Early Renaissance
323 artworks to study early renaissance techniques

Madonna Enthroned with Saints
Filippo Lippi (1445)

Christ the Judge (detali)
Fra Angelico (1447)

The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel
Antonello da Messina (1478)

St. Michael and St. John
Ălvaro Pires de Ăvora (1423)

Penitent St. Jerome
Fra Angelico (1424)

The Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Sandro Botticelli

Coronation of the Virgin (detail)
Filippo Lippi (1447)

Adoration of the Child
Filippino Lippi (1483)

Saint Dominic Adoring the Crucifixion
Fra Angelico (1442)

Portrait of a Man with the Medal of Cosimo
Sandro Botticelli (1474)

Portrait of Young Man
Gentile Bellini

Madonna and Child with an Angel
Sandro Botticelli (1470)

A Man with a Pair of Dividers
Gentile Bellini

Game of Civettino
Lo Scheggia

St Lucy
Filippino Lippi

La Vierge Et L' Enfant
Lo Scheggia

Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga
Andrea Mantegna (1461)

The Young Saint John the Baptist
Piero di Cosimo (1480)

Crucifixion
Andrea del Castagno (1450)

The Tribute Money (Brancacci Chapel)
Masaccio (1425)

Assumption of the Virgin. Detail
Francesco Botticini (1476)

The Flagellation
Luca Signorelli (1480)

Portrait of a Man
Antonello da Messina (1470)

Petrarch
Andrea del Castagno (1450)

Portrait of Cardinal Lodovico Mezzarota
Andrea Mantegna (1459)

Annunciation, left wing
Filippo Lippi (1430)

Storie di traiano e la vedova
Lo Scheggia (1440)

The Annunciation
Ălvaro Pires de Ăvora (1434)

Storie di susanna
Lo Scheggia (1450)

Portraits of two members of Medici family
Andrea del Castagno

The Virgin Appears to St. Bernard
Filippo Lippi (1447)

Crucifixion of St. Peter
Masaccio (1426)

The Feast of Herod: Salome's Dance
Filippo Lippi (1464)

St. Lawrence on Trial
Fra Angelico (1450)

St. Stephen Being Led to his Martyrdom
Fra Angelico (1449)

Christ
Antonello da Messina

Scenes from the Lives of Sts. Lawrence and Stephen
Fra Angelico (1449)

Trionfo della fama
Lo Scheggia

Portrait of a Musician
Leonardo da Vinci (1487)

Madonna and Child
Giovanni Bellini (1455)

Madonna and Child (Salting Madonna)
Antonello da Messina (1460)

God the Father
Andrea del Castagno (1442)

Portrait of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror
Gentile Bellini (1480)

The Story of St. Nicholas. Birth of St. Nicholas
Fra Angelico (1448)

Madonna of the Sea
Sandro Botticelli (1477)

Beato Lorenzo Giustiniani
Gentile Bellini (1465)

Archangel Gabriel Annunciate
Fra Angelico (1433)

Portrait of Cardinal Carlo de' Medici
Andrea Mantegna (1466)

St. John Taking Leave of his Parents (detail)
Filippo Lippi (1465)

Ascension of Saint Mary Magdalene
Antonio del Pollaiolo (1460)

Queen Esther
Andrea del Castagno (1450)

The Madonna del Latte
Ambrogio Bergognone

Adoration of the Magi, central panel from the Altarpiece
Andrea Mantegna (1461)

The Circumcision of Christ
Andrea Mantegna (1464)

St. Gregory
Antonello da Messina (1472)

Madonna Della Misericordia E Donatori
Francesco Botticini

Presentation at the Temple (Detail. Saint Augustine and a Kneeling Donor)
Ambrogio Bergognone (1494)

Dante Alighieri
Andrea del Castagno (1450)

Madonna Col Bambino E Quattro Angeli Musicanti
Lo Scheggia

Distribution of Alms and Death of Ananias
Masaccio (1425)

The Holy Trinity
Masaccio (1428)

Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Sandro Botticelli

St. Paul
Nuno Gonçalves (1490)

The Virgin and Child with Two Angels and St. John the Baptist
Sandro Botticelli (1470)

Madonna and Child Enthroned
Lo Scheggia

Tobias and Archangel Raphael
Filippino Lippi (1482)

