Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance-era. He contributed to the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel and painted the immortal The Birth of Venus.

• Painter
  (1445–1510)

Italian painter Fra Filippo Lippi painted frescoes in monasteries and cathedrals in the 1400s. His work is noted for its color and narrative quality.

• Painter, Monk
  (d. c. 1406)

Dominican friar and painter Fra Angelico lived in Florence during the early 1400s. He is considered one of the best fresco painters of the century.

• Monk, Painter
  (c. 1400–1455)

A leading figure of Italian High Renaissance classicism, Raphael is best known for his "Madonnas," including the Sistine Madonna, and for his large figure compositions in the Palace of the Vatican in Rome.

• Architect, Painter
  (1483–1520)

Michelangelo is widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Among his works are the "David" and "Pieta" statues and the Sistine Chapel frescoes. 

• Sculptor, Painter, Poet, Architect
  (1475–1564)

Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi influenced Tuscan Mannerists in the 16th century. His most famous work was “The Vision of St. Bernard.”

• Painter
  (c. 1457–1504)

High Renaissance style Venetian painter Giorgione is best known for "The Tempest." He was also one of the first painters to paint people in a landscape setting.

• Painter
  (c. 1477–c. 1510)

Caravaggio, or Michelangelo Merisi, was an Italian painter who is considered one of the fathers of modern painting.

• Painter
  (c. 1571–1610)