Curated category
Catholic painters
- MichelangeloMichelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni arrived in the world on the 6th of March 1475 within the small town of Caprese.
- Gregório LopesIn 1514, Gregório Lopes married the daughter of Jorge Afonso. This union marked a pivotal moment in his career as he transitioned from student to family…
- Diego VelázquezOn the 6th of June 1599, a boy named Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was baptized at the church of St. Peter in Seville.
- TitianTiziano Vecellio, known in English as Titian, was born in Pieve di Cadore near Belluno. The exact date of his birth remains uncertain to this day.
- Salvador DalíOn the 11th of May 1904, a boy named Salvador Dalí was born in Figueres, Catalonia. He arrived at 8:45 am on the first floor of Carrer Monturiol 20.
- TintorettoJacopo Robusti was born in Venice during the late months of 1518. His father, Battista, worked as a dyer, a trade that gave Jacopo his nickname Tintoretto…
- Nuno GonçalvesOn the 20th of July 1450, King Afonso V appointed Nuno Gonçalves as his court painter. This official position held until at least 1471, marking a stable…
- RaphaelRaffaello Sanzio da Urbino was born in the small but artistically significant central Italian city of Urbino in March 1483 or the 6th of April 1483.
- Jan van EyckJan van Eyck died on the 9th of July 1441, in Bruges. Surviving records date his birth at around 1380 or 1390, in Maaseik, which is located in present-day…
- Filippino LippiFilippino Lippi was born in 1457 at Prato, Tuscany. He entered the world as the illegitimate son of Lucrezia Buti and Fra Filippo Lippi.
- Hugo van der GoesHugo van der Goes likely entered the world around 1440 in Ghent or its immediate surroundings. No records confirm his childhood or early training before he…
- Pieter Bruegel the ElderPieter Bruegel the Elder was born between 1525 and 1530, though no official record confirms his exact birth date. He entered the Antwerp painters' guild in…
- Paolo VeroneseThe census records of 1528 list a stonecutter named Gabriele and his wife Caterina as the parents of their fifth child, Paolo.
- El GrecoDoménikos Theotokópoulos was born on the 1st of October 1541 in Candia, now known as Heraklion. This city served as the capital of Crete under Venetian rule…
- GiottoGiotto di Bondone was born around 1267 in Florence, though some sources suggest a farmhouse in the Mugello region. His father worked as a blacksmith named…
- Albrecht DürerAlbrecht Dürer was born on the 21st of May 1471 in Nuremberg, Germany. His father, Albrecht Dürer the Elder, had moved from Hungary to become a successful…
- Hieronymus BoschJheronimus van Aken was born in the town of 's-Hertogenbosch, which locals simply called Den Bosch. His family roots stretched back to Nijmegen and Aachen…
- Sandro BotticelliAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi was born in Florence between 1444 and 1446, though the exact day remains unknown.
- Hubert van EyckHubert van Eyck likely entered the world in Maaseik, a town now located within Belgium's Limburg province. Records from 1409 identify him as Magister…
- CaravaggioMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio arrived in Milan on the 29th of September 1571. His father Fermo worked as a household administrator for the local marquess.
- Giorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari arrived into the world prematurely on the 30th of July 1511 in Arezzo, Tuscany. His early years were marked by a recommendation from his…
- Giovanni Battista TiepoloGiovanni Battista Tiepolo entered the world on the 5th of March 1696 in Venice. He was the youngest of six children born to Domenico and Orsetta Tiepolo.
- Gustave DoréOn the 6th of January 1832, Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré was born in Strasbourg. At age fifteen, he began working as a caricaturist for Le journal pour…
- Ambrogio LorenzettiAmbrogio Lorenzetti emerged from the Sienese school of painting around 1317. His early life remains shrouded in mystery, yet his artistic roots trace back to…
- Andrea MantegnaAndrea Mantegna was born in Isola di Carturo, close to Padua, in the Venetian Republic. He became apprenticed to Paduan painter Francesco Squarcione at the…
- Giulio ClovioGiulio Clovio was born in 1498 within the village of Grižane, located in the Kingdom of Croatia. His family background remains a point of historical interest…