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A self-portrait by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE). c. 1547 CE. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Saint George and the Dragon by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE). c. 1570 CE. (National Gallery, London)

The Last Supper by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE), commissioned for Venice’s Scuola di S Rocco. Completed by 1588 CE.

The Paradise by the Italian Renaissance painter Tintoretto (1518-1594 CE), commissioned for the Doge's Palace n Venice. Completed 1588 CE.

A portrait of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (l. 1422-82 CE) by the Italian Renaissance artist Piero della Francesca (d. 1492 CE). c. 1470 CE. (Uffizi, Florence)

The original wooden models submitted by Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446 CE) for the dome of Florence's cathedral, completed in 1436 CE. (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence)

Saint Augustine in His Cell by Sandro Botticelli, 1490-1494 CE. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Pottery pillar figurine found at Lachish

Found in the northeast part of the Sinai Peninsula, the 8th-century BCE Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions are written in Hebrew and translate as ‘Yahweh and his Asherah’. 

This Judean pillar figurine was found in Lachish in Israel (modern Tell tell ed-Duweir) and dates to the 8th-7th century BCE (Iron Age II). It is ceramic and is 7-1/8" (18.1 m) high x 3-3/8" (8.6cm) wide.