maestro, master - an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters"

painter - an artist who paints

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)

Hogarth, William Hogarth - English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764)

Holbein the Elder, Hans Holbein, Holbein - 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)

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)