ...

(1190–1258) *

Benozzo Gozzoli Benozzo Gozzoli (4 October 1497) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, depicting festive, vibrant processions ...

(1421–1497) *il Grechetto (

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (baptized 23 March 16095 May 1664) was an Italian Baroque painter, printmaker and draftsman, of the Genoese school. He is best known now for his etchings, and as the inventor of the printmaking technique of monoty ...

) (1609–1664) *

Giuseppe Grisoni Giuseppe Pierre Joseph Grisoni (''bapt.'' 24 October 1699–1769), also known as Grifoni or Grison, was an Italian painter and sculptor, noted for his landscapes and historical tableaux. Biography Born in Mons, he studied in Florence under ...

(1699–1796) *

Francesco Guardi Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (; 5 October 1712 – 1 January 1793) was an Italian painter, nobleman, and a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of ...

(1712–1793) * Gianantonio Guardi (1699–1760) *

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vig ...

(1591–1666) * Amanzia Guérillot (1828–1905) *

Guido da Siena Guido of Siena, was an Italian painter, active during the 13th-century in Siena, and painting in an Italo-Byzantine style. Biography The name Guido is known from the large panel in the church of San Domenico, Siena of th''Virgin and Child Enth ...

(1230–1290) * Bartolomeo Guidobono (1654–1709) *

Renato Guttuso Renato Guttuso (26 December 1911 – 18 January 1987) was an Italian painter and politician. His best-known works include ''Flight from Etna'' (1938–39), ''Crucifixion'' (1941) and ''La Vucciria'' (1974). Guttuso also designed for the theatre ( ...

(1911–1987)

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Francesco Hayez Francesco Hayez (; 10 February 1791 – 12 February 1882) was an Italian painter. He is considered one of the leading artists of Romanticism in mid-19th-century Milan, and is renowned for his grand historical paintings, political allegories, and ...

(1791–1882)

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* Domenico Induno (1815–1878) *

Gerolamo Induno Gerolamo Induno (13 December 1825 – 18 December 1890) was an Italian painter and soldier, best known for his military scenes. His older brother, Domenico, was also a well-known artist and they often worked together. Biography He was born in Mi ...

(1825–1890) *

Innocenzo da Imola Innocenzo (di Pietro) Francucci (c. 1490 – c. 1550), generally known as Innocenzo da Imola, was an Italian painter and draftsman. Biography The son of a goldsmith named Pietro, he was born in Imola sometime around 1490. After presuma ...

(1490–1550)

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Jacopo del Casentino Jacopo del Casentino (c. 1297 – 1358) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Tuscany in the first half of the 14th century. Life Very little is known about this artist other than that he likely came from Casentino. Giorgio Vasari inco ...

(1297–1349)

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Girolamo Lamanna Girolamo Lamanna (1580–1640) was an Italian painter. Born in Catania, Sicily, he was active as a painter of histories as well as a poet. He published some of his poetry with a Roman literary academy of ''I fantasticci'' References

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(1580–1640) *

Carlo Lamparelli Carlo Lamparelli was an Italian painter, active as a portrait and historical painter, who flourished about 1680. He was born in the town of Spello. He was a pupil of Giacinto Brandi. References

* 17th-century Italian painters Italian male ...

(fl. 1680) * Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647) * Bernardino Lanini (1511–c.1578) *

Pietro Lauri Pietro Lauri (middle 17th century) (also called Pietro Laurier) was a French painter, active mainly in Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language, Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Rom ...

(17th century) * Bice Lazzari (1900–1981) *

Gregorio Lazzarini Gregorio Lazzarini (1657 – 10 November 1730) was an Italian painter of mythological, religious and historical subjects, as well as portraits. One of the most successful Venetian artists of the day, a prominent teacher, and father to a signific ...

(1655–1730) *

Achille Lega Achille Lega (21 April 1899 – 28 January 1934) was an Italian painter. His early work was in the futurist style and he later became a cubist. Lega was born in Brisighella but lived in Florence from the age of ten. He first studied painting wit ...

(1899–1934) *

Silvestro Lega Silvestro Lega (8 December 1826 – 21 September 1895) was an Italian realist painter. He was one of the leading artists of the Macchiaioli and was also involved with the Mazzini movement. Biography He was born in Modigliana, near Forlì, to a ...

