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New Testament subjects

Depictions of episodes from the Gospels

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      Significant works in this grouping include reproductions of such paintings as the Borghese Entombment (Uffizi, Florence), Christ Bearing the Cross (known as Lo Spasimo, Prado, Madrid) and The Transfiguration (Pinacoteca Vatican), and also works related to the Massacre of the Innocents, a composition by Raphael executed as a print by Marcantonio Raimondi.

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