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Jacopo da Pontormo: Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?)

Painting by Parmigianino showing the Madonna with an elongated neck holding the Christ child, surrounded by angels, with a column and small figure in the background.

Michelangelo: Last Judgment

Rosso Fiorentino: Deposition from the Cross

Hendrik Goltzius: Hercules Killing Cacus

Marble sculpture by Giambologna showing Hercules raising a club as he battles the centaur Nessus, with dynamic, intertwined figures on a stone base.

Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne

Painting "Madonna with the Long Neck" by Parmigianino, featuring the Virgin Mary.

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Andrea del Sarto

Italian painter

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Bernardo Bitti

Italian painter

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Baltasar de Echave Orio

Spanish-born painter

Sebastiano Serlio: treatise on architecture

Sebastiano Serlio

Italian architect