EditorialSpain, Valladolid. The Church of Saint Paul. Former convent, Isabeline style. It was commissioned by Cardinal Juan de Torquemada between 1445 and 1468. Kings Philip II and Philip IV of Spain were baptized in the temple. General view of the facade, desi...
EditorialEmblematical miniature based on a passage from 'Livre du cueur d'amours espris' by René I d'Anjou. Bonne Acceuil [Good Welcome] and Courtoise Manière [Courteous Manner] have slung their net between two trees to catch and tame overlight, flickle, flyi...
EditorialThe Garden of Earthly Delights.Triptych. Paradise panel, c. 1490-1500. The Creation, detail. Attributed to Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516). Oil on panel, 188 x 77 cm. Early Netherlandish Renaissance. Prado Museum. Madrid, Spain.
EditorialAnonymous. Spanish School. Portrait of unknown lady, 1500-1599. Museum of Fine Arts. A Coru?a, Galicia, Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid).
EditorialAltarpiece 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. Date: 1500-1538. Dimensions: 302 ? 220 mm (image/blo...
EditorialThe Three Magi: Melchoir, King of Nubia. Jacques Bellange; French, c. 1575-1616. Date: 1614-1638. Dimensions: 285 ? 161 mm. Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialPanel of Ornament with a Birdcage. Nicoletto da Modena; Italian, active c. 1500-c. 1520. Date: 1502-1512. Dimensions: . Engraving on paper. Origin: Italy.
EditorialSamson and Delilah. Hans Brosamer; German, c. 1500-1554. Date: 1545. Dimensions: 80 x 97 mm (image/plate); 84 x 100 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany.
EditorialSt. Matthew, plate 8 from The Twelve Apostles. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1545-1546. Dimensions: 45 x 30 mm (image/plate); 305 x 240 (sheet). Engraving in black on white wove paper. Origin: Germany.
EditorialOrnament with a Mask Held by Two Genii. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1544. Dimensions: 49 x 71 mm (image); 49 x 72 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany.
EditorialThe Departure of the Prodigal Son, plate one from The History of the Prodigal Son. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1520-1550. Dimensions: 58 x 97 (image/plate); 59 x 98 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany.
EditorialHercules and Columns of Gaza, from The Labors of Hercules. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1545. Dimensions: 48 x 70 mm (image/plate); 49 x 72 mm (sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany.
EditorialArtemisia. Georg Pencz; German, c. 1500-1550. Date: 1520-1550. Dimensions: 197 x 137 mm (image/plate/sheet). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany.
EditorialHercules and the Hydra, from The Labors of Hercules. Sebald Beham; German, 1500-1550. Date: 1545. Dimensions: 52 x 77 mm (image/sheet, trimmed to plate mark). Engraving in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: Germany.
EditorialJoseph explains his dream to his brothers and father in an interior setting; the sun, moon, and stars above a landscape in the portal beyond, from the series 'The Story of Joseph'.
EditorialThe Virgin at top center in clouds with clasped hands and right foot raised, surrounded by cherubin; below, the twelve apostles stand together gesturing upwards.
EditorialThe Holy Spirit as a bird descending with spread wings at top center; the twelve Apostles standing below gesturing to it in front of an archway.