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Black chalk drawing with white highlights of a standing bearded man draped in cloth, holding a tall staff.

Saint John the Baptist

Innocenzo da Imola, 1550

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the Christ Child, kneeling king, and ruined architecture beyond.

The adoration of the Magi

Pseudo-Bles, 1520

Enthroned Madonna with Christ child, a bishop with crozier on the left and an armored knight with red banner on the right.

Gerster-Altar, Szene: Thronende Madonna, links: Hl. Nicolaus von Myra, rechts: Hl. Ursus

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1522

Painting of a dead Christ supported by an older bearded man in a fur-trimmed red cloak against a cloudy blue sky.

Christ with Joseph of Arimathea

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, c. 1525

Full-length painting of a bishop saint in a gilded mitre holding a book and crosier against a gold background.

Saint Louis

Vittore Crivelli, 1481

Full-length painting of a bishop saint with mitre, crosier and open book, wearing an ornate gold-embroidered cope against gol

Saint Bonaventure

Vittore Crivelli, 1481

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, who reaches for red cherries on her necklace, against a dark background.

Virgin and Child

Master of the Female Half-Lengths, 1520

Painting of the Madonna seated with the Christ Child, flanked by three angels in a window-lit Renaissance interior.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Napoletano

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Virgin, infant Christ, seated Saint Joseph, angels in an arched sky, and a river lands

The Nativity

Francesco di Giorgio, 1470

Painting of a goddess on a golden chariot pulled by winged griffins, surrounded by a crowd of women in a hilly landscape.

Goddess of Chaste Love

Francesco di Giorgio, 1468

Nativity painting with kneeling Virgin, infant Christ, seated Joseph, and God the Father surrounded by angels above.

The Nativity, with God the Father Surrounded by Angels and Cherubim

Francesco di Giorgio, 1470

Painting of the Virgin in a red dress and blue cloak holding a nude infant, with a hazy landscape behind them.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Female Half-Lengths, 1525

Friar in a hooded habit preaching with raised arm from a wooden pulpit against a blue background with red border.

Saint Bernardino Preaching from a Pulpit

Francesco di Giorgio, 1470

Painting of a Gothic church interior with a crowd of people gathered between tall stone columns and pointed arches.

Church interior with Christ preaching to a crowd

Cornelis van Dalem, 1545

Kitchen scene with women preparing meat and game birds beside classical columns, a seated man and a hanging turkey.

Kitchen Scene with Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Joachim Beuckelaer, 1565

Painting of two winged angels descending on clouds above a kneeling bearded man, with a woman watching from a terrace.

The Angels Appearing to Abraham

Francesco Guardi, 1750s

Painting of Christ ascending into golden clouds while the Virgin Mary and apostles look up in awe below.

Ascension

Francisco Camilo, 1651

Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child in a stable with kneeling kings, attendants and white horses under a stormy sky.

Adoration of the Magi

Workshop of Titian, 1500s

Painting of two haloed saints, a bearded man and a veiled woman, standing before a battlemented wall and a teal sky.

Saints Anna and Joachim

Francesco Botticini, 1460

Arched altarpiece of the Madonna and Child enthroned between angels and saints, with a bishop and a bearded elder beside a pi

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels

Francesco Botticini, 1466

Painting of four saints with halos before a hill town, angels above, and two kneeling donors in the foreground.

Saints Nicholas of Tolentino, Roch, Sebastian, and Bernardino of Siena, with Kneeling Donors

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1481

Grayscale view of soldiers and horses around a fallen rider beneath a shaft of light from the sky, in a hilly landscape.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1440

Grisaille painting of a kneeling crowned king before a seated haloed monk, with soldiers and monks around a church.

Totila before Saint Benedict

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1440

Painting of Saint Ursula with a banner, two angels holding a gold brocade curtain, and a kneeling donor in prayer.

Saint Ursula with Two Angels and Donor

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1455

Painting of two haloed saints, one bearded holding a rosary, beside a tree in a hilly green landscape under blue sky.

Saint Jerome and the blessed Bartolo Buompedoni of San Giminiano

Benozzo Gozzoli, 1464

Portrait of a man in gold costume holding a rifle, with a boy, a dog, a hare, and a classical bust behind.

Endymion Porter

William Dobson, 1642

Painting of the Holy Family with John the Baptist, a lamb and angels in a wooded landscape.

The Holy Family with John the Baptist

Nicolas de Liemaker

Painting of a flower garland framing a stone niche with a sculpted Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, dark background.

Garland of Flowers surrounding a Sculpture of the Virgin Mary

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, 1645

Orpheus playing a lyre amid lions, an elephant, a camel, a unicorn and other animals in a forest clearing.

Orpheus charming the wild animals

Paulus Potter, 1650

Painting of the Virgin wearing a rose crown, held by the infant Christ, with two angels against a golden glow.

The Virgin Crowned by the Infant Christ

Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert, 1646