Lamentation

Giotto

• ca. 1310
• Enrico Scrovegni

Madonna Enthroned

Giotto

• ca. 1905
• commissioned by the Humiliati for the Chiesa di Ognissanti

Peaceful City

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

• 1348-39
• commissioned by the Sienese government for the Sala della Pace in the Palazzo Pubblico

Triumph of Death

Francesco Traini

• 1330's
• Commissioned by Dominican sect

Merode Altarpiece

Robert Campin

• ca. 1425-28
• commissioned by Peter Ingelbrecht (angel bringer) and wife, née Scrynmakers (cabinet- or shrine-makers)

Ghent Altarpiece

Jan van Eyck

• 1432
• Jodocus Vyd and wife, Isabel Borluut for a church originally dedicated to St. John the Baptist, known as Saint Bavo Cathedral since 1540
• Vyd appointed to burgomeister soon after the painting's revelation

Giovanni Arolfini and his Bride

Jan van Eyck

• 1434
• commissioned by Arnolfini

Deposition

Rogier van der Weyden

• ca. 1345
• commissioned by Archers Guild for Notre Dame hors-les-murs in Louvain, Belgium

Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymous Bosch

• 1505-10
• probably commissioned by noble family for private use

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons

Martin Schoengauer

• ca. 1480-90

Isaac and His Sons, detail from Gates of Paradise

Ghiberti

• 1425-52
• commissioned by church officials for Florentine baptistry

David

Donatello

• ca. 1440-60
• commissioned by Medici for display in courtyard palace

Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden

Masaccio

• 1427
• commissioned by Felice Brancacci for Brancacci Chapel at Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence

Holy Trinity

Masaccio

• ca. 1428
• commissioned by Lorenzo Lenzi for Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Dome of the Florence Cathedral

Brunelleschi

• 1420-36

Birth of Venus

Botticelli

• ca. 1482
• commissioned by Medici
• theme was subject of poem by Angelo Poliziano

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Leonardo

• ca. 1505-07
• commissioned for the church of Santissima Annunziata, never finished

Last Supper

Leonardo

• ca. 1495-98
• commissioned for the refectory of the church of Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan

David

Michelangelo

• 1501-04
• commissioned by city of Florence to cap the dome of the Florence Cathedral

Ceiling of Sistine Chapel; Creation of Adam

Michelangelo

• 1508-12
• commissioned by Pope Julius II

School of Athens

Raphael

• 1509-11
• commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate the Stanza della Segnatura of the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.

Madonna of the Meadow

Raphael

• 1505-06
• commissioned by Taddeo Taddei

Meeting of Bacchus and Ariadne

Titian

• ca. 1522-23
• commissioned by Alfonso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, for his Camerino d'Alabastro

Venus of Urbino

Titian

• 1538
• commissioned by Guidobaldo II for "personal enjoyment"