High Renaissance and Mannerism

In the early 1500s Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titian lifted Italian painting to what was later called the High Renaissance. Mannerism, a highly finished and self-consciously stylish art of idealized figures after Michelangelo, chose color for decoration and expression rather than nature. It spread from Italy across Europe. Connected places: Florence · Rome · Venice.

• Head of a WomanPaolo Veronese, c. 1575
• Upraised Right Hand, with Palm Facing Outward: Study for Saint PeterRaphael, 1518/20
• Saint Helen Testing the True CrossTintoretto, c. 1545
• Tarquin and LucretiaTintoretto, 1578–80
• Reclining Male Nude, ForeshortenedTintoretto, 1562
• Group of Nine Standing FiguresParmigianino, 1524/27
• Old Shepherd Leaning on a StaffParmigianino, 1524/31
• Page Serving Wine or The Painter's ApprenticeParmigianino, 1530/40
• Christ Child: Study for the Madonna di San GiovanniFederico Barocci, c. 1565
• Head of the Swooning Virgin: Study for the Deposition (recot) Base of Column (verso)Federico Barocci, 1568/69
• The Vision of Saint FrancisFederico Barocci, 1581
• Saint Francis Receiving the StigmataFederico Barocci, c. 1581
• The AnnunciationFederico Barocci, c. 1585
• Study for the "Madonna of the Rosary"Federico Barocci, c. 1589
• Portrait of Agostino BarbarigoPaolo Veronese, after c. 1571
• Various Sketches of the Madonna and Child (recto)Paolo Veronese, c. 1580
• The Nativity with the Dream of JosephParmigianino, c. 1527/30?
• The EntombmentParmigianino, c. 1525–35
• The Baptism of ChristPerugino, 1500–05
• Christ and the Woman of SamariaPerugino, 1500–05
• The NativityPerugino, 1500–05
• Noli Me TangerePerugino, 1500–05
• Studies of a Seated Female, Child's Head, and Three Studies of a BabyRaphael, c. 1507–8
• Portrait of a GentlemanRidolfo Ghirlandaio, c. 1505