1420s in art
The decade of the 1420s in art involved some significant events.
Events
- 1420s: First use of graphical perspective in painting.
- February 19, 1426: Masaccio is commissioned to paint a major altarpiece, the Pisa Polyptych altarpiece in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Pisa.
- c. 1426 – Bahram Gur and the Indian Princess in Her Black Pavilion, a copy of the 12th century "Haft Paykar" of Nizami Ganjavi, Herat, Afghanistan, is made. Timurid dynasty period. It is now kept at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- Devonshire Hunting Tapestries woven.
Works
Painting
- 1420 Fra Angelico Christ with a Crown of Thorns
- 1420: Giovanni di Paolo paints a tiny gold-ground triptych
- 1422: Masaccio – San Giovenale Triptych
- 1423: Gentile da Fabriano – Adoration of the Magi
- c. 1424: Masaccio – Virgin and Child with St. Anne
- 1424: Masolino – PietÃ
- 1425: Gentile da Fabriano – Quaratesi Polyptych
- 1425: Masaccio – Portrait of a Young Man
- 1426: Masaccio – Crucifixion
- 1426: Masaccio – The Madonna and Child
- 1428: Masaccio – ''The Holy Trinity''
Sculpture
- 1421–1427: Donatello and Michelozzo – Tomb of Antipope John XXIII, Florence Cathedral
- 1423–1425: Donatello – Zuccone, Florence Cathedral
- c. 1425: Donatello – The Feast of Herod Baptismal font, Siena Cathedral
- 1423: Ghiberti – sculpture of St. Matthew, Orsanmichele guild center, Florence
Births
- 1429–1433: Antonio del Pollaiuolo – painter
- 1429: Mino da Fiesole – Italian sculptor from Poppi, Tuscany
- 1429: Gentile Bellini – Italian painter
- 1427: Alesso Baldovinetti – painter
- 1427: Shen Zhou – Chinese painter in Ming Dynasty
- 1427: Antonio Rossellino – Italian sculptor
- 1426: Maso Finiguerra – Italian goldsmith, draftsman, and engraver
- 1425: Simon Marmion – Netherlandish painter
- 1425: Andrea Aleksi – Albanian architect, painter and sculptor
- 1425: Antoine Le Moiturier – French sculptor
- 1421: Benozzo Gozzoli – Italian Renaissance painter from Florence
- 1421: Andrea del Castagno – Italian fresco painter from Florence
- 1421: Lucas Moser – German Late-Gothic painter
- 1421: Andreas Ritzos – Greek icons painter
- 1420: Barthélemy d'Eyck – Early [Netherlandish art]ist who worked in France as a painter and manuscript illuminator
- 1420: Giovanni Francesco da Rimini – Italian painter
- 1420: Matteo di Andrea de' Pasti – Italian medalist
- 1420: Jean Fouquet – French painter, a master of both panel painting and manuscript illumination, and the apparent inventor of the portrait miniature
- 1420: Bartolomeo Caporali – Italian painter
- 1420: Loyset Liédet – early Netherlandish miniaturist and illuminator
- 1420: Nikolaus Gerhaert – Dutch sculptor
- 1420: Master E. S. – German engraver, goldsmith, and printmaker
- 1420: SesshÅ« TÅyŠ– master of suibokuga, and a Rinzai Zen Buddhist priest
- 1420: Benedetto Bonfigli – Italian painter active around Umbria
- 1420–1425: Fra Carnevale – Italian painter of the Quattrocento
Deaths
- 1428: Andrea di Bartolo – Italian painter of the Sienese School
- 1428: Masaccio, Italian painter
- 1427: Gentile da Fabriano – Italian painter known for his participation in the International Gothic style
- 1427: Lorenzo di Bicci – Italian painter of the Florentine school
- 1426: Hubert van Eyck – Flemish painter and older brother of Jan van Eyck
- 1425: Lorenzo Monaco – Florentine painter
- 1424: LluÃs Borrassà – Spanish Gothic Era painter
- 1422: Conrad von Soest – German Gothic painter
- 1422: Taddeo di Bartolo – Italian painter of the Sienese School during the early Renaissance
- 1421: Antonio Bamboccio – Italian painter and sculptor of the Gothic period
- 1421: Nanni di Banco – Italian sculptor from Florence