Virgin of the Annunciation
Antonello da Messina (1473)

Madonna and Child with Six Saints
Sandro Botticelli (1470)

Portrait of a Gentleman
Andrea del Castagno (1457)

Crucifixion
Lorenzo Monaco (1410)

Christ Blessing
Antonello da Messina (1465)

Annunciation (detail)
Gentile Bellini (1465)

Frari Triptych
Giovanni Bellini (1488)

Saints Eligius and Antonio
Luca Signorelli

The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli (1486)

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci (Portrait of a Young Woman)
Sandro Botticelli (1480)

Deposizione con santi
Francesco Botticini

Our Lady of the Assumption with Saints Miniato and Julian
Andrea del Castagno (1450)

Cori di angeli musicanti,
Lo Scheggia (1450)

Madonna and Child
Ambrogio Bergognone

St. John of Patmos
Francesco del Cossa

Birth and Naming St. John (detail)
Filippo Lippi (1465)

Portrait of a Young Man
Masaccio (1425)

San Giovenale Triptych. Central panel
Masaccio (1423)

St. Sebastian
Andrea Mantegna (1475)

Thebaid
Fra Angelico (1410)

Adoration of the Knigs
Masaccio (1428)

Queen Tomyris
Andrea del Castagno (1450)

Cristo in pietĂ fra due angeli
Ambrogio Bergognone (1490)

Annunciation, right wing
Filippo Lippi (1430)

Painting cycle for the miracles of St. Bernard, scene: Healing the blind and deaf Riccardo Micuzio dall 'Aquila
Pinturicchio (1473)

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Fra Angelico (1434)

St.Peter Healing the Sick with His Shadow
Masaccio (1425)

The Annunciation
Francesco del Cossa (1472)

PietĂ Con San Ludovico Di Tolosa, San Domenico, San Giacomo Maggiore E San Nicola Di Bari
Francesco Botticini

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Ambrogio Bergognone (1485)

The Madonna and Child with st.Anna.
Masaccio (1424)

Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels
Giovanni Bellini (1460)

Portrait of a Youth
Filippino Lippi (1485)

Tobiolo E I Tre Arcangeli
Filippino Lippi (1485)

Saint Peter
Francesco del Cossa (1473)

Portrait of the Doge of Venice Nicolò Marcello
Gentile Bellini (1474)

Madonna and Child
Filippo Lippi (1450)

Portrait of a young man with red cap
Sandro Botticelli (1477)

Portrait of An Old Man
Filippino Lippi (1485)

Tabernacle of the Sacramento
Francesco Botticini

Die Drei Erzengel Mit Dem Kleinen Tobias
Francesco Botticini

Portrait of a Young Man
Francesco Botticini

Raising of the Son of Teophilus and St.Peter Enthroned
Masaccio (1427)

St. Andrew
Masaccio (1426)

The Assumption of the Virgin
Francesco Botticini (1477)

Portrait of a Young Man
Antonello da Messina (1475)

Portrait of Ginevra Benci
Leonardo da Vinci (1474)

Panel of the Bishop
Nuno Gonçalves (1480)

Annunciation
Antonello da Messina (1474)

Madonna with Writing Child and St. Jerome
Pinturicchio (1481)

The ordination of St. Lawrence
Fra Angelico (1449)

The Pazzi Crucifixion (detail 1)
Pietro Perugino (1496)

Circumcision
Filippo Lippi (1465)

Madonna and Child with Cherubs
Andrea Mantegna (1490)

The Galitzin Triptych
Pietro Perugino (1485)

St Augustine
Sandro Botticelli (1480)

Simonetta
Sandro Botticelli (1485)

Profile Portrait of a Boy
Francesco del Cossa

Madonna with Child and Angels
Lo Scheggia (1425)

Portrait of a condottiere
Giovanni Bellini (1485)

Prayer in the Garden
Andrea Mantegna (1459)

Madonna and Child
Antonello da Messina (1475)

View of the Vaulting of the Sacristy of St. John
Luca Signorelli (1482)

The Feast of Herod: Salome's Dance (detail)
Filippo Lippi (1464)

Cori di angeli musicanti
Lo Scheggia (1450)

Three Scenes from the Story of Esther
Sandro Botticelli (1475)

