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This handout image provided by Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan; inv. 443, shows Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Filipepi), Madonna and Child (Madonna col Bambino), also called Madonna of the Book (Madonna del Libro), 1480&#8211;81;Tempera and oil on wood panel. Renaissance and Baroque artwork depicting Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, that is rarely seen in the United States is being showcased in Washington in time for Christmas. On Friday, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington opened the new exhibition "Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea." The show, which is on view through April 12, features masterworks from major museums including the Louvre in Paris, the Uffizi gallery in Florence, Italy, and the Vatican museums in Rome. (AP Photo/Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan; inv. 443)

Renaissance artworks depicting Mary featured in DC

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

In this photo taken June 14, 2011, the dress made of meat worn by Lady Gaga at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards is shown in the vault of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to be shown in the Women Who Rock exhibit in Cleveland, Ohio. The dress has made its way to Washington, along with Loretta Lynn's song about “The Pill” and other relics from music history. Lady Gaga's dress from the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards is being displayed at the National Museum of Women in the Arts with an explanation of her political message. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, file)

Lady Gaga: Singer’s meat dress to be shown in D.C. museum

By Brett Zongker - Associated Press

Portraitist Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrun painted in oil on canvas this rendering of Princess Belozersky in 1798. The female artist was one of Marie Antoinette's favorites. (National Museum of Women in the Arts)

Female artists emerge in ‘Shakespeare’s Sisters,’ ‘Royalists and Romantics’

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times