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Aristotle and Phyllis
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Martyrdom of St. Catherine
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Woman with an Owl
After Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Warriors
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The King's Sons Shooting Their Father's Corpse
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Ball
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

Memento Mori
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

Saint Christopher
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-50

The Madonna by the Fountain
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Embrace
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

Solomon's Idolatry
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Tournament
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Embrace
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

Two Lovers
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

The Tournament
Master M.Z. German, active 1500-1550

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)

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

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