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Gilded Gothic altarpiece with Madonna and Child enthroned center, flanked by saints and angels, with predella scenes below.

Perugia Altarpiece

Fra Angelico, 1438

Painting of the Madonna and Child on a Gothic throne, surrounded by twelve haloed angels against a gold background.

Madonna and Child Enthroned and Twelve Angels

Fra Angelico, 1420

Painting of Saint Andrew being bound to an X-shaped cross by executioners, with onlookers and a soldier in dark shadowy light

Martyrdom of Saint Andrew

Jusepe de Ribera, 1628

Dark baroque painting of Saint Peter's denial, with figures around a table and a woman in a white headscarf pointing.

The Denial of Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, 1615

Painting of a gaunt penitent figure with clasped hands, brown drapery, two skulls on a ledge, and a rocky landscape behind.

Saint Mary of Egypt

Jusepe de Ribera, 1641

Venus and Adonis embrace in a wooded landscape with a cupid, hunting dog, satyr, and castle on a hill.

Venus en Adonis

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1587

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving gifts from kneeling magi, with angels and onlookers before a stone building

Adoration of the Magi

Guido Reni, 1642

Painting of a nude winged Cupid drawing a bow beside a rock, with flowers, iris plants and a sea horizon behind him.

Cupid with a bow

Aurelio Luini, 1593

Nude winged Cupid holding a myrtle branch in a dark landscape, with a flaking figure fragment at left.

Cupid with a myrtle

Aurelio Luini, 1593

Interior of a Venetian church with red columns, cardinals in red robes, and crowds gathered around the altar during a ceremon

Pontifical Ceremony in Saints Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782

Francesco Guardi, c. 1783

Medieval manuscript leaf: an angel with a scroll appears over shepherds and pigs in a green landscape, with a gold-decorated

Annunciation to the Shepherds: Leaf from a Book of Hours (1 of 6 Excised Leaves)

Workshop of Henri d'Orquevaulx, c. 1420-30

Pontormo's 1525 Deposition: mourners in colorful robes lower Christ's body from the cross beneath an arched sky.

The Deposition from the Cross

Painting of Saint Quentin, nude and haloed, pinned to two wooden posts with a red loincloth and a hilly landscape behind.

Saint Quentin

Saint Cecilia holding an organ, gazing at angels in the clouds, with four saints and fallen instruments below.

The Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia

Painting of the Madonna holding the infant Christ on clouds, with two saints and two cherubs below green curtains.

Sistine Madonna

Illuminated manuscript page of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ and Joseph, framed by gilded foliate borders.

The Nativity: Leaf from a Book of Hours (3 of 6 Excised Leaves)

Workshop of Henri d'Orquevaulx, c. 1420-30

Nude nymphs in a hilly landscape react as satyrs peer from a rocky ledge on the left; a quiver lies in the foreground.

Nymphs spied upon by satyrs

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1627

Illuminated manuscript leaf of the Crucifixion with grieving women, mounted soldiers, and gilded angels in the border.

Leaf from a Missal: The Crucifixion (Frontispiece for the Canon of the Mass)

Master of Otto van Moerdrecht, c. 1440-1450

Painting of a bearded hermit in a dark cave surrounded by animal-headed demons, flying creatures and a skull on a table.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

David Teniers the Younger, 1640

Painting of the Holy Family with Virgin Mary, infant Christ, a young boy and kneeling elders before a ruined arch and mountai

The Holy Family

Benvenuto Tisi, 1535

Painting of the Madonna in a yellow veil and red dress holding the nude Christ child on a stone ledge, with a halo.

Madonna and Child

Benvenuto Tisi, 1515

Triptych with Virgin and Child in the center, Saint John with a chalice on the left, and Mary Magdalene with a jar on the rig

Triptych with Virgin and Child, Saint John the Evangelist (left wing) and Mary Magdalene (right wing)

Jan Provoost, 1520

Painting of the enthroned Virgin and Child with Saint Jerome, John the Baptist and a kneeling Carthusian monk before a Gothic

Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Saints Jerome and John the Baptist and a Carthusian Monk

Jan Provoost, 1510

Painting of the Madonna with a gold halo, red dress, lace collar and dark cloak against a gold background.

Head of the Madonna

Franciabigio, 1509

Painting of an angel beside a kneeling youth holding a fish, with a dog, hills, a city and river landscape behind.

Tobias and the Angel

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1479

Painting of a funeral procession with clergy carrying a red-draped bier past a tree and mourners in colorful robes.

The Burial of Saint Zenobius

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1479

Virgin Mary in a red mantle holds the Christ Child in a hedged garden while five angels hold a crown above her.

Virgin and Child

Jan Provoost, 1495

Painting of a martyrdom scene with executioners, kneeling women, and a winged angel descending with wreaths above.

The Martyrdom of the Seven Sons of Saint Felicity

Francesco Trevisani, 1709

Painting of the Crucifixion: Christ on a cross surrounded by armored soldiers, a hooded mourning woman, and a stormy sky.

The Crucifixion

Vincenzo Campi, 1550

Painting of Bacchus leaning toward seated Ariadne, with a winged torch-bearer above, cherubs, a leopard, and a sea at left.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Jacopo Amigoni, 1740