Master’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

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

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

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

Portrait of Martin Luther
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)

Woman with a Bird Cage
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899–1991)

Vessel in the Shape of a Bird
Moche Trujillo, north coast, Peru

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

Persons Haunted by a Bird
Joan Miró Spanish, 1893-1983

The Bird Catcher
Thomas Couture (French, 1815–1879)

Bowl with Birds
Iran

Man and Bird
Azechi Umetaro Japanese, 1902-1999

Untitled (The Bird People)
Max Ernst American and French, born Germany, 1891-1976

Desk
Attributed to R. J. Horner and Company (American, active 1886–c. 1915) New York

Window with Bird Design
Edgar Miller American, 1899-1993

Vessel with Bird Beings
Nazca South coast, Peru

Woman and Birds in Front of the Sun
Joan Miró Spanish, 1893-1983

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