St. Theotonius
Nuno Gonçalves (1490)

Crucifixion with St. Dominic
Fra Angelico (1445)

St. Augustine in his cell
Sandro Botticelli (1490)

Giuliano de Medici
Sandro Botticelli (1478)

April. Fresco in Palazzo Schifanoia (detail) - Triumph of Venus
Francesco del Cossa (1470)

Virgin with the Child and Scenes from the Life of St. Anne
Filippo Lippi (1452)

St. Jerome Penitent
Antonello da Messina (1455)

Madonna
Lorenzo Monaco (1425)

Virgin Annunciate
Antonello da Messina (1475)

The Virgin and Child
Ambrogio Bergognone (1490)

Man with a Turban
Giovanni Bellini (1490)

The Glory of St. Bernardino
Pinturicchio (1486)

The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti
Sandro Botticelli (1483)

Condemnation of St. Lawrence by the Emperor Valerian
Fra Angelico (1449)

Madonna and Child, St Catherine, and the Blessed Stefano Maconi
Ambrogio Bergognone

Portrait of Dante
Sandro Botticelli (1495)

St Romuald (detail of Crucifixion)
Fra Angelico

Trionfo Dell'amore
Lo Scheggia

Detail of St. Catherine from Virgin and Child with Saints, the Altarpiece of San Barnabas
Sandro Botticelli

St. Lawrence giving alms
Fra Angelico (1449)

Madonna col Bambino, tra i ss. Lorenzo, Bartolomeo, Giovanni Battista e Antonio Abate
Francesco Botticini

Perugia Altarpiece (central panel)
Fra Angelico (1448)

Vision of St. Augustine
Filippo Lippi (1438)

The Beheading of John the Baptis
Filippo Lippi (1465)

Portrait of a Young Man
Sandro Botticelli (1483)

Last Judgment
Fra Angelico (1431)

St. Jerome in the Desert
Giovanni Bellini (1480)

Grotesque Profile
Leonardo da Vinci (1487)

The Temptation of Christ
Sandro Botticelli (1482)

Christ Rising from the Tomb
Ambrogio Bergognone (1490)

St Francis in Ecstasy
Giovanni Bellini (1485)

Virgin and Child with Saints from the Altarpiece of San Barnabas
Sandro Botticelli (1488)

Self-portrait (detail)
Filippino Lippi

St. Fredianus Diverts the River Serchio
Filippo Lippi (1438)

Portrait of a Young Man
Sandro Botticelli (1483)

St. Jerome in the desert
Filippo Lippi (1456)

A Sitting Scrivener
Gentile Bellini (1480)

St. George
Andrea Mantegna (1467)

John the Baptist
Francesco Botticini

Madonna and Child with a Praying Franciscan Donor
Antonello da Messina (1455)

Ritratto Di Agostino Barbarigo
Gentile Bellini

A Bishop Saint
Fra Angelico (1425)

St Jerome Reading in the Countryside
Giovanni Bellini (1485)

Madonna della Cintola
Filippo Lippi (1465)

St. Jerome
Antonello da Messina (1472)

The House of Ludovico Gonzaga Bridegroom decorated wall and his son
Andrea Mantegna (1475)

Portrait of a Man (The Condottiero)
Antonello da Messina (1475)

The Tribute Money
Masaccio (1427)

April. Fresco in Palazzo Schifanoia
Francesco del Cossa (1470)

The Virgin and Child with Saints
Ambrogio Bergognone

Madonna del Ceppo
Filippo Lippi (1453)

Presentation at the Temple (deyail)
Ambrogio Bergognone (1494)

The Resurrection, right hand predella panel from the Altarpiece of St. Zeno of Verona
Andrea Mantegna (1459)

Arcangelo Raffaele e Tobiolo
Francesco Botticini (1475)

The Story of St. Nicholas: The Death of the Saint
Fra Angelico (1448)

Perugia Altarpiece
Fra Angelico (1448)

Resurrected Christ
Ambrogio Bergognone

Madonna and Child with Saints
Andrea del Castagno (1445)

St. Michael and the Dragon
Antonio del Pollaiolo (1470)

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
Filippo Lippi (1430)

The Penitent St Jerome
Filippino Lippi (1485)