(1826–1895) *

Achille Leonardi Achille Leonardi (ca. 1800–1870) was an Italian artist. Leonardi painted with oil on canvas. Works A representative sample of Leonardi's works include: * Linda di Chamonnid (Chamonix) (100 x 75 cm) * A child's bed time (98 x 74 ...

(c. 1800–1870) * Pietro Giovanni Leonori (fl. 1400) *

Liberale da Verona Liberale da Verona (1441–1526) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Verona. In popular culture: In the British TV series ''Inspector Morse (TV series), Inspector Morse'', in the episode "The Death of the Self ...

(1445–1530) * Gennesio Liberale (16th century) * Giovanni Antonio Licinio (c. 1515–1576) *

Ulvi Liegi Ulvi Liegi (born Luigi Mosè Levi; 1858–1939) was an Italian painter and printmaker. Part of the Post-macchiaioli movement, he painted various cityscapes of Livorno and depictions of Livornese daily life. Biography Luigi Levi, who signed h ...

(1858–1939) *

Cesare Ligario Cesare Ligario (1716- after 1755) was an Italian painter. He was born in Milan, the son of Giovanni Pietro Ligario. He studied at Venice under Giovanni Battista Pittoni, and afterwards with his father. His grandson, Angelo Ligari, was also a paint ...

(1716–c. 1755) * Berto Linajuolo (15th century) *

Filippino Lippi Filippino Lippi (April 1457 – 18 April 1504) was an Italian painter working in Florence, Italy during the later years of the Early Renaissance and first few years of the High Renaissance. Biography Filippino Lippi was born in Prato, Tusc ...

(1457–1504) *

Fra Filippo Lippi Filippo Lippi ( – 8 October 1469), also known as Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento (15th century) and a Carmelite Priest. Biography Lippi was born in Florence in 1406 to Tommaso, a butcher, and his wife. He was orph ...

(c. 1406–1469) * Giacomo Lippi (16th century) * Giovanni Battista Livizzani (17th century) * Giovanni Agostino da Lodi (c. 1470–c. 1519) *

Barbara Longhi Barbara Longhi (, ; 21 September 1552 – 23 December 1638) was an Italian painter. She was much admired in her lifetime as a portraitist, although most of her portraits are now lost or unattributed. Her work, such as her many Madonna and Child p ...

(1552–1638) *

Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi (1702 or November 5, 1701 – May 8, 1785) was a Venetian painter of contemporary genre scenes of life. Biography Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and ...

(1701–1785) * Francesco Longo Mancini (1880–1954) *

Ambrogio Lorenzetti Ambrogio Lorenzetti (; – 9 June 1348) or Ambruogio Laurati was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted ''The Allegory of Good and Bad Government'' in the Sala dei Nove (Salon of Nine ...

(fl. 1319–1348) *

Pietro Lorenzetti Pietro Lorenzetti (; – 1348) or Pietro Laurati was an Italian painter, active between c. 1306 and 1345. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimens ...

(1280–1348) *

Lorenzo di Credi Lorenzo di Credi (1456/59 – January 12, 1537) was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor best known for his paintings of religious subjects. He is most famous for having worked in the studio of Andrea del Verrocchio at the same time a ...

(1459–1537) *

Lorenzo Monaco Lorenzo Monaco (1370 – 1425) was an Italian painter of the late Gothic to early Renaissance age. He was born Piero di Giovanni in Siena, Italy. Little is known about his youth, apart from the fact that he was apprenticed in Florence. He was inf ...

(1370–1425) *

Lorenzo Veneziano Lorenzo Veneziano ('Lorenzo the Venetian') (active 1356–1372) was an important painter in Venice during the second half of the 14th century.John Richards. "Lorenzo Veneziano." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 1 ...

(fl. c.1370) *

Lorenzo Lotto Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Painting, painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school (art), Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He pain ...

(1480–1557) * Luca di Tommè περ. 1330–1389) *

Bernardino Luini Bernardino Luini (c. 1480/82 – June 1532) was a north Italian painter from Leonardo's circle during the High Renaissance. Both Luini and Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio were said to have worked with Leonardo directly; he was described as having ...

