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Cleansing the Temple Polychrome Relief - Amiens Cathedral

These polychrome reliefs in Amiens cathedral are of Jesus Cleansing the Temple. They were donated in 1523 by Jean Wytz and are on the west wall of the north transept.

Niccolò Machiavelli Tomb - Santa Croce Florence

This tomb, dedicated to Niccolò Machiavelli (d1527), was created by Spinazzi Innocenzo in 1787, and is in Santa Croce Florence.

Sibylla - Coughton, Warwickshire

Three Sibyls east window: Persica, Europa, and Samia. St. Peter Coughton.

Crucifixion - Montresor, France

The Crucifixion window in the Church of Saint John the Baptist at Montrésor, in the Indre-et-Loire region of France, is one of the finest surviving examples of early sixteenth-century stained glass in the Loire Valley. Filling a tall Gothic lancet divided into several vertical lights, it unfolds as a vivid narrative of the Passion of Christ, rendered in rich Renaissance color and form.

Adrien Hénencourt monument - Amiens Cathedral

Monument of Adrien Hénencourt (d1530) at Amiens Cathedral. This monument is below the choir screen (1490-1530) depicting the life of St Firmin that canon Hénencourt was responsible for commissioning.

Choir stalls Saint-Jean-Baptiste at Montrésor - France

The choir stalls of the collegiate church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste at Montrésor form one of the most eloquent ensembles of Renaissance woodcarving in Touraine. They were made around 1530-1540, when Imbert de Batarnay, seigneur of Montrésor and counsellor to four French kings, endowed the new collegiate foundation he had created in 1521.