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Famous Renaissance paintings

The Italian and Northern Renaissance, roughly the 1400s and 1500s, produced many of the most famous paintings in the world. Here are 16 of them, in date order.

The Italian works are mostly still in Italy and the Vatican: the Uffizi in Florence, the Vatican Museums and the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. Northern Renaissance paintings are spread between London, Madrid, Vienna and New York.

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