(1481–1532)

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* Angelo Maccagnino or Angelo da Siena (?–1456) * Enrico Maccioni (born 1940) *

Macrino d'Alba Macrino d'Alba (c. 1460–1465 – c. 1510–1520) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Piedmont, who is known for his altarpieces and portraits. His birth name was ''Gian Giacomo de' Alladio''. Life The lack o ...

(c. 1460–1465–c. 1510–1520) * Mario Mafai (1902–1965) *

Aimo Maggi Aimo Maggi (31 May 1756 – 9 December 1793) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic periods, mainly active in his natal city of Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ' ...

(1756–1793) *

Alessandro Magnasco Alessandro Magnasco (February 4, 1667 – March 12, 1749), also known as il Lissandrino, was an Italian late- Baroque painter active mostly in Milan and Genoa. He is best known for stylized, fantastic, often phantasmagoric genre or landscape s ...

(1667–1749) * Bastiano Mainardi (1460–1513) * Matilde Malenchini (1779–1858) * Luigi Malice (born 1937) * Antonio Mancini (1852–1930) *

Bartolomeo Manfredi Bartolomeo Manfredi (baptised 25 August 1582 – 12 December 1622) was an Italian painter, a leading member of the Caravaggisti (followers of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio) of the early 17th century. Life Manfredi was born in Ostiano, nea ...

(1582–1622) *

Giovanni Mansueti Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

(1465–1527) *

Andrea Mantegna Andrea Mantegna (, , ; September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in order ...

(c. 1431–1506) *

Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (13 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition ...

(1625–1713) *

Luigi Marchesi Luigi Marchesi (; 8 August 1754 – 14 December 1829) was an Italian castrato singer, one of the most prominent and charismatic to appear in Europe during the second half of the eighteenth century. His singing was praised by the likes of Mozart ...

(1825–1862) *

Luigi Marengo Luigi Marengo (born 3 February 1928 in Gallarate, Province of Varese; died 5 January 2010) was a 20th-century Italian painter. Marengo's paintings have been displayed throughout Italy and around the world, including at the Grand Palais Museum i ...

(1928–2010) *

Margaritone d'Arezzo Margarito, Margaritone da Arezzo, or Margaritone d'Arezzo (''fl. c.'' 1250–1290) was an Italian painter from Arezzo in Tuscany. Margaritone's given name was Margarito, but it was transcribed erroneously by Vasari as "Margaritone". It is by ...

(fl. c. 1250–1290) * Carlo Maria Mariani (1931–2021) *

Giovanni Maria Mariani Giovanni Maria Mariani was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Siena and Rome in the preparation of stage opera sets and scenography. References * 17th-century Italian painters ...

(17th century) *

Michele Marieschi Michele Marieschi or Michele Giovanni Marieschi, also Michiel (1696 - – 18 January 1744), also known as ''Michiel'', was an Italian painter and engraver. He is mainly known for his landscapes and cityscapes (''vedute''), or views, mostly ...

(1710–1744) *

Carlo Martini Carlo Martini (1908–1958) was an Italian painter and academician. Biography He studied in Brera Academy of Milan under the tutelage of Aldo Carpi. He moved to England in 1938. He lived in London and Glasgow. He came back in Italy in 1940 due ...

(1908–1958) *

Simone Martini Simone Martini ( – 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil ...

(1284–1344) *

Guido Marzulli Guido Marzulli is a figurative Italian painter . Biography Guido Marzulli was born in Bari, July 8, 1943. His father – Michele Marzulli, who was also a poet and writer – and his mother Rosa Tosches were skilled painters. He began his art ...

(born 1943) *

Masaccio Masaccio (, , ; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, ...

(1401–1428) *

Maso di Banco Maso di Banco (working ''c'' 1335–1350) was an Italian painter of the 14th century, who worked in Florence, Italy. He and Taddeo Gaddi were the most prominent Florentine pupils of Giotto di Bondone, exploring the three-dimensional dramatic real ...

(?–1348) *

Masolino da Panicale , death_date = ''c.'' 1447 , death_place = Florence , nationality = Italian , field = Painting, fresco , training = , movement = Italian Renaissance , works = frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel , patrons ...

