Early European Art Identifiers

Catacomb of Priscilla

name

artist Catacomb of Priscilla

n/a

date Catacomb of Priscilla

200-400 CE. late antique Europe

location Catacomb of Priscilla

rome, italy

medium Catacomb of Priscilla

tufa and fresco

santa sabina

title

artist santa sabina

n/a

date santa sabina

422-432 CE late antique Europe

location santa sabina

Rome, Italy

medium santa sabina

timber, stone, brick

hagia sophia

title

artist hagia sophia

anthemius of tralles and isidorus of miletus

date hagia sophia

532-537 CE

location hagia sophia

Istanbul, Turkey

medium hagia sophia

Brick, ceramic, stone, mosaic

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

title

artist Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

n/a

date Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

500-600 byzantine europe

location Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

Mount Sinai, Egypt

medium Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

encaustic on wood

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis

title

artist Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis

n/a

date Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis

500 byzantine europe

location Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis

byzantine empire

medium Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis

tempura, gold and silver on purple vellum

san vitale

title

artist san vitale

n/a

date san vitale

526-547 CE byzantine europe

location san vitale

Ravenna, Italy

medium san vitale

brick, marble, stone, mosaic

Merovingian looped fibulae

title

artist Merovingian looped fibulae

n/a

date Merovingian looped fibulae

550 medieval europe

location Merovingian looped fibulae

western europe

medium Merovingian looped fibulae

silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnet and other stones

Lindisfarne Gospels

title

artist Lindisfarne Gospels

n/a

date Lindisfarne Gospels

700 CE medieval europe

location Lindisfarne Gospels

Lindisfarne, england

Medium Lindisfarne gospels

ink, pigments, and gold on vellum

church of sainte-foy

title

artist church of sainte-foy

n/a

date church of sainte-foy

1050-1130 Romanesque europe

location church of sainte-foy

Conques, France

medium church of sainte-foy

stone, paint, gemstones, enamel, wood

Bayeux Tapestry

title

artist Bayeux Tapestry

norman women

date Bayeux Tapestry

1066-1080 CE Romanesque europe

location Bayeux Tapestry

england

medium Bayeux Tapestry

embroidery on linen

Chartes Cathedral

title

artist Chartes Cathedral

n/a

date Chartes Cathedral

1145-1155 CE gothic europe

location Chartes Cathedral

chartes, france

medium Chartes Cathedral

limestone, stained glass

dedication page with blanche of castile and king louis IX of France

title

artist dedication page with blanche of castile and king louis IX of France

n/a

date dedication page with blanche of castile and king louis IX of France

1225-1245 gothic europe

location dedication page with blanche of castile and king louis IX of France

france and spain

medium dedication page with blanche of castile and king louis IX of France

ink, tempera, gold leaf, vellum

Rottgen Pieta

title

artist Rottgen Pieta

n/a

date Rottgen Pieta

1300-1325 late gothic

location Rottgen Pieta

germany

medium Rottgen Pieta

painted wood

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation

title

artist Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation

giotto de Bondone

date Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation

1303-1305 northern renaissance

location Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation

padva, italy

medium Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation

brick and fresco

golden Haggadah

title

artist golden Haggadah

n/a

date golden Haggadah

1320 late medieval

location golden Haggadah

spain

medium golden Haggadah

pigments and gold leaf on vellum

annunciation triptych

title

artist annunciation triptych

robert campin's workshop

date annunciation triptych

1427-1432 northern renaissance

location annunciation triptych

Netherlands

medium annunciation triptych

oil on wood

the arnolifi portrait

title

artist the arnolifi portrait

jan van eyck

date the arnolifi portrait

1432 northern renaissance

location the arnolifi portrait

Netherlands

medium the arnolifi portrait

oil and wood

isenheim altarpiece

title

artist isenheim altarpiece

Matthias Grunewald

date isenheim altarpiece

1512-1516 renaissance

location isenheim altarpiece

germany

medium isenheim altarpiece

oil on wood

adam and eve

title

adam and eve artist

Albrecht Durer

date adam and eve

1504 renaissance

location Adam and Eve

german

medium adam and eve

engraving

allegory of law and grace

title

artist allegory of law and grace

Lucas Cranach the Elder

date allegory of law and grace

1530 ce northern renaissance

location allegory of law and grace

germany

medium allegory of law and grace

woodcut and letterpress

hunters in the snow

title

artist hunters in the snow

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

date hunters in the snow

1565 realist period

location hunters in the snow

vienna, austria

medium hunters in the snow

oil on wood

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

title

artist Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Fra Filippo Lippi

date Madonna and Child with Two Angels

1465 southern renaissance

location Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Florence, italy

medium Madonna and Child with Two Angels

tempera on wood

birth of venus

title

artist birth of venus

Sandro Botticelli

date birth of venus

1484-1486 southern renaissance

location birth of venus

Florence, italy

medium birth of venus

tempera on canvas

david

title

artist david

Donatello

date david

1440-1441 southern renaissance

location david

Florence, italy

medium, david

bronze

pazzi chapel

title

artist pazzi chapel

filippo Brunelleschi

date pazzi chapel

1429-1461 southern renaissance

location pazzi chapel

florence, italy

medium pazzi chapel

masonry

palazzo rucellai

title

artist palazzo rucellai

leon battista alberti

date palazzo rucellai

1450 southern renaissance

location palazzo rucellai

Florence, italy

medium palazzo rucellai

masonry