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Jan Van Eyck (1390 - 1441) - Netherlands (Maaseik)
Northern Renaissance, Renaissance
Jan van Eyck (Dutch: [ˈjɑn vɑn ˈɛik]) (before c. 1390 – 9 July 1441) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges. He is often considered one of the founders of Early Netherlandish painting school and one of the most significant representatives of Northern Renaissance art. The few surviving records of his early life indicate that he was born c. 1380–1390...... |
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Hans Holbein The Younger (1497 - 1543) - Italy (Augsburg)
Northern Renaissance
Hans Holbein the Younger (German: Hans Holbein der Jüngere) (c. 1497 – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German and Swiss artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style. He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious art, satire and Reformation propaganda, and made ...... |
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Rogier Van Der Weyden (1400 - 1464) - Belgium (Tournai)
Early Netherlandish, Northern Renaissance
Rogier van der Weyden (Dutch: [roːˈɣiːr vɑn dɛr ˈʋɛi̯də(n)]) or Roger de la Pasture (1399 or 1400 – 18 June 1464) was an Early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces and commissioned single and diptych portraits. He was highly successful and internationally famous in his lifetime his paintings...... |
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Hieronymus Bosch (1450 - 1516) - Netherlands ('S-Hertogenbosch)
Renaissance, Northern Renaissance, Symbolism
Hieronymus Bosch (/ˌhaɪ.əˈrɒnɪməs ˈbɒʃ/ Dutch: [ɦijeːˈroːnimɵz ˈbɔs] ( listen) born Jheronimus van Aken [jeːˈroːnimɵs fɑn ˈaːkə(n)] c. 1450 – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch/Netherlandish draughtsman and painter from Brabant. He is widely considered one of the most notable representatives of Early Netherlandish painting school. His work is known for its...... |
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Pieter Bruegel The Elder (1525 - 1569) - Belgium (Bree)
Northern Renaissance, Renaissance
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel) the Elder (Dutch: [ˈpitər ˈbrøːɣəl] c. 1525-1530 – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker from Brabant, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so called genre painting) he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in lar...... |
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Hans Memling (1430 - 1494) - Germany (Seligenstadt)
Northern Renaissance, Early Netherlandish
Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a German painter who moved to Flanders and worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. He spent some time in the Brussels workshop of Rogier van der Weyden, and after van der Weyden's death in 1464, Memling was made a citizen of Bruges, where he became one of the leading ...... |
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Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528) - Italy (Nuremberg)
Northern Renaissance, High Renaissance
Albrecht Dürer (/ˈdʊərər, ˈdjʊərər/ German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ] 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528) was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major ...... |
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Lucas Cranach The Elder (1472 - 1553) - Germany (Kronach)
Northern Renaissance
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere German pronunciation: [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax dɛɐ̯ ˈʔɛltəʁə], c. 1472 – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those...... |
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Martin Schongauer (1450 - 1491) - Germany (Augsburg)
Northern Renaissance
Martin Schongauer (c. 1445, Colmar – 2 February 1491, Breisach), also known as Martin Schön ("Martin beautiful") or Hübsch Martin ("pretty Martin") by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer. Schongauer was born in about 1440 in Colmar, Alsace, probably t...... |
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Matthias Grünewald (1480 - 1528) - Germany (Würzburg)
Northern Renaissance, Regionalism
Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 31 August 1528) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century. His first name is also given as Mathis and his surname as Gothart or Neithardt. Only ten paintings—several consisting of many panels—a...... |
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Albrecht Altdorfer (1480 - 1538) - Germany (Regensburg)
Northern Renaissance, Renaissance
Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 – February 12, 1538) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg. Along with Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the so-called Danube School setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive col...... |
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Lucas Van Leyden (1494 - 1533) - Netherlands (Leiden)
Northern Renaissance
Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 8 August 1533), also named either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, was a Dutch engraver and painter. Lucas van Leyden was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and is generally regarded as a very accomplished engraver. Lucas was the son of Huygh Jacobsz. He was born, died, and was mainly active in Leiden. Carel v...... |
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Hugo Van Der Goes (1440 - 1482) - Belgium (Ghent)
Northern Renaissance
Hugo van der Goes (probably Ghent c. 1430/1440 – Auderghem 1482) was one of the most significant and original Flemish painters of the late 15th century. Van der Goes was an important painter of altarpieces as well as portraits. He introduced important innovations in painting through his monumental style, use of a specific colour range and individua...... |
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Gerard David (1450 - 1523) - Netherlands (Oudewater)
Early Netherlandish, Northern Renaissance
Gerard David (c. 1460 – 13 August 1523) was an Early Netherlandish painter and manuscript illuminator known for his brilliant use of color. Only a bare outline of his life survives, although some facts are known. He may have been the Meester gheraet van brugghe who became a master of the Antwerp guild in 1515. He was very successful in his lifetime...... |
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Pieter Bruegel The Younger (1525 - 1569) - Belgium (Brussels)
Northern Renaissance
Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel) the Elder (Dutch: [ˈpitər ˈbrøːɣəl] c. 1525-1530 – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker from Brabant, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so called genre painting) he was a pioneer in making both types of subject the focus in lar...... |
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Quentin Massys (1466 - 1530) - Belgium (Leuven)
Northern Renaissance
