Alessandro Allori 1535-1607 Italian Student of Agnolo Bronzino Teacher of Cristofano Allori Alessandro Allori lost his father at the age of five and was cared for by his father’s friend, the painter Agnolo Bronzino, who took in the entire family: his friend’s mother, niece, widow, daughter, and three

Filippino Lippi 1457-1504 Italian Student of Fra Filippo Lippi, Sandro Botticelli Teacher of Raffaellino del Garbo Filippino Lippi was one of the most revered and renowned painters of his time, overcoming the circumstance of his scandalous birth as the son of the Carmelite friar Filippo Lippi and the

Andrea del Sarto 1486 - 1531 Italian Student of Piero di Cosimo, Raffaellino del Garbo Teacher of Jacopo Pontormo Andrea del Sarto began his artistic education as a goldsmith before transferring to the workshop of Piero di Cosimo. Following his master’s example, Sarto incorporated luminous and intricate landscapes

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519 Italian Student of Andrea del Verrocchio Teacher of Jacopo Pontormo Leonardo Da Vinci -- painter, sculptor, inventor, observer, and recorder -- was one of Florence’s best known artists. Though fewer than two dozen paintings attributed to Leonardo exist, his fame and influence were widespread.

Piero di Cosimo 1461-1521 Italian Student of Cosimo Rosselli Teacher of Andrea del Sarto, Jacopo Pontormo Piero di Cosimo was a unique personality, his imaginative inventions quite unlike the paintings of his contemporaries. An eccentric painter of mythological and religious subject matter, Piero began his education as the

Pietro Perugino 1450-1523 Italian Student of Andrea del Verrocchio, Piero della Francesca Teacher of Raphael Sanzio Pietro Perugino was trained in the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio while Leonardo Da Vinci was also studying there. Perugino may also have studied with Piero della Francesca before establishing his career

Fra Filippo Lippi 1406-1469 Italian Teacher of Sandro Botticelli Fra Filippo Lippi, orphaned as a child, entered the Carmelite convent at eight and began his education, taking his vows and becoming a Carmelite friar at sixteen. No documents exist to verify the particulars of Filippo’s artistic training although,

Cosimo Rosselli 1439 - 1507 Italian Student of Neri di Bicci Teacher of Piero di Cosimo Cosimo Rosselli was trained by Neri di Bicci, the last operator of a a century-old family-run workshop providing altarpieces and frescos to Florentine churches with a formulaic style that had persisted

Andrea del Verrocchio 1435-1488 Italian Teacher of Leonardo Da Vinci Andrea del Verrocchio was a versatile sculptor and painter who is perhaps best known as the teacher of Leonardo Da Vinci in his Florentine workshop. Verrocchio employed his students as assistants, a common practice of the time, training

Sandro Botticelli 1444-1510 Italian Student of Fra Filippo Lippi Teacher of Filippino Lippi Sandro Botticelli was recognized in his lifetime as one of the most esteemed painters in Italy, producing sumptuous mythological paintings for the ruling Medici family with his characteristic graceful linear and