Head of a girl
Leonardo da Vinci (1483)

The Torment of Saint Anthony
Michelangelo (1487)

St. Peter Consacrates St. Lawrence as Deacon
Fra Angelico (1449)

The Birth of St. John the Baptist
Luca Signorelli (1490)

The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Gentile Bellini (1485)

Madonna and Child with Saints
Filippino Lippi (1485)

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Condamned
Fra Angelico (1440)

Madonna and Child (Maria Lactans)
Ambrogio Bergognone

Portrait of a Humanist
Giovanni Bellini (1480)

Portrait of an Unknown Man
Antonello da Messina (1470)

The Sermon of St. Stephen
Fra Angelico (1449)

Portrait of a Man (Trivulzio portrait)
Antonello da Messina (1476)

The Crucifixion
Francesco Botticini (1471)

Holy Trinity with St. Jerome
Andrea del Castagno (1453)

Profile of a warrior in helmet
Leonardo da Vinci (1472)

Trionfo dell'eternitĂ
Lo Scheggia (1450)

Christ Crowned with Thorns
Sandro Botticelli (1500)

Portrait of a Man
Andrea Mantegna (1460)

Portrait of a Doge, Probably Pasquale Malipiero
Gentile Bellini

Portrait of a young man with red cap
Sandro Botticelli (1474)

The Descent of the Holy Ghost
Luca Signorelli (1494)

Pieta
Antonello da Messina (1475)

The Adoration of the Magi
Leonardo da Vinci (1480)

Madonna and Child (Madonna Benson)
Antonello da Messina (1470)

Pallas and Centaur
Sandro Botticelli (1482)

The Pazzi Crucifixion (detail 2)
Pietro Perugino (1496)

Self-portrait
Antonello da Messina

Stories of Christ's Passion
Andrea del Castagno (1447)

The Reduction of Alba Longa by Tullus Hostilius
Lo Scheggia (1435)

Italil cardinale bessarione col reliquairio della vera croce
Gentile Bellini (1473)

Portrait of a Woman
Filippo Lippi (1440)

Portrait of a Woman
Antonio del Pollaiolo (1475)

The Funeral of St. Stephen
Filippo Lippi (1460)

Four Allegories: Fortune (or Melancholy)
Giovanni Bellini (1490)

The Adoration of the Magi (particular detail)
Pietro Perugino (1470)

Madonna col bambino in trono e santi
Lo Scheggia (1470)

Tobias and the Archangel Raphael
Francesco Botticini (1485)

Ambrose Legend
Filippo Lippi (1441)

St.Mark
Andrea Mantegna (1450)

Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter (detail 2)
Pietro Perugino (1481)

Crucificação
Antonello da Messina (1475)

Adorazione del bambino
Francesco Botticini (1480)

Portrait of a Man
Sandro Botticelli

Farinata degli Uberti
Andrea del Castagno (1450)

Maria with the sleeping child
Andrea Mantegna (1455)

Portrait of a young man
Pietro Perugino

St. Jerome in the Wilderness
Andrea Mantegna (1450)

The Annunciation
Fra Angelico (1440)

Arcangelo Raffaele E Tobiolo
Antonio del Pollaiolo

Madonna and Child with Saints
Luca Signorelli (1484)

Madonna Enthroned
Filippo Lippi (1447)

GesĂš tra i dottori nel tempio (detail)
Ambrogio Bergognone

Portrait of Lorenzo di Credi
Pietro Perugino (1488)

Madonna with the Child
Giovanni Bellini (1464)

Madonna and Child and Saints
Lo Scheggia (1450)

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Pinturicchio (1480)

Ecce Homo
Antonello da Messina (1470)

Saint Lawrence Receiving the Treasures of the Church from Pope Sixtus II
Fra Angelico (1449)

Primavera
Sandro Botticelli (1482)

Virgin and Child with Two Angels
Ambrogio Bergognone (1485)

St. Vincent Tied to Column
Nuno Gonçalves (1490)

The Spring
Sandro Botticelli (1482)

Presentation at the Temple
Andrea Mantegna (1453)

Madonna of Mercy with Kneeling Friars
Fra Angelico (1424)

The Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors
Filippo Lippi (1455)

