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1517
 
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Leonardo da Vinci moves to France, on the invitation of Francis I       
1520
 
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The German painter Hans Holbein the Younger establishes his own studio in Basel      
c. 1520
 
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Mannerism develops in Italy in the work of the painters Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino       
c. 1525
 
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Lucas Cranach's studio in Wittenberg has a profitable line in naked female figures from mythology      
Cranach Cupid complaining to Venus (detail) c.1532
National Gallery, London

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1526
 
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Hans Holbein the Younger pays his first visit to England, and stays with Thomas More in Chelsea       
Holbein 'The Ambassadors' (detail)
National Gallery, London

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1533
 
     
The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, makes Titian his court painter (an arrangement continued by Philip II)        
c. 1565
 
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Pieter Brueghel the Elder depicts biblical events taking place among the peasants of the Netherlands countryside     
Pieter Brueghel the Elder Adoration of the Kings (detail) 1564
National Gallery, London

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1577
 
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Domenikos Theotokopoulos moves to Spain, where he becomes known as El Greco      
c. 1585
 
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The English artist John White paints the everyday life of the Secotan Indians of America      
1587
 
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Nicholas Hilliard paints the delightful miniature known simply as Young Man among Roses