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Oil painting of ancient figures and cherubs sorting medicines in an arched laboratory with a furnace and mortar.

Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medi…

Johannes Zacharias Simon Prey

Tobias and the Angel

Tobias and the Angel

Francesco Guardi, 1750s

Painted album page showing a seated Buddha in a wooden pavilion, with monks in yellow robes praying and Burmese script below.

Scenes from Life of the Buddha

King Mindon, 1880s

Painting of blue-skinned Vishnu Venkateshvara in an ornate crown, flanked by two attendants in red and orange robes.

Vishnu Venkateshvara, Lord of Tirupati

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Painting of a red-faced deity with an ornate crown and jewelry holding a lotus, with a small attendant beside him.

Krishna Rajagopalaswamy, king of the cowherds

South India Tirupati School, late 18th century

Illuminated manuscript leaf of the dead Christ mourned by the Virgin and women beside a rocky tomb, with a blue border.

Single Leaf from a Book of Hours: Pieta

Francesco dai Libri, c. 1475-85

Watercolor of two haloed figures, one in red with eyes closed, one in blue with a sorrowful face, by Ester Helenius, 1948.

L'Initiation du Christ

Ester Helenius, 1948

Oil painting of a sleeping nude woman reclining on white and blue drapery, with a gold lyre in the foreground.

Diana at rest

David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl

Painting of a crowned female figure in a red robe leaning on a harp, eyes closed, against a blue background.

The Angel

Ester Helenius, 1937

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence

Polyhymnia, Muse of Eloquence

Charles Meynier, 1800

Sketch of nude figures rising among draped mourners on barren ground under a pale sky, with a dark cross.

Resurrection, sketch for the Tampere Cathedral altarpiece

Magnus Enckell, 1906

Painting of a dark armed figure raising a sword above a nude kneeling woman, with onlookers in a colorful interior.

Perseus's Last Duty

Max Beckmann, 1949

The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

Geertgen tot Sint Jans, 1480s

Painting of a standing nude and a reclining nude on a shore, with a calm bay, hills and a crescent moon at dusk.

Diana and Endymion I

Magnus Enckell, 1921

Watercolor of a woman in white robe facing a classical statue on a pedestal beneath dark trees at dusk.

The Cult of Venus

Magnus Enckell, 1895

Four elderly men and a young scribe study an open manuscript under a red curtain, one holding a quill.

The Four evangelists

Jacob Jordaens, 1625

Icon of Saint Panteleimon with curly hair, red cloak, cross and reliquary against a gold background.

Saint Panteleimon

tekijä ei tiedossa, 1550

Study of a young woman in white robes with flower wreath holding a lyre in a loosely painted woodland setting.

Muse, Study

Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1870

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with the young Saint John the Baptist kneeling beside them under citrus tree

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Antonio da Correggio, c. 1515

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue mantle holding the infant Christ against a dark background, in a gilded frame.

Virgin and Child

Carlo Maratti, 1645

Oil painting of a half-nude woman with long wavy hair gazing upward in sorrow against a dark background, draped in pale cloth

Ariadne, kopio Adolf Ulrik Wertmüllerin mukaan

Berndt Abraham Godenhjelm

Painted crucifix of Christ with crown of thorns and halo, with the Virgin on a crescent moon below.

Crucifixion

María Josefa Sánchez, 1646

Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael

Panel from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael

Filippo Lippi, 1458

Gilded altarpiece panel of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin, Christ Child, kneeling kings, and a stable scene.

The Adoration of the Magi

Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1470

Gilded panel painting of Saint Francis in a grey habit holding a book and red cross, framed by carved gold foliage.

Saint Francis

Benvenuto di Giovanni, 1475

Painting of Saint Peter led out of a dark prison by a white-robed angel past sleeping and startled guards.

The Liberation of Saint Peter

Battistello Caracciolo, 1615

Painting of a man with grey hair and moustache in gilded armour, with a snake-haired Medusa figure behind him.

Portrait of Tadeusz Błotnicki with medusa

Jacek Malczewski, 1902

Study for "The Presentation of Christ in the Temple" (for Saint Ulrich, Vienna)

Study for "The Presentation of Christ in the Temple" (for Saint Ulrich, Vienna)

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, c. 1750

Angel descending through golden clouds above kneeling shepherds, cattle, and sheep in a rural landscape at dusk.

The Annunciation to the Shepherds

Abraham Hondius, 1663

Mannerist painting of the Holy Family with Saint Catherine and a young nude boy with a cross, c. 1560.

Holy Family with the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

called Maso da San Friano Tommaso d’Antonio Manzuoli, c. 1560