Rogier Van der Weyden

The Annunciation, oil on panel — circa 1440, Musée du Louvre, ParisRogier van der Weyden’s early training was in the workshop of the town goldsmith. Although it is not known if he ever actually worked in the trade. Approaching thirty, he began…more here

Giovanni Bellini

At Venice Giovanni Bellini conducted art from the Byzantinism of Crivelli and the Paduan rigidity of Bartolomeo Vivarini  into the paths of Botticelli and Perugino. At first he had…more here

Andrea Mantegna

Mantegna, of all painters can only be explained through his personality. Piero della Francesca and he signify respectively the soil and cliffs in Italian painting. With Giotto, Castigno, and Sagantinti, he was one of the four great Shepard boys in the history of art. A keen Alpine air pervades his works; they…more here