Famous Renaissance Portraits

A LOOK AT

Giovanni Bellini created a portrait style for upper-class Venetians, depicting the subject’s bust height, in a three-quarter perspective, clothed in customary patrician garb with a flowing black toga and head covering.

RENAISSANCE PORTRAIT STYLE

For the very first time in history, the portraiture of women increased significantly throughout the Renaissance. 

PORTRAITS OF WOMEN

THE MOST FAMOUS RENAISSANCE PORTRAITS

Portrait of a Young Man (1425)  Possibly by Masaccio

Ginevra de’ Benci (1474) Leonardo da Vinci

Portrait of a Young Man (c. 1483)  Sandro Botticelli

An Old Man and His Grandson (c. 1490)  Domenico Ghirlandaio

Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501)  Giovanni Bellini

Portrait of Agnolo Doni (1506)  Raphael

Laura (1506)  Giorgione

Portrait of Eleonora Gonzaga (1538)  Titian

Portrait of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (1599)  Sofonisba Anguissola

Self-Portrait by Judith Leyster (1633)  Judith Leyster