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Painting of a nude woman with a rose wreath offering a golden cup to a large eagle against a cloudy sky.

Hebe with Jupiter in the Guise of an Eagle

Gustav-Adolphe Diez, 1826

Fresco of a dying saint on a bier surrounded by monks, with a child in white on the floor beneath a classical arcade.

Death of Saint Philip Benizi and Resurrection of a Child

Andrea del Sarto, 1510

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, the infant Christ holding a globe, against a green curtain.

The Holy Family with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Andrea del Sarto, 1528

Oil painting of the Virgin and Christ Child on a pedestal with two saints and two putti in a shadowed interior.

Madonna of the Harpies

Andrea del Sarto, 1517

Virgin and Child flanked by two saints in rich robes before a gold brocade hanging in an arched interior.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Barbara and Catherine

Quinten Metsys, 1515

Virgin Mary in a gilded niche kisses the Christ Child, with cherries, grapes, an apple and a landscape window.

The Virgin and Child

Quinten Metsys, 1520

Arched painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Virgin and Child, kneeling king, attendants, and angels among clouds.

Adoration of the Magi

Giambattista Pittoni, 1740

Painting of a woman in white approaching a classical tomb with columns while a warrior gestures and mourners kneel in the for

Polyxena in front of the Achilles' Tomb

Giambattista Pittoni, 1733

Black and white reproduction of a painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child in a stable.

The Adoration of the Magi

Pietro della Vecchia, c. 1650

Gilded panel of the kneeling Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, with a dove and God the Father above in a gothic frame.

Madonna of Humility

Painting of monks gathered around a haloed saint on a red-draped bier in an arched interior with striped walls.

The Death of Saint Anthony

Master of the Osservanza, 1430

Lorenzo Lotto's 1523 Nativity: kneeling Mary and Joseph adore the infant Christ in a manger beneath angels and a thatched roo

The Nativity

Lorenzo Lotto, 1523

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and infant in a stable, kneeling kings, a crowd, and a town behind.

Adoration of the Magi

Painting of the Nativity with Mary kneeling by the infant Christ, shepherds, a lamb, angels, an ox and a donkey in a stable.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Lorenzo Lotto, 1534

Madonna with Child enthroned beneath a tree of fifteen Rosary medallions, with saints, cherubs and scattered rose petals belo

Madonna of the Rosary

Lorenzo Lotto, 1539

Painting of the Madonna and Child with a black-robed saint holding a palm, a young John the Baptist, and a landscape behind.

Madonna and Child with the Young St John the Baptist and St Peter Martyr

Lorenzo Lotto, 1503

Painting of the Madonna with auburn curls and halo holding a nude infant Christ, with a landscape of river and hills behind.

Madonna and Child

Giampietrino, 1510

Nude woman as Diana the huntress with bow and quiver, beside a resting deer in a dark green forest.

Diana the Huntress

Giampietrino, 1526

Nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, two shepherds, an ox and donkey, and three angels above the stable.

Nativity with two shepherds

Francesco Vecellio, 1519

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child appearing in clouds to kneeling men gazing upward in a dark landscape.

The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint James the Great

Nicolas Poussin, 1629

Virgin Mary holding the swaddled Christ Child with two haloed angels and winged cherubs against a blue patterned sky.

Virgin and Child with Angels

Neri di Bicci, after 1460

Classical landscape with two reclining nymphs in the foreground, a river, tall trees, and a castle on distant hills.

Landscape with two nymphs and a serpent

Nicolas Poussin, 1659

Angel kneels before the Virgin Mary in an arched loggia with a landscape view and a relief of Adam and Eve below.

Annunciation

Lorenzo di Credi, 1480

Painting of the Virgin Mary in red and blue robes holding a pomegranate, with the nude Christ Child standing before a landsca

Madonna and Child with a Pomegranate

Lorenzo di Credi, 1475

Circular painting of kneeling Madonna in blue mantle adoring the Christ Child, with infant John the Baptist and an angel.

Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel

Lorenzo di Credi, 1490

Virgin Mary seated in a landscape holding the Christ Child, with the young Saint John kneeling in red beside them.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John

Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, 1505

Panel painting of a woman in white and gold preaching to a crowd of richly dressed figures in a forest landscape.

Saint Mary Magdalene Preaching

Master of the Legend of the Magdalene, 1500

Arched panel painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ against a gold background, in a gilt frame.

The Virgin and Child

Master of the Legend of the Magdalene, 1520

Painting of a bearded man in a white headscarf seated among four women in red, green and pink dresses, with hanging birds.

Hercules at the Court of Omphale

Hans Cranach, 1537

Winged angel in yellow robes points toward a dusky landscape while a bearded man in brown robes stirs awake beside water.

The Prophet Elijah Awakened in the Desert by an Angel

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1624 - 1625