EditorialEngland: Queen Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603), represented in the 'Phoenix' portrait. Oil on panel painting attributed to Nicholas Hilliard, (c. 1547 - 7 January 1619) c. 1575
EditorialMiddle East: The Adoration of the Magi, the Three Wise Men greet the infant Jesus in this c.1560 oil painting by Pieter Aertsen (c. 1508 - 1575)
EditorialVisitiors at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570,” exhibit in New York, June 21, 2021. (Diana Markosian/The New York Times)