Artwork from the 16st Century

Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
Works of Art

Mona Lisa is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the French government and...

Cristo della Minerva
Cristo della Minerva
Works of Art

The Cristo della Minerva, also known as Christ the Redeemer or Christ Carrying the Cross, is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti, finished in...

Madonna of Bruges
Madonna of Bruges
Works of Art

The Madonna of Bruges is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo, of Mary with the infant Jesus. Michelangelo's depiction of the Madonna and Child differs significantly from earlier...

Moses
Moses
Works of Art

The Moses is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti 1513-1515 which depicts the Biblical figure Moses. Originally intended for the tomb of Julius II in St. Peter's Basilica, "Moses...

Sistine Chapel ceiling
Sistine Chapel ceiling
Works of Art

The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Sistine Chapel built...

The Conversion of Saul
The Conversion of Saul
Works of Art

The Conversion of Saul is a painting attributed to the Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti . It is housed in the Cappella Paolina, Vatican Palace, in the Vatican City.

The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment
Works of Art

The Last Judgment is a mural by Michelangelo on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It took nine years to complete. Michelangelo began working on it three decades after...

Allegory of Prudence
Allegory of Prudence
Works of Art

The Allegory of Prudence is an oil painting by the Italian master Titian. It is in the National Gallery, London. The picture portrays three human heads, facing different directions,...

Alessandro de' Medici
Alessandro de' Medici
Works of Art

Alessandro de' Medici (1534-1535) is a painting by Italian Mannerist artist Jacopo Pontormo.

Saint Martin and the Beggar
Saint Martin and the Beggar
Works of Art

"Saint Martin and the Beggar" is a painting by Spanish artist El Greco.

Bacchus and Ariadne
Bacchus and Ariadne
Works of Art

Bacchus and Ariadne is an oil painting by Titian. It is one of a cycle of paintings on mythological subjects produced for Alfonso d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara, for the Camerino d'Alabastro...

Annunciation
Annunciation
Works of Art

The Annunciation in San Salvador di Venezia, Venice was painted by the Italian renaissance artist Titian between 1559 and 1564.

Danaë
Danaë
Works of Art

St. John the Baptist
St. John the Baptist
Works of Art

St. John the Baptist is an oil painting on walnut wood by the artist Leonardo da Vinci. Completed from 1513 to 1516, when the High Renaissance was metamorphosing into Mannerism, it is...

Narcissus
Narcissus
Works of Art

Narcissus is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, circa 1597-1599. It is housed in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Rome. The attribution of this painting to...

Leda and the Swan
Leda and the Swan
Works of Art

"Leda and the Swan" is a painting by Cesare Sesto, probably a copy after a lost original by Leonardo. The painting is owned by Wilton House, in Salisbury, England.

Hercules and Cacus
Hercules and Cacus
Works of Art

The white marble sculpture Hercules and Cacus is to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. This work by the Florentine artist Baccio...

Vertumnus and Pomona
Vertumnus and Pomona
Works of Art

The fresco decoration of Vertumnus and Pomona in the Medici country villa at Poggio a Caiano is a masterpiece by Jacopo Pontormo. The villa is set among orchards and gardens, and...

The Feast of the Gods
The Feast of the Gods
Works of Art

The Feast of the Gods is an oil painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini. It is one of a cycle of paintings on mythological subjects produced for Alfonso I d'Este, the...

The Garden of Earthly Delights
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Works of Art

The Garden of Earthly Delights is a triptych painted by the early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch , housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1939. Dating...

Mars (sign of the Ram)
Mars (sign of the Ram)
Works of Art

  Mars (sign of the Ram) is a tapestry created by Guillame Dermoyen in 1533.

Crucifixion
Crucifixion
Works of Art

"Crucifixion" is a painting by Juan de Flandes.

San Sebastian
San Sebastian
Works of Art

"San Sebastian" is a painting by El Greco.

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