Quentin Matsys (Dutch: Quinten Matsijs) (1466–1530) was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp school. He was born at Leuven, where legend states he was trained as an ironsmith before becoming a painter. Matsys was active in Antwerp for over 20 years, creating numerous works with religious roots and satirical tendencies. Mo...... |
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Petrus Christus (1465 - 1476) - Belgium (Baarle-Hertog)
Northern Renaissance, Early Netherlandish
Petrus Christus (c. 1410/1420 – 1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became the leading painter after the death of Jan van Eyck. He was influenced by van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden and is noted for his innovations with linear perspective and a meticulous technique which see...... |
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Nicholas Hilliard (1577 - 1619) - United Kingdom (Exeter)
Northern Renaissance
Nicholas Hilliard (c. 1547 – 7 January 1619) was an English goldsmith and limner best known for his portrait miniatures of members of the courts of Elizabeth I and James I of England. He mostly painted small oval miniatures, but also some larger cabinet miniatures, up to about ten inches tall, and at least two famous half-length panel portraits of ...... |
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Albert Dürer Lucas (1471 - 1528) - Italy (Nuremberg)
Northern Renaissance
Albrecht Dürer (/ˈdʊərər, ˈdjʊərər/ German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ] 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528) was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major ...... |
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Joachim Beuckelaer (1533 - 1573) - Belgium (Antwerp)
Northern Renaissance
Joachim Beuckelaer (c. 1533 – c. 1570/4) was a Flemish painter specialising in market and kitchen scenes with elaborate displays of food and household equipment. He also painted still lifes with no figures in the central scene. His development of the genre of market and kitchen scenes was influential on the development of still life art in Northern...... |
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Joos Van Cleve (1485 - 1540) - Germany (Kleve)
Northern Renaissance
Joos van Cleve (/ˈkleɪvə/ also Joos van der Beke c. 1485 – 1540/1541) was a painter active in Antwerp around 1511 to 1540. He is known for combining traditional Netherlandish painting techniques with influences of more contemporary Renaissance painting styles. An active member and co-deacon of the Guild of Saint Luke of Antwerp, he is known mostly ...... |
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Bernhard Strigel (1461 - 1528) - Germany (Memmingen)
Northern Renaissance
Bernhard Strigel (c. 1461 – May 4, 1528) was a German portrait and historical painter of the Swabian school, the most important of a family of artists established at Memmingen. He was born at Memmingen and was probably a pupil of Zeitblom at Ulm. He stood in high favor with the Emperor Maximilian I, in whose service he repeatedly journeyed to Augsb...... |
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Hans Baldung (1485 - 1545) - Germany (Swabia)
Northern Renaissance
Hans Baldung Grien or Grün (c. 1484 – September 1545) was a German artist in painting and printmaking who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer. Throughout his lifetime, Baldung developed a distinctive style, full of color, expression and imagination. His talents were varied, and he produced a great and extensive variety of work ...... |
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Bernaert Van Orley (1487 - 1541) - Belgium (Brussels)
Northern Renaissance
Bernard van Orley (between 1487 and 1491 – 6 January 1541), also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a leading artist in Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, though he was at least as active as a leading designer of Brussels tapestry and, at the end of his life, stained glass. Although he never visite...... |
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Dieric The Younger Bouts (1415 - 1475) - Belgium (Leuven)
Northern Renaissance
Dieric Bouts (born ca. 1415 – 6 May 1475) was an Early Netherlandish painter. Very little is known about Bouts' early life, but he was greatly influenced by Jan van Eyck and by Rogier van der Weyden, under whom he may have studied. He is first documented in Leuven in 1457 and worked there until his death in 1475. Bouts was among the first northern ...... |
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Konrad Witz (1400 - 1446) - Germany (Rottweil)
Northern Renaissance
Konrad Witz (1400/1410 probably in Rottweil, Germany – winter 1445/spring 1446 in Basel, Switzerland) was a German-born painter, active mainly in Basel, Switzerland. His 1444 panel, The Miraculous Draft of Fishes (a portion of a lost altarpiece) has been credited as the earliest extant faithful portrayal of a landscape in European art history, bein...... |
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Jacob Cornelisz Van Oostsanen (1470 - 1533) - Netherlands (Oostzaan)
Northern Renaissance
Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (before 1470 – 1533) was a Northern Netherlandish designer of woodcuts and painter. He was one of the first important artists working in Amsterdam, at a time when it was a flourishing provincial town. Little is known about Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen's life. Historians rely mostly on the biographical sketch of him wr...... |
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Dierec Bouts -
Early Netherlandish, Northern Renaissance
Dieric Bouts (born ca. 1415 – 6 May 1475) was an Early Netherlandish painter. Very little is known about Bouts' early life, but he was greatly influenced by Jan van Eyck and by Rogier van der Weyden, under whom he may have studied. He is first documented in Leuven in 1457 and worked there until his death in 1475. Bouts was among the first northern ...... |
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Joachim Antonisz Wtewael -
Northern Renaissance
Joachim Anthoniszoon Wtewael (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈyːtəʋaːl] also known as Uytewael [ˈœytəʋaːl]) (1566 – 1 August 1638) was a Dutch Mannerist painter and draughtsman, as well as a highly successful flax merchant, and town councillor of Utrecht. Wtewael was one of the leading Dutch exponents of Northern Mannerism, and his distinctive and attractiv...... |
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Jean Hey United Kingdom
Northern Renaissance
Jean Hey (or Jean Hay) (fl. c. 1475 – c. 1505), now generally identified with the artist formerly known as the Master of Moulins, was an Early Netherlandish painter working in France and the Duchy of Burgundy, and associated with the court of the Dukes of Bourbon. Little is known about Hey, whose style has led to speculation that he may have studie...... |
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