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Feb 22, 1420
The Tribute Money
The painting was by Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai, or Masaccio. It describes a scene in which Jesus tells Peter to find a coin in the mouth of a fish to pay for the temple tax. -
Period: Feb 23, 1420 to Feb 25, 1529
Renaissance Paintings
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Feb 22, 1440
The Battle of San Romano
It is a set of three paintings by Paolo Uccello that shows what happened during the Battle of San Romano. They show the development for perspective and are unsual since they were not commisioned by a church. -
Feb 24, 1475
The Portinari Altarpiece
An oil on wood painting by Hugo van der Goes that was commissioned for the church of the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. He and his two sons are in the painting on the left side and his wife and daughter are one the right side. In the painting three sheperds are kneeling in front of Jesus as a child with angels surrounding them. -
Feb 24, 1478
Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus is a 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli was commissioned to paint the work by the Medici family of Florence, specifically Lorenzo de' Medici. It depicts the goddess Venus, having emerged from the sea as a fully grown woman, arriving at the sea-shore. -
Feb 24, 1482
La Primavera
Primavera, also known as Allegory of Spring, is a tempera panel painting by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli. Painted 1482, it is "one of the most written about, and most controversial paintings in the world." -
Feb 24, 1482
Christ Giving the Keys to Peter
By Perugino, the painting refers to the "keys of the kingdom of heaven" being given to Peter. The keys represent the power of letting others go to heaven and to forgive. -
Feb 24, 1498
The Last Supper
The Last Supper is by Leonardo da Vinci and is made to show the different reactions of the apostles when Jesus said one of them would betray him. Leonardo made the lighting focus on Jesus and shows references to the number 3 (represents Christian belief in the Holy Trinity). -
Feb 25, 1514
Amor sacro y amor profano.
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Feb 25, 1523
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels
This altarpiece of which this is a direct replica was commissioned from Luini in 1523 for the church of San Magno in the northern Italian town of Legnano. -
Feb 25, 1529
Venus and Cupid
Lorenzo Lotto has created a paradigmatic marriage painting, the visual equivalent of a poetic epithalamium, or marriage poem. These lyrical, ancient poems or songs were performed at weddings and often began with verses in which Venus was roused from her bower to bless the bride and groom.
