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Christ in the Desert with Six Angels
Master of the Catherine Wheel (German, active late 15th century) after Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1430/50-1491)
Book of Hours for the Use of Limoges
Master of Catherine Gentille French, active in Limoges, c. 1480-1510
Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
Saint Catherine Delivered from the Wheel
Northern Spanish
Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook
French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300)
Saints John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria
Paolo Veneziano (Italian, active 1333–1358)
A Lady Reading (Saint Mary Magdalene)
Master of the Female Half-Lengths (Netherlandish, active about 1520–1540)
Saint James the Greater
Master F.P. (Italian, c. 1530-1550) or after Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Il Parmigianino (Italian, 1503-1540)
George Washington
Edward Savage (American, 1761–1817)
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)
Altarpiece with the Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg and Saints Christopher, Mary Magdalen, Florian and Catherine Standing in Niches, with God the Father Above
Albrecht Altdorfer German, c.1480-1538
Saint Catherine
Jean Bellegambe (French, c. 1470–c. 1535)
Christ Carrying the Cross
Master of the Freising Visitation (German, active 1451–1490)
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)
King David Receiving the Cistern Water of Bethlehem
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)