Circle’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.

Cavalier in Tournament Costume on Horseback
Circle of Niccolò dell' Abbate Italian; c.1512-1571

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active c. 1540-1550) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

The Nativity
Circle of Donatello (Italian, c. 1386–1466)

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Circle of Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503–1572)

The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate. Inferno, canto XXXII
William Blake English, 1757-1827

The Annunciation
After a design by an artist in the circle of Andrea Mantegna (Italian, 1431–1506)

Male Nude Tied to Tree
Circle of Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640) retouched by Peter Paul Rubens

Jacob's Dream
Niccolò Vicentino (Italian, active c. 1540-1550) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Angel Playing a Flute
Circle of Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino Italian, 1568-1640

Inferno According to Dante
Circle of Baccio Baldini (Italian, c. 1436–1487) after Francesco Traini (Italian, active 1321–1345)

Nude Warriors
Circle of Federico Zuccaro Italian, 1540/42-1609

Portrait of Girolamo Ruscelli
Niccolò Nelli Italian, c. 1530-1575/85

Virgin and Child
Circle of Adriaen Isenbrant (Netherlandish, c. 1485–1551)

Untitled
Lee Bontecou American, 1931-2022

Venus and Mars with Putti (recto); Bearded Man Moving to Right (verso)
Circle of Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino Italian, 1503-1540

Massacre of the Innocents
Circle of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian Italian, c. 1488-1576

Wine Jug with Cover
Christian Dell German, 1893-1974 Metallwerkstatt Bauhaus Weimar, Germany, 1919-1925

Angel Holding a Flute
Circle of Giuseppe Cesari, called Il Cavalier d'Arpino Italian, 1568-1640

Andromeda and the Sea-Monster
circle of Charles Le Brun French, 1619-1690

Virgin and Child
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini (Italian, died 1415/16)