ROBERT CAMPIN

Annunciation (Merode Altarpiece).

1427. oil on panel. Engelbrecht house, Tournai Commissioned by Peter Engelbrecht

ROBERT CAMPIN

Virgin & Child before a Firescreen.

c1425. oil on panel.

JAN VAN EYCK

Arnolfini Double Portrait.

1434. oil on panel. Arnolfini house, Bruges. Commissioned by Giovanni Arnolfini

JAN VAN EYCK

Man in a Red Turban (Self-Portrait). 1433. oil on panel.

ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN Francesco d’Este. c1460. oil on panel. Commissioned by Francesco d’Este.

PETRUS CHRISTUS

Portrait of a Lady.

c1470. oil on panel.

ANTONIO DEL POLLAIUOLO

Hercules & Antaeus.

c1460. tempera on panel. Medici Palace, Florence. Commissioned by Piero de’ Medici

ANTONIO DEL POLLAIUOLO

St. Sebastian.

1474-75. tempera on panel. Church of SS. Annunziata, Florence. Commissioned by Antonio Pucci.

ANDREA DEL VERROCCIO

Baptism of Christ

(with Leonardo da Vinci & Sandro Botticelli). 1468-c1476. tempera on panel. Church of S. Salvi, Florence.

SANDRO BOTTICELLI Madonna of the Magnificat. c1480. tempera on panel.

SANDRO BOTTICELLI

Adoration of the Magi.

Early 1470s. tempera on panel. Church of Sta. Maria Novella, Florence. Commissioned by Guaspare dal Lama

SANDRO BOTTICELLI

Primavera.

c1482. tempera on panel. Medici “Cadet” Palace, Florence. Commissioned by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici

SANDRO BOTTICELLI

Birth of Venus.

C1484-1486. tempera on canvas. Medici “Cadet” Palace, Florence. Commissioned by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici

DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO

Miracle of St. Francis (Resurrection of the Notary’s Son)

1483-86. fresco. Church of Sta. Trinità, Florence. Commissioned by Francesco Sassetti.

DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO

Foundation of the Franciscan Order (Confirmation of the Franciscan Rule by the Pope)

1483-86. fresco. Church of Sta. Trinità, Florence. Commissioned by Francesco Sassetti.

HUGO VAN DER GOES

Portinari Altarpiece.

c1475-76. oil on panel. Church of Sant’Egidio, Florence. Commissioned by Tommaso Portinari

ANDREA MANTEGNA Camera Picta (Camera degli Sposi). 1465-74. fresco. Ducal Palace, Mantua. Commissioned by Ludovico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua.

PERUGINO

Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter.

c1480-82. fresco. Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV.

PINTURICCHIO with PERUGINO

Moses’ Journey Into Egypt & Circumcision of His Son.

c1480-82. fresco. Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV.

PINTURICCHIO

Life of Pope Pius II.

1503-8. fresco. Piccolomini Library, Cathedral, Siena. Commissioned by Card. Piccolomini.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Vitruvian Man.

c1490. drawing (pen & ink on parchment)

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Madonna of the Rocks.

begun 1483. oil on panel. Church of S. Francesco Grande, Milan. Commissioned by the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Last Supper (Il Cenacolo).

1495-98. oil & tempera on wet plaster (experimental fresco technique). Monastery of Sta. Maria delle Grazie, Milan. Commissioned by Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Battle of Anghiari.

1503-6. fresco [destroyed]. Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Commissioned by the Florentine Government. [Copy of central section of the fresco by Peter Paul Rubens (c1615)]

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Madonna & Child with St. Anne.

c1508-1513? Oil on panel. Commissioned by Francis I, King of France

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Ginevra de’ Benci.

c1474. oil on panel. Commissioned by Bernardo Bembo, Venetian Ambassador to Florence.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Mona Lisa (“La Giocanda”; Lisa Gherardini del Giocando).

1503-?. oil on panel. Commissioned by Francesco del Giocando

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Madonna of the Stairs.

1489-92. marble.

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Battle of the Lapiths & Centaurs.

c1492. marble.

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

David.

