old master
Noun
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A great European painter prior to 19th century (synset 110395493)
specific instances:
- bosch, hieronymus bosch, jerom bos - Dutch painter (1450-1516)
- alessandro di mariano dei filipepi, botticelli, sandro botticelli - Italian painter of mythological and religious paintings (1444-1510)
- breughel, breughel the elder, bruegel, brueghel, pieter breughel, pieter bruegel, pieter brueghel, pieter brueghel the elder - Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569)
- caravaggio, michelangelo merisi da caravaggio - Italian painter noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and his novel use of light (1573-1610)
- cimabue, giovanni cimabue - painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302)
- antonio allegri da correggio, correggio - Italian painter noted for his use of chiaroscuro and perspective (1494-1534)
- albrecht durer, durer - a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance (1471-1528)
- domenikos theotocopoulos, el greco, greco - Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614)
- eyck, jan van eyck, van eyck - Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441)
- giotto, giotto di bondone - Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337)
- frans hals, hals - Dutch portrait and genre painter who endowed his portraits with vitality and humor (1580?-1666)
- hogarth, william hogarth - English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764)
- hans holbein, holbein, holbein the elder - German painter of religious works (1465-1524)
- hans holbein, holbein, holbein the younger - German painter and engraver noted for his portraits; he was commissioned by Henry VIII to provide portraits of the English king's prospective brides (1497-1543)
- georges de la tour, la tour - French painter of religious works (1593-1652)
- da vinci, leonardo, leonardo da vinci - Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519)
- fra filippo lippi, lippi - Italian painter whose works show a three-dimensional style (1406-1469)
- filippino lippi, lippi - Italian painter and son of Fra Filippo Lippi (1457-1504)
- michelangelo, michelangelo buonarroti - Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564)
- nicolas poussin, poussin - French painter in the classical style (1594-1665)
- raffaello santi, raffaello sanzio, raphael - Italian painter whose many paintings exemplify the ideals of the High Renaissance (1483-1520)
- rembrandt, rembrandt harmensz van rijn, rembrandt van rijn, rembrandt van ryn - influential Dutch artist (1606-1669)
- pierre auguste renoir, renoir - French impressionist painter (1841-1919)
- peter paul rubens, rubens, sir peter paul rubens - prolific Flemish baroque painter; knighted by the English king Charles I (1577-1640)
- jan steen, steen - Dutch genre painter (1626-1679)
- jacopo robusti, tintoretto - Italian painter of the Venetian school (1518-1594)
- titian, tiziano vecellio - old master of the Venetian school (1490-1576)
- anthony vandyke, sir anthony vandyke, van dyck, vandyke - Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)
- diego rodriguez de silva y velazquez, velazquez - Spanish painter (1599-1660)
- jan van der meer, jan vermeer, vermeer - Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675)
- paola caliari, paolo veronese, veronese - Italian painter of the Venetian school (1528-1588)
- jean antoine watteau, watteau - French painter (1684-1721)
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