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Leonardo da Vinci
 
Portrait of Leonardo by Francesco Melzi
Born
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

(1452-04-15)April 15, 1452
DiedMay 2, 1519(1519-05-02) (aged 67)
Known forDiverse fields of the arts and sciences
Notable workMona Lisa
The Last Supper
The Vitruvian Man
Lady with an Ermine
StyleHigh Renaissance
Signature
 

Vincent van Gogh
 
Self-Portrait, Spring 1887, Oil on pasteboard, 42 × 33.7 cm., Art Institute of Chicago (F 345)
Born30 March 1853
Died29 July 1890(1890-07-29) (aged 37)
EducationAnton Mauve
Known forPainting, drawing
Notable workStarry Night, Sunflowers, Bedroom in Arles, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, Sorrow
MovementPost-Impressionism
Patron(s)Theo van Gogh
Peter Paul Rubens
 
Self-portrait, 1623, Royal Collection
Born
Peter Paul Rubens

(1577-06-28)28 June 1577
Died30 May 1640(1640-05-30) (aged 62)
NationalityFlemish
EducationTobias Verhaecht
Adam van Noort
Otto van Veen
Known forPainting, Printmaking
MovementFlemish Baroque
Baroque
Signature
 
El Greco
 
Portrait of a Man (presumed self-portrait of El Greco), circa 1595–1600, oil on canvas, 52.7 × 46.7 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States [1]
Born
Doménikos Theotokópoulos

1541
Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete: exact birthplace unknown)
Died7 April 1614 (aged 72–73)
NationalityGreek
Known forPainting, sculpture and architecture
Notable workEl Expolio (1577–1579)
The Assumption of the Virgin (1577–1579)
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586–1588)
View of Toledo (1596–1600)
Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608–1614)
MovementMannerism
Sandro Botticelli
 
Probable self-portrait of Botticelli, in his Adoration of the Magi (1475)
Born
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi

c. 1445[2]
DiedMay 17, 1510 (aged 64–65)
NationalityFlorentine
EducationFilippo Lippi
Andrea del Verrocchio
Known forPainting
Notable workPrimavera
The Birth of Venus
The Adoration of the Magi
Other works
MovementItalian Renaissance
Francisco Goya
 
Portrait of Francisco Goya by Vicente López y Portaña (1826). Oil on canvas, 93 × 75 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Born
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

(1746-03-30)30 March 1746
Died16 April 1828(1828-04-16) (aged 82)
Bordeaux, France
Resting placeRoyal Chapel of St. Anthony of La Florida
40°25′31″N 3°43′32″W / 40.42536°N 3.72560°W / 40.42536; -3.72560
NationalitySpanish
EducationJosé Luzán
Known forPainting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking
MovementRomanticism

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  1. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. ^ Patrick, Renaissance and Reformation vol 1, 2007. Other sources give 1446, 1447 or 1444–45.