Head of a Poet Wearing a Cap
Luca Signorelli

Madonna with Child and Singing Angels
Sandro Botticelli (1477)

Trionfo della morte
Lo Scheggia (1450)

Leonardo Loredan
Gentile Bellini

Madonna and Child with two Angels
Filippo Lippi (1465)

Madonna with Trees
Giovanni Bellini (1487)

Adoration of the Magi
Fra Angelico (1442)

Esther Choisie Par AssuĂŠrus
Filippino Lippi (1480)

San Cassiano Altarpiece
Antonello da Messina (1476)

The Pazzi Crucifixion (detail 3)
Pietro Perugino (1496)

Saint Florian (detail)
Francesco del Cossa

The Crucifixion with Sts. Jerome and Christopher
Pinturicchio (1471)

Baptism of the Neophytes
Masaccio (1427)

Saint Cecilia Between Saint Valerian and Saint Tiburtius with a Donor
Francesco Botticini

The Youth of Moses
Sandro Botticelli (1482)

Giovanni Boccaccio
Andrea del Castagno (1450)

The Triumph of Fame; (averse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families
Lo Scheggia

Adoration and Annunciation
Fra Angelico (1424)

St. Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors
Filippo Lippi (1453)

Virgin and Child with An Angel
Francesco del Cossa

Saint Sebastian
Francesco Botticini

Portrait of a Young Woman
Masaccio (1425)

Scena Di Trionfo All'antica
Lo Scheggia

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian before Lisius
Fra Angelico (1440)

The Virgin and Child with St. Peter and St. Sebastian
Giovanni Bellini (1487)

St Catherine of Alexandria
Ambrogio Bergognone (1495)

St. Julian and the Redeemer
Andrea del Castagno (1453)

Perugia Altarpiece (left panel)
Fra Angelico (1448)

St. Jerome (detail from Virgin Enthroned with Saints)
Luca Signorelli

St. Jerome in His Study
Antonello da Messina (1475)

St Agnes
Ambrogio Bergognone (1495)

Der Herbst (die Muse Polyhymnia)
Francesco del Cossa (1460)

Presentation at the Temple
Giovanni Bellini (1464)

Portrait of a Man
Francesco del Cossa

The Funeral of St. Stephen (detail)
Filippo Lippi (1460)

The Descent from the Cross
Filippino Lippi

The Seven Liberal Arts
Lo Scheggia (1460)

Madonna and Child with St. Fredianus and St. Augustine
Filippo Lippi (1438)

Virgin and Child with Six Angels
Lorenzo Monaco (1420)

Portrait of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo
Gentile Bellini (1480)

St. John Taking Leave of his Parents
Filippo Lippi (1465)

Madonna with child and two donors
Gentile Bellini (1460)

The Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels
Giovanni Bellini (1470)

Madonna and Child with Saints, Angels and a Donor
Filippo Lippi (1437)

SS. Vincent of Saragossa, James and Saint Eustace, Altarpiece of the Cardinal of Portugal
Antonio del Pollaiolo (1468)

St. Augustine
Antonello da Messina (1472)

Copy of 'Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci' by Piero di Cosimo
Konstantin Somov (1939)

Crucifixion of St. Sepulchre
Luca Signorelli (1505)

Dead Christ in the Sepulchre
Giovanni Bellini (1460)

Annunciation
Leonardo da Vinci (1480)

Maria and Child
Masaccio (1426)

Portrait of a young woman
Sandro Botticelli (1485)

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Twelve Angels
Fra Angelico (1430)

Girl at Her First Communion
Maria Blanchard (1914)

The Virgin and Child Enthroned
Sandro Botticelli (1484)

Portrait of a venetian gentleman
Giovanni Bellini (1500)

Saint Jerome Reading
Giovanni Bellini (1490)

Profile Portrait of a Young Lady
Antonio del Pollaiolo (1465)

The Last Supper
Andrea del Castagno (1447)

Portrait of a Lady
Lo Scheggia (1460)

Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II (Fatih Sultan Mehmet)
Gentile Bellini (1480)

Abraham Served by Three Angels
Antonello da Messina (1455)

Madonna and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist
Francesco Botticini (1487)

Doge Giovanni Mocenigo
Gentile Bellini (1485)

The Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome and Louis of Toulouse
Andrea Mantegna (1455)