Sixteenth Century Gallery

The Liberation of Saint Peter, 1754

3481089 The Liberation of Saint Peter, 1754 by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio of Urbino) (1483-1520); (add.info.: The Liberation of Saint Peter; fresco painting by the Italian High Renaissance artist (Raphael), Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (1483-1520) and his assistant Giulio Romano. It was painted in 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Stanze di Raffaello, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The painting shows how Saint Peter was liberated from Herod's prison by an angel, as described in Acts 12.); Universal History Archive/UIG; Italian, out of copyright

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The Lost Colony of Roanoke, Roanoke Island, North Carolina, United States of America, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590; Illustration

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Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, 1452 - 1519, also known as Leonardo da Vinci or Leonardo. Italian Renaissance polymath: artist, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. Illustration by Gordon Ross, American artist and illustrator (1873-1946), from Living Biographies of Great Painters

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