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5,518 matching works (Cleveland 3,722, The Met 1,796)
Portrait of a Man, Possibly Girolamo RosatiLorenzo Lotto, 1533–34Cleveland
Saint Luke Painting the VirginHans Burgkmair, 1507The Met
The Sacrifice of IsaacAndrea del Sarto, c. 1527Cleveland
Saint Luke Painting the VirginDirck Vellert, 1526The Met
Hunting near Hartenfels CastleLucas Cranach the Elder, 1540Cleveland
Apelles Painting Alexander and CampaspeMaster IQVThe Met
Portrait of a Couplec. 1580–88Cleveland
The Lament of the Art of PaintingCornelis Cort, 1579The Met
Saint LawrenceTilman Riemenschneider, 1502–8Cleveland
Lament of the Art of Painting (Upper Half)Cornelis Cort, 1579The Met
Portrait of Machtelt SuijsMaerten van Heemskerck, c. 1540–45Cleveland
Studying a paintingZhang Lu, 16th centuryThe Met
Prayer Niche (Mihrab)c. 1500s or mid-1900sCleveland
Apollo standing a beside a woman representing an allegory of painting, from "The Loves o…Giulio Bonasone, 1531–60The Met
The Holy Family with Mary MagdalenEl Greco, c. 1590–95Cleveland
The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist; (reverse) Trompe-l'oeil with Painting of…Bernard van Orley, ca. 1514–15The Met
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Francis and Giovanni GualbertoBenedetto Buglioni, c. 1510–20Cleveland![Architectural Capriccio with an Arcade and Fountain in Point Perspective [Study for a Painting of John the Baptist before Herod]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP836399.jpg)
Architectural Capriccio with an Arcade and Fountain in Point Perspective [Study for a Pa…Hans Vredeman de Vries, ca. 1594–96The Met
Terminus, the Device of ErasmusHans Holbein the Younger, c. 1532Cleveland
Two Children Teasing a CatAnnibale CarracciThe Met
Saint StephenTilman Riemenschneider, 1502–8Cleveland
The AnnunciationPaolo Veronese, c. 1580Cleveland
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