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Gilded panel painting of the Virgin and Child with halos, a small cross, and a gothic carved frame.

The Virgin and Child

Lorenzo di Niccolò

Two manuscript leaves: left, two women embrace before trees; right, Christ seated on an orb between two angels, with ornate b

Leaves from a Book of Hours: The Visitation and Christ in Judgment

Boucicaut Master, c. 1415

Titian painting of the Virgin and Child with a bearded man in red robe reading an open book beside them.

Virgin and Child with Saint Paul

Titian, 1540

Painting of the Virgin and Christ child between two saints, with a white lily and book at their feet before a green curtain.

The Virgin and Child between Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Roque

Titian, 1508

Painting of the Madonna in red and blue robes holding a nude infant, with trees and a distant landscape behind her.

Madonna and Child

Titian, 1508

Painting of Venus with blonde curls and rose satin dress adjusting her hair, with a cupid clinging to her side.

Venus and Cupid

Benedetto Caliari, 1575

Virgin and Child in clouds appear to Saint Francis of Assisi, who gestures upward, with a nursing woman and children below.

The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi

Luca Giordano, 1680s

Painting of John the Baptist baptizing Christ in a river, with a dove and God in clouds above a rocky landscape.

The Baptism of Christ

Joachim Patinir, 1510

Painting of an elderly man raising a knife over a bound youth as a winged angel descends from clouds to stop him.

The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (pa…

Francesco Guardi, 1750s

Panel painting of the Madonna and Child with five saints and two angels under a white canopy, with a brass ewer of flowers be

Medici-Madonna, Szene: Madonna mit den Heiligen Petrus, Johannes dem Täufer, den Heiligen Kosmas und Damian

Rogier van der Weyden, 1453

Multi-panel altarpiece with Christ in majesty at center, angels, saints, nude souls rising, and a fiery hell on the right.

The Last Judgment (Beaune Altarpiece)

Rogier van der Weyden, 1443

Diptych: Christ crucified beside a kneeling woman in blue and a man in white, before a grey wall with red cloth.

Christ on the cross with Mary and Saint John the Evangelist

Rogier van der Weyden, 1460

Nativity painting: Virgin Mary kneels in blue, Joseph with staff beside an ox, infant Christ and angels in a pastoral setting

The Holy Family with Angels

Girolamo Imparato, 1550

Painting of Christ carrying a cross and confronting a startled bearded man in blue and orange robes beside stone columns.

Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?)

Annibale Carracci, 1601

Fresco of Bacchus and Ariadne on a golden chariot amid a revelling procession of satyrs, putti, and animals.

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Annibale Carracci, 1597

Painting of Psyche at her toilet, seated nude among attendants in a classical columned interior with a mirror.

Het toilet van Psyche

Joseph Paelinck, 1823

Painting of Saint Catherine with a palm frond and spiked wheel, wearing a jeweled gold bodice and green mantle against a red

Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Francesco da Cotignola, 1500

Grisaille painting of Christ crucified on a bare tree trunk, with rocks, a draped cloth, and a distant town with a tower.

Saint Jerome Penitent [left panel]

Jan Gossaert, 1509

Painting of Venus on a sea chariot with nymphs, tritons, cherubs and billowing drapery over churning waves.

The Triumph of Venus

François Boucher, 1740

Miniature painting of Krishna playing flute in a garden as two women sit beneath a tree, with a lotus pond below.

Sakhi persuades Radha to meet Krishna, from a Gita Govinda (Song of the Cowherd) of Jayadeva

Purkhu, c. 1820-25

Reclining nude Venus with cherubs, doves and blue drapery beside a stream in a leafy grove, painted in soft rococo tones.

Venus Consoling Love

François Boucher, 1751

Illuminated manuscript leaf with the Presentation in the Temple and three roundels of religious scenes on gold-scrolled red b

Leaf from a Book of Hours: Presentation in the Temple with Roundels of the Casting of Lots, the Deposition, and Pietà…

Master of Adélaïde de Savoie, c. 1460-70

Sketch of God the Father sending the Virgin Mary on clouds to kneeling elderly figures, Tiepolo style, with angels and a glob

God the Father Sends the Virgin Mary to her Parents Joachim and AnnaAlternative title(s): The Vision of St Anne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757

Medieval manuscript leaf of the Crucifixion with gold patterned background, angels, and figures in blue, red and yellow robes

Single Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion

Nicolò da Bologna, c. 1390

Painting of a bearded man in animal skin raising one arm beside a cross and banner, with a lamb in the foreground.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Mattia Preti, 1650

Painting of Saint Veronica with a white veil, gazing upward and holding a cloth with a face imprint against a dark background

Saint Veronica with the Veil

Mattia Preti, 1655

Painting of a rock arch under trees, with a river, distant hills and a cloudy sky receding to the right.

Landscape with Saint Benedict

Lucas Achtschellinck

Dark forest landscape with large trees, a path with three travelers in the foreground, and a distant river under clouds.

Landscape with Christ and the Men of Emmaus

Lucas Achtschellinck

Painting of Christ with a bloodied crown of thorns and gold halo inscribed IHS XPS against a black background.

Christ crowned with thorns

Fra Angelico, 1450

Fresco of Christ crucified with a haloed Saint Dominic kneeling at the foot of the cross against a blue sky.

Saint Dominic adoring the Crucifixion

Fra Angelico, 1437