1501-1504. marble. Piazza della Signoria, Florence. Commissioned by the Arte della Lana (Wool Merchants Guild)

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Doni Tondo (Holy Family).

c1503. oil and tempera on panel. Doni Palace, Florence. Commissioned by Angelo Doni

RAPHAEL SANZIO

Marriage of the Virgin (Lo Spozalizio).

1504. oil on panel. S. Francesco (St. Francis), Città di Castello Commissioned by the Albizzini family

RAPHAEL SANZIO

Madonna of the Meadows.

1505-1506. oil on panel. Taddei Palace, Florence Commissioned by Taddeo Taddei

RAPHAEL SANZIO

Angelo Doni & Maddalena Strozzi.

c1506. oil on panel. Doni Palace, Florence. Commissioned by Angelo Doni

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican, Rome. 1508-12. Fresco. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

The Flood.

1508-12. Fresco. Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Temptation & Expulsion.

1508-12. Fresco. Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Creation of Adam.

1508-12. Fresco. Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Creation of the Sun, Moon & Plants.

1508-12. Fresco. Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Libyan Sibyl.

1508-12. Fresco. Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Brazen Serpent.

1508-12. Fresco. Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

RAPHAEL SANZIO

Stanza della Signatura

1509-11. fresco. Vatican Palace, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

RAPHAEL SANZIO

School of Athens (Philosophy).

1509-11. fresco. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

RAPHAEL SANZIO

Disputà (Theology).

1509-11. fresco. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

RAPHAEL SANZIO

Poetry (The Arts; Parnassus).

1509-11. fresco. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

RAPHAEL SANZIO

Law (Roman & Christian Law with the Cardinal Virtues).

1509-11. fresco. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Julius II della Rovere.

RAPHAEL SANZIO

Galatea.

1513. fresco. Villa Chigi (Farnesina), Rome. Commissioned by Agostino Chigi.

Belvedere Torso.

Greek, early 1st Century B.C.E (Hellenistic). marble.

Laocoön.

Greek, early 1st Century B.C.E (Hellenistic). marble.

GIOVANNI BELLINI

Frari Altarpiece

1488. oil on panel Sta. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice Commissioned by the Pesaro family

GIOVANNI BELLINI

San Zaccaria Altarpiece

1505. oil on panel S. Zaccaria, Venice

GIORGIONE.

The Tempest.

c1510. Oil on canvas.

GIORGIONE (finished by TITIAN) Sleeping Venus. c1510. Oil on canvas.

TITIAN

Pesaro Madonna.

1518-26. oil on canvas. Sta. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice. Commissioned by Jacopo Pesaro.

TITIAN

Venus of Urbino.

1538. oil on canvas. Commissioned by Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

TITIAN

Rape of Europa.

1559-62. oil on canvas. Royal Palace (Palacio Real), Madrid Commissioned by King Philip II of Spain

TINTORETTO

Last Supper.

1592-94. oil on canvas. S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice. Commissioned by Michele Ababardi.

PAOLO VERONESE Feast in the House of Levi. 1573. oil on canvas. SS. Giovanni & Paolo, Venice. Commissioned by Andrea Buono.

PAOLO VERONESE Triumph of Venice. c1585. oil on canvas. Doge’s Palace, Venice. Commissioned by the Venetian Senate.

“Night”

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI Tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici (with “Night” and “Day”). 1519-33. marble. San Lorenzo, Florence. Commissioned by Card. Giulio de’ Medici (Pope Clement VII).

“Day”

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI Tomb of Giuliano de’ Medici (with “Night” and “Day”). 1519-33. marble. San Lorenzo, Florence. Commissioned by Card. Giulio de’ Medici (Pope Clement VII).

MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI

Last Judgment.

1536-41. fresco. Commissioned by Pope Paul III Farnese. Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome.

BENVENUTO CELLINI

Perseus & Medusa.

1545-54. bronze & marble. Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence. Commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence.

JACOPO PONTORMO

Entombment.

1525-28. oil on panel. Sta. Felicità, Florence. Commissioned by the Capponi family.

GIULIO ROMANO

Gods on Olympus & the Fall of the Giants (Sala dei Giganti; Hall of the Giants).

1530-32. fresco. Palazzo del Tè, Mantua. Commissioned by Federico Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.

PARMIGIANINO

Madonna of the Long Neck.

1534-40. oil on panel. Servite Church, Parma. Commissioned by Elena Baiardi.