# Five Famous Men

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera on wood, 43 x 210 cm

## Commentary

This painting, formerly attributed to Paolo Uccello, portrays five famous men, Giotto \(representing painting\), Uccello \(representing the principles of perspective and animal painting\), Donatello \(representing sculpture\), Manetti \(representing mathematics\), and Brunelleschi \(representing architecture\).

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- [A Bishop Saint](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/a-bishop-saint-r13a89c2ae00798>)
- [A Curious Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/a-curious-scene-rb8a8aef149bd4c>)
- [Adam and Eve; Cain and Abel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/adam-and-eve-cain-and-abel-r8f656db050f069>)
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- [Altar frontal](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/altar-frontal-rdbf4351abd8de4>)
- [Altarpiece \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/altarpiece-detail-r4fc7429ea0b8ac>)
- [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/altarpiece-of-st-clare-detail-r1b859e29c36f86>)
- [Altarpiece of St Clare \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/altarpiece-of-st-clare-detail-r7fb1042dbf3092>)
- [Altarpiece of St Clare](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/altarpiece-of-st-clare-r1b4596c2892d6d>)
- [Altarpiece of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/altarpiece-of-the-magi-rf75f8b935d472d>)
- [Altarpiece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-italian-r475e5f0990c139/altarpiece-r4c8b3d2283b007>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)