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| Jacopo Tintoretto St George and the Dragon 1543-44 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| follower of Domenico Beccafumi Visitation ca. 1550 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
"And the Angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. And Mary arose in those days, and went in to the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: and she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy."
– from the Gospel of Luke, translated into English in 1611
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| Paris Bordone Holy Family with St Catherine 1520-22 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Catharina van Hemessen Self-portrait 1548 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Lorenzo Lotto Madonna della Grazie before 1556 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Palma il Vecchio Portrait of a man ca. 1512-15 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Holy Family with St John the Baptist 16th century oil on panel Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Giorgione Judith 1504 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Paolo Veronese Lamentation ca. 1576-82 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Garofalo Allegory of Old and New Testaments ca. 1528-31 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Garofalo Christ Carrying the Cross, with St Veronica ca. 1528-31 oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Palma il Giovane St Sebastian 1590s oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Adam Elsheimer St Christopher 1598-99 oil on copper Hermitage. Saint Petersburg |
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| Jacopo Tintoretto Birth of St John the Baptist 1550s oil on canvas Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |