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The Nativity in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choir Book
Italian (Padua) Master of the Brussels Initials (active Bologna and Paris, 1390-1410)

Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook
French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300)

A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene)
Master of the Female Half-Lengths (Netherlandish, active about 1520–1540)

The Entry of Christ into Brussels
James Ensor Belgian, 1860-1949

Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)

The Annunciation
Jean Hey (Master of Moulins; Netherlandish, c. 1480-c.1504)

Saint Simon
Master F.V.B. Netherlandish, active 1475-1500

Crucifix
Master of the Bigallo Crucifix (Italian, active mid-13th century)

Christ Carrying the Cross
Master of the Freising Visitation (German, active 1451–1490)

Christ Carrying the Cross
Master of the Worcester Carrying of the Cross (active c. 1400–c. 1450)

King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba
Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group (Netherlandish, active c. 1520)

The Entry of Christ into Brussels
James Ensor Belgian, 1860-1949

King David Receiving the Cistern Water of Bethlehem
Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group (Netherlandish, active c. 1520)

The Road to Calvary
Master of the Housebook German, active c. 1470-1500

The Nativity, in Coffer
Workshop of the Master of the Very Small Hours of Anne of Brittany (French, active Paris, 1480-1510) coffer by an unknown maker (French, 15th century)

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Master of Palanquinos (Spanish, active c. 1470–1500)

Retable of Saints Athanasius, Blaise, and Agatha
Master of Riglos (Spanish, active c. 1435–1460)

The Nativity
Master of Pulkau (Bavarian or Austrian, active c. 1505–1520)

Apollo Slaying Python, plate one from The History of Apollo and Daphne
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Baldassare Peruzzi (Italian, 1481-1536)