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Design for Decorative Frieze with Joseph Interpreting His Dream to His Brothers
Circle of Giovanni Battista Castello, called Il Bergamasco Italian, c. 1509-1569

View of Ponte Lugano on the Anio, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/9)

Villa Pamphili outside Porta S. Pancrazio, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italian, 1720-1778) published by Francesco (Italian, 1758-1810) and Pietro Piranesi (Italian, born 1758/9)

Mocking of Christ
Follower of or after Luca Cambiaso Italian, 1527-1585

Bust of Giovanni Battista de Luca
Bernardo Fioriti (Bernardino or Focoso; Italian, active 1643–1674)

Design for Emblematic Frontispiece: "Natura Ars Emula Vincit"
Circle of Giovanni Guerra Italian, 1544-1618

Study for Christ and the Magdalene in the House of Simon
Circle of Giovanni Battista Bertani Italian, 1516-1576

Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Pietà
Giovanni Battista Castello, called Il Bergamasco Italian, c. 1509-1569

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

The Giant Wheel, plate 9 from Imaginary Prisons
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720-1778

Gian Lodovico Madruzzo
Giovanni Battista Moroni (Italian, 1520/24–1578)

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Saint Paul
Circle of Giovanni Battista Trotti called Il Malosso Italian, 1555-1619

Pastoral Scene
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)

Flora
Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Il Baciccio Italian, 1639-1709

A Nymph with a Small Satyr and Two Goats, from Capricci
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, 1696–1770

Death Giving Audience, from Capricci
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Italian, 1696–1770