Jesus, The Deisis, Mosaic at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, 1261 (above left); Lorenzo d’Medici surrounded by artists, admiring Michelangeo’s ‘Faun’, fresco, 17th century (above right). The Medici family were the most influential family of city-state of Venice.
The Creation of Adam, by Michelangelo, painted ceiling at the Sistine Chapel, 1511 (below)
The Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci, 1498
The School of Athens, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, 1509-11
David, Donatello, 1408
Caterina Sforza as the Holy Virgin and Saint Catherine of Alexandria with the Visconti symbol of the shell with her seven sons, the painter as Saint Augustine, by the "Master of the Pala Sforzesca," 1494-1495. The Sforza noble family ruled the Duchy of Milan in the 15th-16th centuries.