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Also Known As Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci
Born c.1450 • Italy
Died February 1523 or March 1523 • near Perugia • Italy
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Renaissance

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Perugino: Adoration of the Magi
Resurrection of Christ
Combat of Love and Chastity
Vision of St. Bernard, wood panel by Perugino, c. 1491–94; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
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Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
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Italian painter
The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
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Italian painter
“The Condemned in Hell,” fresco by Luca Signorelli, 1500–02; in the chapel of S. Brizio, Orvieto, Italy
Luca Signorelli
Italian painter
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
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Venus of Urbino by Titian
Titian
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Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
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Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
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Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Italian painter
Masaccio
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Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
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The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
Giorgione
Italian painter
Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
Fra Filippo Lippi
Italian painter
Correggio: Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
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Paolo Uccello
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Baptism of Christ
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Parmigianino
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Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
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“Decapitation of St. George,” fresco by Altichiero, c. 1384; in the Cappella di S. Giorgio, Padua, Italy
Altichiero
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Detail of The Dispute of St. Catherine, fresco by Pinturicchio, 1492–94; in the Borgia Apartment of the Vatican.
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