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pyxis — he exquisite, lidded container is sculpted out of ivory and dated to the mid-10th century during the reign of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.

Khalaf, Pyxis

by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Juan Martínez Montañés, Saint John the Baptist, c. 1620–30, polychromed and gilded wood, 154 x 75.2 x 70.2 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) — Seen from across the Spanish Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, St. John looks uncannily alive!

Juan Martínez Montañés, St. John the Baptist

by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker

berruguete abraham grid — Alonso Berruguete is the most famous sculptor that you have never heard of.

Alonso Berruguete, Abraham and Isaac

by Julia M. Vázquez