GIOTTO, 1267?-1336/37, MADONNA AND CHILD, 1320-30, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art

LORENZETTI, PIETRO, ca. 1280-1348?, Detail from A MADONNA AND CHILD WITH JOHN EVANGELIST AND FRANCIS OF ASSISI. 1320?, Assisi, Italy: Fresco in the Lower Church of San Francesco

ANGELICO, FRA, 1378-1455, MADONNA OF HUMILITY, 1430-1435, Washington, D C.:National Gallery of Art

DA MESSINA, ANTONELLO, ca. 1430-1479, MADONNA AND CHILD, 1475-1476, Washington, D C.: National Gallery of Art

BOTTICELLI, SANDRO, 1444-1510, MADONNA OF THE BOOKalso calledTHE VIRGIN TEACHING THE CHILD JESUS TO READ, 1480, Milan,Italy: Museo Poldi-Pezzoli

CRIVELLI, CARLO, 1430/35-1495, MADONNA AND CHILD, 1472-1473, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art

DAVID, GERARD, ca.1460-1523, REST ON THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT, 1510-1515, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art

DA FABRIANO, GENTILE, 1370-c. 1427, MADONNA AND CHILD (Quardesi Polyptych, 1425), also called MADONNA OF HUMILITY (sitting on the ground)

DA VINCI, LEONARDO, 1452-1519, Detail from THE ANNUNCIATION ca.1478, Florence, Italy: Pitti Palace

DA VINCI, LEONARDO, 1452-1519, THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS, 1483-1486, Paris, France: The Louvre

DÜRER, ALBRECHT, 1471-1528, THE VIRGIN IN PRAYER, Berlin, Germany: Deutsche Museen

VAN EYCK, HUBERT AND JAN, early fifteenth century Detail from THE ADORATION OF THE LAMB, ca.1432, Ghent, Belgium: Church of St. Bavo

GHIRLANDAIO, DOMENICO, 1449-1494, MADONNA AND CHILD, ca. 1470, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art

HEY, JEAN, Detail of THE ANNUNCIATION, 1490-1495, Oil on Panel

LIPPI, FILIPPO, ca. 1406-1469, MADONNA AND CHILD, 1440-1445, Washington, D.C: National Gallery of Art

LOCHNER, STEPHAN, 1410/15-1451/52, MADONNA IN A ROSE ARBOR, ca. 1451, Cologne, Germany: Wallraf-Richartz Museum

MEMLING, HANS, ca. 1430-1494, THE ANNUNCIATION, 1489?, NewYork: Metropolitan Museum of Art

MEMLING, HANS, ca. 1430-1494, MADONNA AND CHILD TWO ANGELS, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art

PERUGINO, PIETRO, ca. 1450-1523, Detail from MADONNA ENTHRONED BETWEEN JOHN BAPTIST AND ST. SEBASTIAN, 1493, Florence, Italy: Galleria Uffizzi

PINTURICCHIO, ca. 1454-1513, Detail from MADONNA AND CHILD ENTHRONED WITH JOHN BAPTIST, 1495-1500, Perugia, Italy: Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria

DELLA ROBBIA, LUCA, 1399/1400-1482, MADONNA AND CHILD New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art

BAROCCI, FEDERIGO, 1526-1612, REST ON THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT, 1570-1573, Pibbico , Italy: San Stefano

BELLINI, GIOVANNI, 1430-1516, THE MADONNA OF THE MEADOW (a late work), London: National Gallery of Art

CRANACH, LUCAS, the Elder, 1472-1553, MADONNA AND CHILD., ca. 1518, Karlsruhe, Germany: Staatliche Kunsthalle

EL GRECO, 1544-1614, Detail of THE HOLY FAMILY AND ST. ANNE, ca.1587-1596, Toledo, Spain: Hospital de Tavera

GRÜNEWALD, MATTHIAS, c. 1470-1528, THE BIRTH OF JESUS, detail from the Isenheim Altarpiece, 1510-1515, Colmar, France: Musee d'Unterlinden

