Who painted “Descent from Mount Sinai”?

“Descent from Mount Sinai” was painted by Cosimo Rosselli in 1481. Where to see it: Sistine Chapel.

What to look for

Italian Renaissance: compared with Northern Renaissance painting it is more idealised and classical, with fewer tiny details; the Early and High Renaissance are its two main phases.

Cosimo Rosselli (1439–1507) was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento, active mainly in his birthplace of Florence, but also in Pisa earlier in his career and in 1481–82 in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, where he painted some of the large frescoes on the side walls. Wikipedia

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More by Cosimo Rosselli

“Last Supper”, 1481
“Madonna and Child with Angels”, 1483
“Christ the Redeemer alongside Saints Peter, the Virgin Mary, John the Evangelist and Paul”
“Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist”, 1490
“Work of Saint Philip Benizi”, 1476
“Portrait of a Man”, 1481–1482
“Young man draped, standing, in profile to the right - Cosimo Rosselli”
“The Adoration of the Christ Child”, 1490–1500