(1383–1447) * Michele Mastellari *

Master of the Bambino Vispo The Master of the Bambino Vispo was a central-Italian painter active in the early 15th century. In the early 20th century, the art historian Osvald Sirén identified a group of unsigned paintings as being by the same artist. Sirén designated ...

(early 15th century) * Master of the Osservanza Triptych (fl. 1425–1450) *

Paolo de Matteis Paolo de Matteis (also known as ''Paolo de' Matteis''; 9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Piano Vetrale, a hamlet of Orria, in the current Province of Salerno, and died in Naples. He trained wit ...

(c. 1662–1728) *

Filippo Mazzola Filippo Mazzola (1460 - 1505) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. He was born in Parma, his father was Bartholomew, and he became a pupil of Francesco Tacconi. He worked mainly in the area between Parma and Piacenza. There is docume ...

(1460–1505) *

Ludovico Mazzolino Ludovico Mazzolino (1480 – c. 1528) - also known as Mazzolini da Ferrara, Lodovico Ferraresa, and Il Ferrarese - was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Ferrara and Bologna. Biography He was born and died in Ferrara. He appears to have ...

(1480–c. 1528) * Carla Carli Mazzucato (born 1935) *

Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli (commonly known as il Morazzone; 1573–1626) was an Italian painter and draughtsman who was active in Milan. He is mainly known for his altarpieces, but his outstanding achievements are large decorative frescoes ...

"il Morazzone" (1573–1626) *

(early 15th century) *

Melozzo da Forlì Melozzo da Forlì (c. 1438 – 8 November 1494) was an Italian Renaissance painter and architect. His fresco paintings are notable for the use of foreshortening. He was the most important member of the Forlì painting school. Biography ...

(1438–1494) *

Francesco Melzi Francesco Melzi, or Francesco de Melzi (1491–1570), was an Italian painter born into a family of the Milanese nobility in Lombardy. He became a pupil of Leonardo da Vinci and remained as his closest professional assistant throughout his caree ...

(1491–1568/70) *

Lippo Memmi Lippo Memmi (c. 1291 – 1356) was an Italian painter from Siena. He was the foremost follower of Simone Martini, who was his brother-in-law. Together with Martini, in 1333 he painted what is regarded as one of the masterworks of the Intern ...

(?–1356) *

Vincenzo Meucci Vincenzo Meucci (1694–1766) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period. Born in Florence. He was a pupil first of the painter Sebastiano Galeotti, then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna. He was patronized by the Marchese Giova ...

(1694–1766) *

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (; 6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as Michelangelo (), was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was insp ...

(1475–1564) *

Amedeo Modigliani Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (, ; 12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and ...

(1884–1920) *

Bartolomeo Montagna Bartolomeo (or Bartolommeo) Montagna (, , ; 1450?– 11 October 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter who mainly worked in Vicenza. He also produced works in Venice, Verona, and Padua. He is most famous for his many Madonnas and his works are ...

(1450–1523) * Jacopo da Montagnana (1440–1499) *

Paolo Moranda Cavazzola Paolo Morando Cavazzola (1486–1522) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active mainly in his hometown of Verona. He appears to have been a pupil of one of the brothers Morone, likely Francesco Morone. He painted in a style resembling tha ...

(1486–1522) *

Giorgio Morandi Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1890 – June 18, 1964) was an Italian painter and printmaker who specialized in still life. His paintings are noted for their tonal subtlety in depicting simple subjects, which were limited mainly to vases, bottles, bo ...

(1890–1964) *

Domenico Morelli Domenico Morelli (4 August 182313 August 1901) was an Italian painter, who mainly produced historical and religious works. Morelli was immensely influential in the arts of the second half of the 19th century, both as director of the Accademia di ...

(1823–1901) *

Moretto da Brescia Alessandro Bonvicino (also Buonvicino) (possibly 22 December 1554), more commonly known as Moretto, or in Italian Il Moretto da Brescia (the Moor of Brescia), was an Italian Renaissance painter from Brescia, where he also mostly worked. His ...

