Start with high-confidence renaissance stories books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Botticelli's Apprentice
Ursula Murray Husted
The King's Equal
Katherine Paterson
The Smile
Charlotte Miller, Donna Jo Napoli
The Twelve Days of Christmas
Laurel Long
The Apprentice
Pilar Molina Llorente
The Mona Lisa Vanishes
Nicholas Day
The Vanishing Point
Louise Hawes
The Second Mrs. Gioconda
E.L. Konigsburg
Queen's Own Fool
Jane Yolen, Robert Harris
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Laura Amy Schlitz
The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
C.M. Millen