Monday's Madonna & Child (1648) is by Nicolas Poussin at the Cleveland Museum of Art

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"The Holy Family on the Steps" 1648) by Nicolas Poussin

OHIO---"Robert Bergman, who directed the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1993 to 1999, often had a dark fantasy in which the institution was on fire and he had time to save only one work of art," reported Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer. "Which would it be?" Inspired by the museums new expansion, Litt picked his Top 20 and it includes "The Holy Family on the Steps" 1648) by Nicolas Poussin. The museum raised the ire of France in 1981 when it bought this superb example of the artist's Baroque classical style. The museum believed it didn't need an official export permit for the work, and stood its ground.