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Oil painting of Saint Anne guiding the young Virgin Mary to read an open book, with angels above and an elderly man beside th

Saint Anne teaching the Virgin to read

Juan Carreño de Miranda, 1674

Painting of two saints on a rock under a stormy sky with lightning; one writes in a book while the other points upward beside

Saint Matthew and Saint John the Evangelist

Juan Ribalta, 1625

Triptych painting of the Virgin Mary giving a garment to a kneeling clergyman, with angels above and a royal couple on the si

Ildefonso Altarpiece

Peter Paul Rubens, 1630

Painting of a nude woman undressing beside a seated youth by a forest pool, with a red drape and dark trees.

Hermaphroditus and the nymph Salmacis

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1580

Dark painting of a nude man on a gridiron over a fire, surrounded by soldiers, attendants, and onlookers.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Valentin de Boulogne, 1622

Painting of a bishop rising into clouds with angels while a crowd of clergy and townspeople kneels and gestures below.

Saint Augustine vanquishing the Plague of Locusts

Miguel Jacinto Meléndez, 1734

Painting of armored Athena with spear and shield confronting a rearing centaur while two centaurs flee across a grassy plain.

Palas Athena in Fight against Centaurs

Milan Thomka Mitrovský, 1917

Painting of a black-robed clergyman refusing a tray of gold coins offered by a nobleman in a red cloak, under an arched colon

Saint Gaetano Refuses Offerings from Count Antonio Caracciolo d’Oppido

Andrea Vaccaro, 1650

Elderly bearded man kneels in a dim cave, hands clasped in prayer, with a rooster and an iron key nearby.

Denial of Saint Peter

Jan van der Venne, 1631

Saint John writes on a rocky shore beside an eagle while a glowing vision of Christ appears above the sea.

Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos

Pedro Orrente, 1620

Painting of a reclining youth beside a winged cupid with a torch, and a woman leaning on a rock under trees.

Echo and Narcissus

Nicolas Poussin, 1629

Nymphs bathing in a woodland pool at dusk, with a seated Diana in red drapery beside a bow and arrows.

Diana's Bath

Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, 1700

Painting of a nun in black veil and white cloak, hands clasped in prayer, with a white dove and Latin inscriptions.

Saint Teresa of Ávila

Eduardo Balaca, 1877

Nude nymphs bathe in a pool beneath rocky cliffs and trees, with a waterfall and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Diana bathing with her Nymphs

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1624

Oil study of a kneeling shirtless man holding a severed head, with brass trumpets and cloudy sky behind.

Study of Composition with Biblical Scene

Milan Thomka Mitrovský, 1910

Painting of a haloed bishop saint in gold vestments rising among clouds, surrounded by angels and putti.

Saint Louis Bishop in Glory

Isidoro Arredondo, 1693

Winged angel with a rose crown carrying a censer, walking on a path before a river valley landscape.

Archangel Seatiel with a censer

Bartolomé Román

Painting of a bowed bearded man in a brown cloak with a glowing lantern held by a winged cherub at his feet.

Study of Pilgrims with a Guardian angel - Ahasver

Milan Thomka Mitrovský, 1910

Painting of a swooning nun supported by two angels, one holding an arrow, with cherubs above in a dark sky.

Saint Theresa in Ecstasy

Gerard Seghers, 1609

Painting of the Visitation: two haloed women embrace before pink and blue Gothic buildings, with gold leaf background.

Visitation (Trinity Altarpiece)

Bartolo di Fredi, 1300

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, who holds a yarnwinder, before a landscape with trees and ruins.

Madonna of the Yarnwinder

Hernando de los Llanos

Gold-ground panel of Saint Christopher in red robe wading through fish-filled water, carrying the child Christ on his shoulde

Saint Christopher (Trinity Altarpiece)

Bartolo di Fredi, 1300

Kneeling monk in white habit faces an armored nobleman with spear, hunting dogs and a grey horse in a forest.

Saint Bruno Encounters the Count of Sicily and Calabria

Vincenzo Carducci, 1626

Painting of a bishop in a jeweled mitre and green cloak reading an open book at a wooden lectern beside shelves of books.

Saint Ambrose

Master of Großgmain, 1498

Painting of Pallas Athena in a golden helmet with shield and spear, fighting a rearing centaur before classical ruins.

Pallas Athena Fighting Centaurs

Milan Thomka Mitrovský, 1900

Reconstructed stained-glass style drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin, Christ Child and a kneeling king.

Scene "Adoration of the Magi" (left section). Artistic reconstruction of a stained-glass panel from the Dominican chu…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Oil painting of Christ seated in blue robes with Martha and Mary in an interior, with onlooking men in red and cream robes.

Jesus Christ at the House of Martha and Mary

Classical interior with a seated woman in blue, a kneeling vendor with cherubs in a basket, and a standing attendant.

The Cupid Seller

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1763

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary and the infant Christ in a thatched stable, kneeling kings, and a crowd with sold

Adoration of the Magi

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1600

Painting of the dead Christ supported in a shroud by a man, with mourners and two children with a torch in a dark interior.

Entombment of Christ

Giulio Cesare Amidano, 1550