Cleopatra :: 1524-1526
Artist: Giampietrino (Giovanni Padrino), Italian
Repository: Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

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St. Sebastian

Date: c. 1500
Artist: Gian Francesco de' Maineri, attributed to
Repository: Memphis Brooks Museum of Art

Characteristic of de'Maineri's work, the subordinate figures of two small executioners are placed against the mosaic wall of the curved niche, partially hidden by the saint's body.

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