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ALT IMAGES: Left: Laurent de La Hyre, French, 1606-1656. Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta (about 1630). Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Purchase with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. William T. Ratliff, Jr., AFI.1.2004 Courtesy Birmingham Museum of Art. Right: Alfred Enoch as Pericles, Leah Haile as Thaisa in an August 2024 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Pericles. Fair use, via RSC website
ALT Center: Hendrick Bloemaert (1601/1602–1672) Paul before Festus, King Agrippa and Queen Bernice (1635) Centraal Museum. Public domain via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Paul_and_King_Agrippa_by_Hendrick_Bloemaert_Centraal_Museum_2570.jpg
ALT Left: Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) The Massacre of the Innocents (between 1611 and 1612) oil on oak panel Collection: Art Gallery of Ontario The Thompson Collection Public Domain via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Rubens_-_Massacre_of_the_Innocents_-_Art_Gallery_of_Ontario_2.jpg Right: Cornelis van Haarlem (1562–1638) The Massacre of the Innocents (1591) Nederlands: Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem – De kindermoord in Bethlehem Frans Hals Museum Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. Via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Cornelis_Cornelisz_van_Haarlem_-_The_Massacre_of_the_Innocents_-_22_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg
ALT Left: The Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, 1660 Pietro da Cortona Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia Public domain / fair use via https://uploads6.wikiart.org/images/pietro-da-cortona/the-martyrdom-of-saint-stephen-1660.jpg!Large.jpg Center: Philotheos Skoufos (1620–1685) The Stoning of Stephen (circa 1645 - 1685) Egg tempera on wood Baron Tositsa Museum of Metsovo Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Via https://metsovomuseum.gr/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/GE_826.jpg Top right: Window depicting St. Stephen being stoned to death (stained glass) French School, (13th century) Saint-Etienne Cathedral, Bourges, France Public Domain (75 years or more) / Fair use via meisterdrucke.ie https://www.meisterdrucke.ie/kunstwerke/1260px/French_School_-_Window_depicting_St_Stephen_being_stoned_to_death_-_(MeisterDrucke-439503).jpg Bottom right: Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) Le Martyre de saint Étienne (The Martyrdom of St. Stephen) La Lapidation de saint
ALT Left: Master of the Houghton Miniatures (fl. from 1476 until 1480) Annunciation to the Shepherds, from the Emerson-White Hours circa 1485-1490 Getty Center Public domain via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Annunciation_to_the_Shepherds_-_Emerson-White_Hours_-_Getty_Museum_Ms60.jpg Middle: El Greco (1541–1614) Toledo, Spain. The Adoration of the Shepherds. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/El_Greco_(Domenikos_Theotokopoulos)_-_The_Adoration_of_the_Shepherds_(ca._1605–10)_-_Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art.jpg Right: Alvise Vivarini Saint John the Baptist, 1475 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Public domain via https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Alvise_Vivarini_San_Juan_Bautista_1475._Temple_y_óleo_sobre_tabla._48,5_x_33,5_cm._Museo_Thyssen-Bornemisza.jpg
