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Painting of a submerged water nymph with red hair gliding through dark blue-green water beneath a twilight sky.

Water nymph

Marian Wawrzeniecki, 1905

Full-length painting of a nude woman wringing her long blonde hair on a seashore with breaking waves and shells.

Birth of Venus

Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval, 1862

Altarpiece of the Virgin crowned in heaven, with Saint Dominic holding a church model and saints and knights below.

Altarpiece of Saint Dominic

Girolamo Romanino, 1545

Painted interior of St Peter's Basilica in Rome, showing the dome, a bronze baldachin and small figures on the marble floor.

Interior of Saint Peter’s in Rome

Wilhelm Schubert van Ehrenberg, 1671

Painting of a stern bearded man holding blue lightning bolts, with an eagle and inscribed band above him against blue sky.

Jupiter (Donar)

Hans Thoma, 1906

Painting of a woman with a flower wreath beside a white dove, pink roses, a golden heart crown and the word VENUS in the corn

Venus (Freya)

Hans Thoma, 1906

Painting of a rocky grotto with stone steps, a wooden cross, and two robed monks praying in the foreground.

Saint Francis’ Grotto on Monte Verna

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1801

Panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, a gold vessel and a distant village pr

The Adoration of the Magi

Jan Mostaert, 1520

Two manuscript pages: left has Latin text, right has a painted Adoration of the Magi scene with decorated borders.

Bifolio from a Book of Hours: Adoration of the Magi (recto); Text (verso)

Boucicaut Master, c. 1415

Grisaille painting of nymphs and satyrs drinking wine in a woodland clearing, with a barrel, fruit basket and goat.

Nymphs and Satyrs Drinking

Johann Georg Platzer, 1740

Painting of a nude woman with raised chained wrists standing on rocks beside reeds and dark trees, by Rembrandt.

Andromeda Chained to the Rocks

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630

Painting of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, with two cherubs holding a red cloth above them.

Madonna and Child

Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1525

Painting of Moses raising the tablets of the law before a crowd, with a seated woman, child, and nude man in the foreground.

Moses empfängt die Gesetzestafeln

Domenico Beccafumi, 1537

Virgin Mary in red gown and green mantle holds infant Christ before carved stone architecture and checkered marble floor.

Virgin and Child

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1530

Painting of Christ crowned with thorns, bound and holding a reed, beside the grieving Virgin in a dark hood, before a gothic

Christ Crowned with Thorns (Ecce Homo), and the Mourning Virgin

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1530

Kneeling priests in gold vestments raise a chalice before an altar, where Christ appears with Passion instruments in a Gothic

The Mass of Saint Gregory the Great

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1510

Painting of the Nativity with the Virgin kneeling before the Christ Child, angels, Saint Joseph, and onlookers in an arched a

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1500

Painting of the Madonna holding the standing infant Christ while infant John the Baptist looks up beside her.

Madonna and child with infant John the Baptist

Domenico Beccafumi, 1542

Pointillist painting of Venice lagoon with striped sails, gondolas, and domed buildings in pink hazy light.

The Lagoon of Saint Mark, Venice

Paul Signac, 1905

Painting of the Virgin in a blue mantle holding the haloed Christ Child seated on a marble ledge against a dark background.

Lochis Madonna

Giovanni Bellini, 1476

Medieval painted miniature of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist with haloed figures, an infant, and an elderly man writi

Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

Master of the Murano Gradual, 1450

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ with Saint Joseph, shepherds, a lamb and a donkey nearby.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Luis de Morales, 1565

Painting of Saint Anthony Abbot with grey beard, staff, book and bell, a black pig and fire at his feet, gold background.

Saint Anthony Abbot

Juan Rexach, 1450

Painting of the Nativity with the infant Christ, Mary, Joseph, shepherds and angels holding a Latin scroll above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de Lanchares, 1612

Painting of a red-haired woman gazing upward holding a skull, with a cherub offering roses against a dark background.

Saint Rosalia

Anthony van Dyck, 1625

Oil painting of a woman in red drapery receiving armor from a muscular smith, with putti handling helmets and weapons.

Thetis Receiving the Weapons of Achilles from Hephaestus

Anthony van Dyck, 1630

Oval painting of an elderly bearded man gazing upward, hand on his chin, against a dark background.

Penitent Saint Peter

Guido Reni, 1637

Christ in a dark robe carries a cross past soldiers, a mounted rider on a white horse, and kneeling grieving women.

Christ on the Route to Calvary

Vicente Masip, 1517

Gothic interior with a winged angel in red entering to greet Mary in blue, who sits reading beside a stained glass window.

Annunciation

Robert Campin, 1420

Night scene of soldiers with pikes arresting Christ, a man in orange embracing him, with a sword-bearing apostle at left.

Christ's Arrest

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1538