(c.1498–1554) * Emma Moretto (19th century) *

Giovan Battista Moroni Giovanni Battista Moroni ( – 5 February 1579) was an Italian painter of the Late Renaissance period. He also is called Giambattista Moroni. Best known for his elegantly realistic portraits of the local nobility and clergy, he is conside ...

(1522–1579) *

Quirizio di Giovanni da Murano Quirizio di Giovanni da Murano or Quirizio da Murano or Quiricius (Venice ), was an Italian people, Italian Renaissance painter of religious subjects. Biography Little is known about this painter. He is supposed to have been a pupil of Antonio o ...

(fl. 1460–1478)

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Nardo di Cione Nardo di Cione (died c. 1366) was an Italian painter, sculptor and architect from Florence. He was the brother of the more accomplished Andrea di Cione, called Orcagna, as well as Jacopo di Cione; they were important members of the Painters Guil ...

(d. 1366) *

Ottaviano Nelli Ottaviano Nelli (1375–1444?) was an Italian painter of the early Quattrocento. Nelli primarily painted frescoes, but also panel paintings. He had several pupils and two painters were influenced by him. Biography He was born in Gubbio in Umbr ...

(1375–1444) *

Neri di Bicci Neri di Bicci (1419–1491) was an Italian painter active in his native Florence. A prolific painter of mainly religious themes, he studied under his father, Bicci di Lorenzo, who had in turn studied under his father, Lorenzo di Bicci. The thre ...

(1418/1420–1492) *

Neroccio de' Landi Neroccio di Bartolomeo de' Landi (1447–1500) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early-Renaissance or Quattrocento period in Siena. He was a student of Vecchietta, and then he shared a workshop with Francesco di Giorgio from 1468. He ...

(1447–1500) *

Niccolò di Liberatore Niccolò is an Italian male given name, derived from the Greek Nikolaos meaning "Victor of people" or "People's champion". There are several male variations of the name: Nicolò, Niccolò, Nicolas, and Nicola. The female equivalent is Nicole. The fe ...

(l'Alunno) (1430–1502) *

Emilio Notti Emilio Notte (30 January 1891 - 7 July 1982) was an Italian painter, active in a Futurist style. Biography Notte's parents were originally from Vicenza, but he was born in Ceglie Messapica, in the region of Apulia. From there, by 1906, he was se ...

(1891–1982) *

Pietro Novelli Pietro Novelli (March 2, 1603 – August 27, 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Palermo. Also known as ''il Monrealese'' or ''Pietro "Malta" Novelli'' to distinguish him from his father, Pietro Antonio Novelli I ...

(1603–1647) *

Allegretto Nuzi Allegretto Nuzi or ''Allegretto di Nuzio'' (1315–1373) was an Italian painter, active in a Gothic style mainly around Fabriano, in the Province of Ancona. Biography Nuzi was probably trained in Fabriano Fabriano is a town and '' comune'' of A ...

(1315–1373)

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Marco d'Oggiono Marco d'Oggiono (c. 1470 – c. 1549) was an Italian Renaissance painter and a chief pupil of Leonardo da Vinci, many of whose works he copied.Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Marco D'Oggione", ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York: Robert Appl ...

(c. 1470–c. 1549) *

Orcagna Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the fa ...

(Andrea di Cione) (1310–1368) *

Lelio Orsi Lelio Orsi (1508/1511 – 1587), also known as Lelio da Novellara, was a Mannerist painter and architect of the Reggio Emilia school in northern Italy. He was born and died in Novellara, and much of his work was completed in Reggio. He appear ...

(1511–1587)

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* Pacino di Buonaguida (1280–1340) *

Paolo Pagani Paolo Pagani (22 September 1655 – 5 May 1716) also known as Paolo Antonio Pagani or Paolo Pagano, was an Italian Baroque/ Mannerism painter of the 17th century. Biography Pagani was born in Valsolda, now a municipality in the Province of ...

(1655–1716) * Eleuterio Pagliano (1826–1903) *

Gioacchino Pagliei Gioacchino Pagliei (born 1852 in Subiaco, Lazio, died 1896 in Rome) was an Italian painter who worked in the Neo-Pompeian genre. Education and career Pagliei studied in Rome at the Accademia di San Luca, where in 1871 he won an award for a d ...

