Barthélemy Menn was a Swiss painter and draughtsman who introduced the principles of plein-air painting and the paysage intime into Swiss art.
undate photo from the collections of the Bibliothèque de Genève
Fresco from the Salle des chevaliers, Castle of Gruyères
Tiziano Vecellio, Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian, was an Italian Renaissance painter. The most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting, he was born in Pieve di Cador
Self-Portrait, c. 1567, now housed in Museo del Prado in Madrid
A Man with a Quilted Sleeve, c. 1509, National Gallery, London
Sacred and Profane Love, 1514, Galleria Borghese, Rome
Allegory of Sacred Love (detail of Sacred and Profane Love)