30magnif.jpg Madonna Del Magnificat, Madonna of Magificat, a tempera of 118 x 119 painted by Sando Botticelli in 1481. It portraits the Virgin Mary crowed by two angels as she is writing the opening of the Magnificat. It has an extensive use of gold paint.	Bacco Caravaggio 2.jpg Bacchus, an oil on canvas of 95 cm x 85 cm by Michelangelo Merisi, (circa 1571-1610) called Caravaggio, painted 1596/1597. Caravaggio was a revolutionary painter born in Milano who personifies in every aspects of his eventful like the romantic figure of the damned artist.	Botticelli-Primavera-001.jpg La Primavera, an Allegory of Spring, by Sandro Botticelli (circa 1445-1510), a tempera panel of 203 cm x 314 cm painted between 1477 and 1482 for Lorenzo di Pierfancesco de Medici, a cousin of Lorenzo the Magnificent.
dittico-di-urbino.jpg Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino by Piero Della Francesca (1415-1492). Also called Dittico di Urbino, an oil on wood 47 cm x 33 cm, painted between 1465-1472. The profiles are portrayed as Classical Portrait Medals.	Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni de' Medici.jpg Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo, wife of Cosimo I de' Medici, with son Giovanni by Angelo di Cosimo (1503-1572) called Bronzino, a 115 cm 96 cm oil on panel painted around 1545. It is considered to be one of the prominent examples of Mannerist portraiture.	Madonna_del_cardellino_(Raffaello) 2.jpg Madonna del Cardellino or Madonna of the Goldfinch, an oil on wood 107 cm x 77 cm by Raffaello Sanzio (1483-1520) called Raffaello (Raphael) in 1506, recently restored in 2008.
Uffizi-Gallery_The-Doni-Tondo-by-Michelangelo_7307.jpg Tondo Doni, an oil and tempera on panel painted by Michelangelo (1475-1564) in 105/1508 after he returned to Florence from Rome. Commissioned by Florentine banker Agnolo Doni possibly for his wedding.	Venus+of+Urbino-1600x1200-23449.jpg La Venere di Urbino, Venus of Urbino, an oil on canvas allegory of marriage of 119 cm x 165 painted by Tiziano Vecellio (1488/90-1576) called Tiziano, in 1538 Tiziano is considered a master of Venetian Renaissance.

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