(1852–1896) * Arcangela Paladini (1599–1622) *

Palma il Giovane Iacopo Negretti (1548/50 – 14 October 1628), best known as Jacopo or Giacomo Palma il Giovane or simply Palma Giovane ("Young Palma"), was an Italian painter from Venice and a notable exponent of the Venetian school. After Tintoretto's death ...

(1548/1550–1628) *

Palma il Vecchio Palma Vecchio (c. 1480 – 30 July 1528), born Jacopo Palma, also known as Jacopo Negretti, was a Venetian painter of the Italian High Renaissance. He is called Palma Vecchio in English and Palma il Vecchio in Italian ("Palma the Elder") to di ...

(1480–1528) *

Marco Palmezzano Marco Palmezzano (1460–1539) was an Italian painter and architect, belonging to the Forlì painting school, who painted in a style recalling earlier Northern Renaissance models. He was mostly active near Forlì. Biography Palmezzano was ...

(1460–1539) *

Giovanni Paolo Panini Giovanni Paolo Panini or Pannini (17 June 1691 – 21 October 1765) was an Italian painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the ''vedutisti'' ("view painters"). As a painter, Panini is best known for his vistas of ...

(1691–1765) *

Paolo Veneziano Paolo Veneziano, also Veneziano Paolo or Paolo da Venezia (active by 1333, died after 1358) was a 14th-century painter from Venice, the "founder of the Venetian School" of painting, probably active between about 1321 and 1362.

(1300–1365) *

Alessandro Papetti Alessandro Papetti (born 1958 in Milan) is an Italian painter. Career and works Since being featured in the 2003 Venice Biennale, Papetti emerged as one of the most important Italian painters today. Since 1995 he has been dividing his time bet ...

(born 1958) *

Napoleone Parisani Napoleone Parisani (11 April 1854, Camerino – 20 September 1932, Rome) was an Italian landscape and occasional portrait painter. Biography He was born to Count Giuseppe Parisani (1823-1887), the first mayor of Camerino after Italian unificatio ...

(1854–1932) *

Parmigianino Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola (11 January 150324 August 1540), also known as Francesco Mazzola or, more commonly, as Parmigianino (, , ; "the little one from Parma"), was an Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker active in Florence, Rome, Bo ...

(1503–1540) * Ferdinando Partini (active 1790s) *

Luigia Pascoli Luigia Pascoli (23 October 1805 in Monfalcone, Province of Gorizia – 3 April 1882 in Bologna) was an Italian painter. She depicted genre scenes, often in pastel. The often made miniature copies of grand masters. Biography She studied under ...

(1835–1885) *

Bartolomeo Passarotti Bartolomeo Passarotti or Passerotti (1529–1592) was an Italian painter of the mannerist period, who worked mainly in his native Bologna. His family name is also spelled Passerotti or Passarotto. Life and work From approximately 1550 to 1555, h ...

(1529–1592) *

Domenico Passignano Domenico Passignano (1559 – 17 May 1638), born Domenico Cresti or Crespi, was an Italian painter of a late- Renaissance or Counter-''Maniera'' (Counter-Mannerism) style that emerged in Florence towards the end of the 16th century. Biography ...

(1559–1638) *

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (29 April 1675 – 2 November 1741) was one of the leading Venetian history painters of the early 18th century. His style melded the Renaissance style of Paolo Veronese with the Baroque of Pietro da Cortona and ...

(1675–1741) *

Itala Pellegrino Itala Pellegrino (born 1865) was an Italian painter; she mainly painted genre and seascapes. Biography Born in Milan, she was a resident of Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. ...

(born 1865) *

Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo (28 July 1868 – 14 June 1907) was an Italian divisionist painter. He was born and died in Volpedo, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. Pellizza was a pupil of Pio Sanquirico. He used a divisionist techniq ...

(1868–1907) *

Odoardo Perini Odoardo Perini (5 April 1671 – 29 December 1757) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period, active in Verona. Biography He first apprenticed with Andrea Voltolino. He then trained in Bologna under Giovanni Maria Viani. He painted a ...

(1671–1757) *

Perugino Pietro Perugino (, ; – 1523), born Pietro Vannucci, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance. Raphael was his most famous pupil. Ear ...

