Circle’s work is defined by its 16th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
Circle of Agnolo Bronzino (Italian, 1503–1572)
Academic Male Nude
Circle of Agnolo Bronzino Italian, 1503-1572
The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV
William Blake English, 1757-1827
The Nativity
Circle of Donatello (Italian, c. 1386–1466)
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
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
Virgin and Child
Circle of Adriaen Isenbrant (Netherlandish, c. 1485–1551)
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
Untitled
Lee Bontecou American, 1931-2022
Angel Holding a Flute
Andromeda and the Sea-Monster
circle of Charles Le Brun French, 1619-1690
Female Saint before a Ruler
Circle of Taddeo or Federico Zuccaro Italian
The Institution of the Rosary
Attributed to Jacopo Sansovino (Italian, 1486–1570)
Leda
Constantin Brancusi Romanian, active France, 1876–1957
Design for Emblematic Frontispiece: "Natura Ars Emula Vincit"
Circle of Giovanni Guerra Italian, 1544-1618
Target
Jasper Johns American, born 1930