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Bookplate of Willibald Pirckheimer
Master I.B. (possibly Georg Pencz; German, c. 1500-1550) after Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)

Saint Jerome and the Lion
Master I.B. with the Bird (Giovanni Battista Palumba) Italian, active c. 1500-1525

Portrait of Martin Luther
Master I.B. German, died 1525/30

Saint Sebastian
Master I.B. with the Bird Italian, active c. 1500-1525

Dagger Sheath with a Warrior
Master I.B. German, active 1523–30

Three Putti with Armor
Master I.B. German, died 1525/30

Children Gathering Grapes
Master I.B. German, died 1525/30

Bacchanale
Master I.B. German, died 1525/30

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

St. Ambrose and the Emperer Theodosius
Master IRs Italian, 16th century

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

Sallet (Barbuta)
Master Z O (Italian) Milan

The Large Einsiedeln Madonna
Master E. S. German, active c. 1450-1467

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