(c. 1445–1523) *

Simone Peterzano Simone Peterzano (c. 1535–1599) was an Italian painter from Bergamo, but stressed his links to Venice where he probably trained. He painted in Mannerism, mannerist style and is mostly known as the master of Caravaggio. Peterzano called himself ...

(1535–1599) *

Vincenzo Petrocelli Vincenzo Petrocelli (6 July 1823 – 2 February 1896) was a Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Neapolitan artist. Petrocelli was born in Cervaro in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now in Lazio). He studied under Domenico Morelli, and was active as a ...

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Umberto Pettinicchio Umberto Pettinicchio (born 1943) is an Italian painter and sculptor.Carella, Elvira (31 January 2010)"Le colline della Brianza e i suoi stupendi campanili sono la mia ispirazione" '' Il Giorno''. Retrieved 8 March 2017 . Biography He was bor ...

(born 1943) * Pietro Pezzati (1828–1890) *

Baldassare Peruzzi Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (7 March 1481 – 6 January 1536) was an Italian architect and painter, born in a small town near Siena (in Ancaiano, ''frazione'' of Sovicille) and died in Rome. He worked for many years with Bramante, Raphael, and la ...

(1481–1537) *

Pesellino Francesco Pesellino (probably 1422–July 29, 1457), also known as Francesco di Stefano, was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Florence. His father was the painter Stefano di Francesco (died 1427), and his maternal grandfather was the pai ...

(1422–1457) *Piero della Francesca (c.1416–1492) *Piero di Cosimo (1462–1522) *Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1683–1754) *Nicola di Pietro (14th century) *Domenico Piola (1627–1703) *Pinturicchio (1454–1513) *Sebastiano del Piombo (c. 1485–1547) *Fausto Pirandello (1899–1975) *Giuseppe Pirovani (c. 1755–c. 1835) *Pisanello (1395–1455) *Michelangelo Pittatore (1825–1903) *Giambattista Pittoni (1687–1767) *Karl Plattner (1919–1986) *Antonio del Pollaiuolo (c. 1429/1433–1498) *Piero del Pollaiuolo (1443–1496) *Giovanni Pietro de Pomis (c.1565–1633) *Giovanni dal Ponte (1385–1438) *Pontormo (1494–1556) *Antonio Porcelli (1800–1870) *Francesco Porcia (1531–1612) *il Pordenone (1483–1539) *Gregorio Porideo (16th century) *Daniello Porri (16th century) *Aniello Portio (fl. 1690–1700) *Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709) *Alessandro Prampolino (1827–1865) *Ranunzio Prata (fl. 1635) *Luigi Premazzi (1814–1891) *Mattia Preti (1613–1699) *Pier Francesco Prina (18th century) *Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625) *Stefano Provenzali (17th century) *Mario Puccini (1869–1920) *Antonio Puglicochi (17th century)

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*Giovanni Battista Quadrone (1844–1898)

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*Prospero Rabaglio (16th century) *Raffaele Rabbia (fl. 1610) *Domenico Rainaldi (fl. 1665) *Giovanni Battista Ramacciotti (17th century) *Laudadio Rambaldo (fl. 1386) *Raphael (1483–1520) *Francesco Redenti (1820–1876) *Tommaso Redi (painter), Tommaso Redi (1665–1726) *Bernardo Regoliron (18th century) *Guido Reni (1575–1642) *Cesare Reverdino (fl. 1531–1564) *Marco Ricchiedeo (16th century) *Giovanni Battista Ricci (1537–1627) *Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) *Antonio Riccianti (17th century) *Galeazzo Rivelli (14th century) *Ercole de' Roberti (1451–1496) *Marietta Robusti (c. 1560–1590) *Romanino (1485–1566) *Giulio Romano (1499–1546) *Salvator Rosa (1615–1673) *Cosimo Rosselli (1439–after 1506) *Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540) *Antonio Rotta (1828–1903) *Guido Ruggeri (fl. c. 1550s) *Benedetto Rusconi "il Diana" (1460–1525) *Clemente Ruta (1668–1767) *Pietro Ruzolone (d. 1517)

