- The National Gallery Of Art , Washington, DC. has 145 Italian paintings made between 1400 and 1500.
- None were made in Rome.
- Omitting the 15 that were made between 1495 and 1500, leaves 130 made before the High Renaissance.
- Only 28 paintings of the 130 paintings made before the 1595 used oil. It was in combination with tempera (14 Paintings) and oil alone (14 paintings).
- 15 paintings were made from 1495 -1500. 14 were oil and 1 was tempera. The one tempera piece was done in 1495.
- Considering that the National Galley probably has a representative collection and that 130 paintings is an adequate sampling size, 1495 can be used as a watershed year when oil replaced tempra in Italian Renaissance art.
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Bellini, Giovanni, Venetian, c. 1430/1435 - 1516
Madonna and Child in a Landscape
c. 1480/1485
oil on panel
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Lippi, Filippino, Florentine, 1457 - 1504
The Adoration of the Child
c. 1475/1480
oil on poplar panel
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