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The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino (c. 1450-1523 CE). Sistine Chapel, Rome, c. 1481 CE.

The Life of Moses panel in Rome's Sistine Chapel. Painted by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510 CE). Early 1480s CE.

In this gallery, we present 50 of the most important Renaissance paintings created by the greatest artists from Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) to Tintoretto (1518-1594). The paintings are presented in chronological order of artists and their...

Stirling Castle, located on a strategically important rocky outcrop by the River Forth in central Scotland, was a key royal residence from the late 11th century into the early modern period and subject to many battles and sieges, particularly...

The Creation of Adam, a panel of the painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City, Rome by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). Made 1508-12 CE.

Among the duties of any Egyptian monarch was the construction of monumental building projects to honor the gods and preserve the memory of their reigns for eternity. These building projects were not just some grandiose gesture on the part...

The Last Judgement, an altar fresco in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City, Rome by the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE). 1536-1541 CE.

Fresco depicting the Calling of the Apostles by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1481 CE. Sistine Chapel, Vatican.

Prophet Isaiah, fresco by Michelangelo, 1508-1512. Sistine Chapel ceiling, Rome. Photo: Richard Mortel

Prophet Jeremiah, fresco by Michelangelo, 1508-1512. Sistine Chapel ceiling, Rome.