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*Lorenzo Sabatini (1530–1576) *Andrea Sacchi (1599–1661) *Giorgio Salmoiraghi (born 1936) *Marco Sammartino (17th century) *Domingo Maria Sanni (18th century) *Sano di Pietro (1406–1481) *Fabrizio Santafede (1560–1623/28) *Santi di Tito (1536–1603) *Giovanni Santi (1435–1494) *Girolamo Santo (16th century) *Carlo Saraceni (1579–1620) *Giuseppe Sartori (1863–1922) *Andrea del Sarto (1486–1530) *Sassetta, Stefano di Giovanni (1392–1450) *Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609–1685) *Girolamo Savoldo (1480–after 1548) *Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578–1615) *Alessandro Scorzoni (1858–1933) *Antonino Sartini (1889–1954) *Scipione (Gino Bonichi) (1904–1933) *Giovanni Segantini (1858–1899) *Jacopo da Sellaio (1441–1493) *Ernesto Serra (1860–1915) *Andrea Sguazella (16th century) *Luca Signorelli (1445–1523) *Telemaco Signorini (1835–1901) *Nicola Simbari (1927–2012) *Simone dei Crocifissi (1330–1399) *Mario Sironi (1885–1961) *Sodoma (1477–1549) *Andrea Solari (1460–1524) *Giuseppe Solenghi (1879–1944) *Francesco Solimena (1657–1747) *Lionello Spada (1576–1622) * Micco Spadaro aka

(1609/1610–ca. 1675) *Giovanni Martino Spanzotti (1455–1528) *Spinello Aretino (1350–1410) *Francesco Squarcione (c. 1395–1468) *Giovanni Stanchi (1608–c. 1675) *Gherardo Starnina (1354–1413) *Stefano da Verona (1379–1438) *Bernardo Strozzi (1581–1644)

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*Francesco Tacconi (15th century) *Taddeo di Bartolo (1363–1422) *Spurius Tadius (1st century BC and 1st century AD) *Giovanni Temini (fl. 1622) *Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770) *Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727–1804) *Tintoretto (1518–1594) *Benvenuto Tisi(il Garofalo) (1481–1559) *Titian (1488–1576) *Antonio Tognone (16th century) *Giulio Tonduzzi (c.1513–c.1583) *Bartolommeo Torre (17th century) *Francesco Traballesi (1541–1588) *Gaspare Traversi (1722–1770) *Giacomo Trécourt (1812–1882) *Euclide Trotti (16th century) *Giovanni Maria Tucci (fl. 1542) *Cosimo Tura (c. 1430–1495)

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*Paolo Uccello (c. 1396–1475) *Ugolino di Nerio (1280–1335)

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*Perino del Vaga (1501–1547) *Andrea Vanni (1332–c. 1414) *Tanzio da Varallo (c. 1575/1580–c. 1632/1633) *Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) *Francesco Veau (1727–1768) *Giovanni de' Vecchi (1536–1614) *Benedetto Velli (17th century) *Giovanni Vendramini (1769–1839) *Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585–1635) *Filippo da Verona (fl. 1509–1514) *Niccolò Da Verona (15th century) *Paolo Veronese (1528–1588) *Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488) *Francesco Vicentino (16th century) *Leonardo da Vinci (15th century) *Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011) *Jacopo Vignali (1592–1664) *Vitale da Bologna (1300–1360) *Matteo di Vittore (16th century) *Bernardino Vitulini (c. 1350) *Alvise Vivarini (1442/53–1505) *Antonio Vivarini (1418–1476/84) *Bartolomeo Vivarini (1430–1491) *Antonio Diego Voci (1920–1985) *Vincenzo Volpe (1855–1929) *Giovanni Battista di Pietro di Stefano Volponi (16th century)

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*Carlo Wostry (1865–1943)

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*Alessandro Zaffonato (fl. 1730) *Domenico Zampieri (1581–1641) *Federico Zandomeneghi (1841–1917) *Giuseppe Miti Zanetti (1859–1929) *Bernardo Zenale (c. 1460–1526) *Marco Zoppo (1433–1498) *Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1789) *Federico Zuccari (1542–1609) *Francesco Zugno (1709–1787) *Sergio Zanni (born 1942)

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