Ghiberti Lorenzo Ghiberti, born Lorenzo di Bartolo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence, a key figure in the Early Renaissance, best known as the creator of two sets of bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, the later one called by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise.

Angelico Italian painter, one of the greatest 15th-century painters, whose works within the framework of the early Renaissance style embody a serene religious attitude.

Durer Albrecht Dürer was a German Renaissance painter, printmaker, writer, and art theorist. He's often considered the greatest artist of the German Renaissance.

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-?) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. He's considered one of the most influential and creative artists in Western history.

El Greco The man known as El Greco was a Greek artist whose emotional style vividly expressed the passion of Counter-Reformation Spain. Here at the National Gallery is the most important collection of his work outside that country, which was his adopted home.