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1 of 12 Simon Bening December, apparently from a Calendar, probably late 1540s or early 1550s © 2003 The British Library Board

2 of 12 Gerard David The Virgin and Child, in a Book of Hours, 1486 manuscript Photo © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid

3 of 12 Pieter Brueghel The Elder Landscape with a Magpie on the Gallows, 1568 oil on panel 4 Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

4 of 12 Gerard David Saint Catherine, from the Mayer van den Bergh Breviary, c. 1500 Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp Photo © IRPA-KIK, Brussels

5 of 12 Vienna Master Mary of Burgundy Reading Her Devotions, in the Hours of Mary of Burgundy, c. 1470 to 75 Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna Photo Bildarchiv d. ONB, Vienna

6 of 12 Gerard David and another illuminator The Virgin among Virgins, c. 1505-10 The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York Photo Joseph Zehavi

7 of 12 Gerard David The Nativity, Breviary of Isabella of Castile, c. 1488-97 The British Library, London Photo © 2003 The British Library Board

8 of 12 Master of James IV of Scotland The Annunciation and Gideon and the Golden Fleece, Spinola Hours c. 1510 to 20 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Photo courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum

9 of 12 Master of the Dresden Prayer Book The Temperate and the Intemperate, in Valerius Maximus, Faits et dits memorables des romains, c. 1475 to 80 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Photo courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum

10 of 12 Master of the Houghton Miniatures The Annunciation to the Shepherds, from the Emerson-White Hours, late 1470s early 1480s The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Photo courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum

11 of 12 Gerard Horenbout and Giovanni Pietro Birago The Flight into Egypt, from the Hours of Bona Sforza c. 1490 and c. 1517 to 21 The British Library, London Photo © 2003 The British Library Board

12 of 12 Simon Marmion St Bernard's Vision of the Virgin and Child, from a devotional book c. 1475 to 80 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Photo courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum