24 1540 paintings

Adoration of the Shepherds is a 1539-1540 oil on poplar panel painting by Bronzino, now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary

Adoration of the Shepherds is a c.1540 oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia. It was one of the painter's last works and he also produced variants on it, including one in San Giobbe in Venice.

Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints Nazarius and Celsus is a 1540 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia in the church of Santi Nazaro e Celso in Brescia. As its title suggests, it shows Nazarius and Celsus, patron saints of the church.

Alfonso d'Avalos Addressing his Troops is a portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos by Titian, painted in around 1540 and now held at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain. Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquise del Vasto, was a noble Neapolitan, descended from a family of Castilian origin. He participated in the Battle of Pavia and the conquest of Tunis in 1535. In 1538 he was appointed governor of Milan. Military failures caused a subsequent falling out of favor with the Emperor Charles V.

Annunciation' is a 1535–1540 oil on panel painting by Moretto da Brescia, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia, having been left to the city collection by count Paolo Tosio in 1832 – no previous owners are known. Its small dimensions mean it was probably painted for a home or clergy house rather than a church. Several replicas and copies are known, some of which are now lost.

Christ in Glory with Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a c.1540 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, displayed on the altar dedicated to St Peter in the abbey church of San Nicola in Rodengo-Saiano, where it has been since its production. It shows Christ handing the keys of the kingdom to Saint Peter and the book of doctrine to Paul of Tarsus. It was probably commissioned by one or more of the Olivetan monks of the church, probably by Tommaso da Gussago, as referred to by Luigi Fé d'Ostiani in 1886 on the basis of an unidentified document

Christ Presented to the People is a mid 16th century painting by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, an Italian artist commonly known as Il Sodoma. Done in oil on canvas, the work depicts the biblical scene in which Jesus Christ is presented to the people by Pontius Pilate with the phrase "Ecce homo". The painting is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Cosmas and Damian is a c.1540 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, still in the church dedicated to the two saints in Marmentino and now on its high altar.

Guy XVII, Comte de Laval is a c. 1540 oil painting by François Clouet.

The London Altarpiece or The Madonna and Child with Saints is a c.1540 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, now in the National Gallery, London.

Lucretia is a 1540 oil on panel painting of Lucretia by Parmigianino, originally in the Farnese collection and now in the Museo nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples.

Madonna and Child with Saints is a 1540 oil on canvas painting by Moretto da Brescia, now displayed on an altar below the organ at the church of San Giorgio in Braida in Verona, Italy. It shows the female martyrs Catherine of Alexandria, Lucy, Cecilia, Barbara and Agnes. It was commissioned in 1540 by the canons of the San Giorgio Monastery and is still in its original location. It was first recorded in 1648 by Carlo Ridolfi, though he and later sources were not precise as to its location.

Mary Magdalene is a c.1535-1540 oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, now in the National Gallery, London, which acquired it in 1978.

Pietà is a c.1537-1540 oil painting by Rosso Fiorentino, originally painted on panel and later transferred to canvas. Now in the Louvre in Paris, it is the only securely-identified original painting by the artist known to have been produced for a courtier of Francis I of France. X-ray examination has shown an initial composition under the bodies of Christ and St John.

Portrait of a Gentleman with a Letter is a 1535–1540 painting by Moretto da Brescia, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia, to which it was given in 1854. No record of it before that dates survives, though some art historians have identified it with a lost Portrait of Pietro Aretino recorded in correspondence.

Portrait of a Young Flautist or The Flute Player is a c.1540 oil on canvas painting by Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo, now in the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia.

The Portrait of a Young Man with a Book is a c.1530s oil on board painting by Agnolo Bronzino. It likely depicts a literary friend of the artist holding open a collection of poetry. It entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1929, where it is still held.

Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman is a c.1540 painting of an unknown gentleman by the school or studio of Hans Holbein the Younger. It has traditionally been known as Portrait of Thomas More but it does not fit the iconography of the better-known portrait of the Tudor statesman now in the New York Frick Collection.

The Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi is a painting by the Italian artist Agnolo di Cosimo, known as Bronzino, finished around 1540. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, Italy.

Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Bembo is a 1539-1540 oil on canvas painting of Pietro Bembo by Titian, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

Portrait of Pope Sixtus IV is a c.1540 painting of pope Sixtus IV by Titian and his studio. It was recorded as being at the Ducal Palace of Urbino in 1568, before moving from there to Florence in 1631 as part of the dowry of Vittoria Della Rovere on her marriage to Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It moved to the Palazzo Pitti in 1694 as one of the works owned by Francesco Maria de' Medici. It finally moved to the Uffizi in 1897. In June 1940 it and other works from the Uffizi were moved to a wartime refuge at the Villa medicea di Poggio a Caiano. Between 1944 and 1951 it returned to the Palazzo Pitti, followed by a long period in the Uffizi's stores. It was re-exhibited at the Uffizi from 1972 onwards.

Portrait of a Man in a Red Beret or Self-Portrait in a Red Beret is a c.1540 oil on paper painting attributed to Parmigianino or Michelangelo Anselmi, now in the collection of the National Gallery of Parma.

Saint John the Baptist is a 1540 painting of John the Baptist by Titian, with his traditional attributes of the Lamb of God and a staff. In the background is a Giorgionesque landscape with the river Jordan, in which Christ was baptised.

Salomé is an oil painting on canvas, by Moretto da Brescia, from 1540.