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St. Catherine's monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt. It was founded by Justinian I in the mid-6th century CE.

A c. 1540 CE painting by Hans Holbein the Younger identified by some scholars as depicting Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (Royal Collection)

An 18th-century oil-on-canvas portrait by Louis-Michel van Loo of Madame Anne-Catherine Helvétius (neé de Ligniville, 1722-1800), famous as a Parisian salon host.

Oil painting of Saint Catherine by Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, circa 1510.

Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (1775-1852), wife of President John Quincy Adams, First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829, oil on canvas portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1820s. White House, Washington, D.C.

Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571 CE) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, medallist, and goldsmith whose most famous works today include the bronze statue of Perseus holding the head of Medusa, which now stands in Florence, and a...

Thomas Cromwell (l. c. 1485-1540 CE) served as chief minister to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) from 1532 to 1540 CE. With his king and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer (in office 1533-55 CE), Cromwell masterminded...

During the Renaissance, most works of fine art were commissioned and paid for by rulers, religious and civic institutions, and the wealthy. Producing statues, frescoes, altarpieces, and portraits were just some...

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510 CE), real name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance. A prolific painter, especially of altarpieces and works with a religious theme, Botticelli's most famous...

The Orthodox Monastery of St Catherine stands at the foot of Mount Horeb in Egypt where, the Old Testament records, Moses received the Tablets of the Law. The mountain is known and revered by Muslims as Jebel...