LUINI, BERNARDINO, 1480/90-1532, MADONNA OF THE CARNATION, ca. 1515, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art

MICHELANGELO, 1475-1564, PIETA, 1497-1498, Vatican City: St. Peter's Basilica

DE MORALES, LUIS, 1475-1564, MADONNA AND CHILD, Madrid, Spain: The Prado

VAN ORLEY, BERNART, 1492?-1541, MADONNA AND CHILD, Madrid, Spain: The Prado

RAPHAEL, 1483-1520, THE SMALL COWPER MADONNA, 1505, Washington, D.C.: National gallery of Art

RAPHAEL, 1483-1520, THE SISTINE MADONNA, ca. 1513-1514, Dresden, Germany: Gemaeldegalerie

RAPHAEL, 1483-1520, MADONNA OF THE CHAIR, ca. 1514, Florence, Italy: Pitti Palace

RAPHAEL, 1483-1520, MADONNA DEL CARDELLINO, MADONNA AND CHILD WITH ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, 1506

DEL SARTO, ANDREA, 1486-1530, Detail from MADONNA OF THE HARPIES, 1517, Florence, Italy: Galleria Uffizi

SAVOLDO, GIOVANNI GIROLAMO, THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS. 1530, oil on panel

TITIAN, 1488/90-1576, Detail from THE ASSUMPTION, 1518, Venice, Italy: Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

CANO, ALONSO, 1601-1667, THE VIRGIN CONTEMPLATING HER DIVINE SON Madrid, Spain: The Prado

DOLCI, CARLO, 1616-1686, MADONNA AND CHILD WITH FLOWERS, after 1649?, London, England: National Gallery

DOLCI, CARLO, 1616-1686, SORROWFUL MOTHER also called THE VIRGIN OF THE THUMB, Frequently copied and at times considerably altered, this copy is presumably the one brought to Japan in 1703 by Father Siddotti, the last missionary to enter Japan before the country closed itself off to any foreigners.

VAN DYCK, ANTON, 1599-1641, REST ON THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT, ca.1630 Munich, Germany: Alte Pinakothek

DE LA TOUR , GEORGES, 1593-1652, Detail of THE NEWBORN, ca.1630, Rennes, France: Musée des Beaux-Arts

MURILLO, BARTOLOME ESTEBAN, 1617-1682, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE ESCORIAL, ca. 1660-1665, Madrid, Spain: The Prado

MURILLO, BARTOLOME ESTEBAN, 1617-1682, MADONNA AND CHILD, 1670-1680, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art

MURILLO, BARTOLOME ESTEBAN, 1617-1682, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, Madrid, Spain: The Prado

DE RIBERA, JUSEPE, 1591-1652, HOLY FAMILY WITH SAINTS ANNE AND CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA, New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art

RUBENS, PETER PAUL, 1577-1640, VIRGIN OF THE FORGET-ME-NOTS, Brussels, Belgium: Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts

VELAZQUEZ, DIEGO, 1599-1660, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, 1619, London, England: National Gallery

BATONI, POMPEO, 1708-1787, THE HOLY FAMILY, Rome, Italy: Pinacoteca Capitolina

MANCINI, FRANCESCO, 1679-1758, THE HOLY FAMILY AND ANGELS, Vatican City: Pinacoteca Vaticana

MASUCCI, AGOSTINO THE ANNUNCIATION, 1742, oil on canvas

SALVI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, 1609-1685, (Popularly known as Sassoferrato) MADONNA AND CHILD AND ANGELS, Genoa, Italy: Gelleria Brignole Sale

SALVI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA, 1609-1685, MADONNA OF THE ROSARY, 1643, Rome, Italy: Basilica of Santa Sabina

FERRUZZI, ROBERTO, 1854-1934, LA MADONNINA also called MADONNA OF THE STREETS,1896/97, Said to be in a private collection in Switzerland.

KAULBACH, HERMANN, 1846-1909, SORROWFUL MOTHER

MÜLLER, KARL, 1818-1893, MADONNA OF THE GROTTO