the last supper - 1498

The Last Supper - 1498

Leonardo da Vinci

• Born on April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy, da Vinci was concerned with the laws of science and nature, which greatly informed his work as a painter, sculptor, inventor, and draftsmen. His ideas and body of work which includes “Virgin of the Rocks”, “The Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa” have influenced countless artists and made da Vinci a leading man of the Italian Renaissance.

“Mona Lisa” - 1517

The Birth of Venus - 1486

Sandro Botticelli

• Sandro Botticelli was born in the mid-1440s (1445) in Florence Italy. As a boy, he apprentice as a goldsmith and then with master painter Flippo Lippi. By his forties, Botticelli was himself a master and contributed to the Sistine Chapel. His best known work is the Birth of Venus. He died in 1510

The Mystical Nativity – 1500- 1501

The Assumption – 1607-1610

Pietro Bernini

• Pietro Bernini was born in May 1562, and died in August 1629 He was born in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy. He was born an Italian sculptor. He was father of one of the most famous artist of Baroque, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. One of his best known contributions to the city of Rome is the Fontana Della Barcaccia.

Fontana della Barcaccia

“Portrait of a Boy With Blond Hair” - 1516

Ambrosius Holbien

• He was a German and Swiss artist in painting, drawing, and printmaking. He was the older brother, by about three years, of Hans Holbien the Younger, but he appears to have died in his mid twenties leaving behind only a small body of work.

“Portrait of a Young Man” - 1518