EditorialItaly: Medusa as the shield of Athena. Oil on canvas painting by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 - 18 July 1610), c. 1597
EditorialEngland: Queen Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603), represented in the 'Phoenix' portrait. Oil on panel painting attributed to Nicholas Hilliard, (c. 1547 - 7 January 1619) c. 1575
EditorialPortugal: Fons Vitae (Fountain of Life) c.1515-17, painting by Colijn de Coter (c. 1440 - c. 1532), oil on oak wood and originating in Flanders, now in the Museu da Misericórdia do Porto, Porto