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Also Known As Hans Baldung-Grien
Born c.1484 • Schwäbisch Gmünd • Germany
Died 1545
Movement / Style Renaissance art • Renaissance

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Baldung, Hans: Three Kings Altarpiece
St. Anne
Hans Baldung: The Crucifixion
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Albrecht Dürer
German artist
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Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Paolo Uccello
Italian painter
“Battle of Alexander at Issus,” detail of an oil painting on panel by Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529; in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Albrecht Altdorfer
German artist
Hans Leonhard Schäuffelein
German painter
Francisco Goya: Self-portrait
Francisco Goya
Spanish artist
Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga, fresco by Andrea Mantegna, completed 1474; in the Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy.
Andrea Mantegna
Italian artist
Venus of Urbino by Titian
Titian
Italian painter
Burial of the Count de Orgaz
El Greco
Spanish artist
Bellini, Giovanni: Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini
Italian painter
Lucas van Leyden
Dutch artist
The Last Supper
Andrea del Castagno
Italian painter
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French artist
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
Georges Rouault
French artist
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
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Giotto: Lamentation
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