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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

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Torii Kiyonobu: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Shōbei
Born	1664 • Ōsaka • Japan
Died	August 22, 1729 (aged 65) • Tokyo • Japan
Movement / Style	ukiyo-e

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Lucas Cranach, the Elder

German painter

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese artist

Hokusai

Japanese artist

Utamaro

Japanese artist

Hishikawa Moronobu

Japanese printmaker

Tōshūsai Sharaku

Japanese artist

Nishikawa Sukenobu

Japanese artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Japanese painter

Torii Kiyomasu

Japanese painter

Utagawa Toyokuni

Japanese artist

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese artist

Albrecht Dürer

German artist

William Hogarth

English artist

Hans Baldung

German artist

Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein

German painter

Okumura Masanobu

Japanese artist

Hiroshige

Japanese artist

Suzuki Harunobu

Japanese artist

Rembrandt

Dutch artist

Pablo Picasso

Spanish artist

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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.

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