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Painting of a kneeling saint in black habit before an open book, with the Virgin and Child, a dove and two figures.

The Calling of Saint Catherine of Sienna

Oil sketch of Christ with halo carrying a cross, meeting a woman in blue, with a helmeted soldier beside them.

Jesus Meets His Mother. Study for the Stations of the Cross IV

István Schaller, 1770

Painting of a kneeling man in red praying as men raise stones around him in a rocky landscape.

Martyrdom of Saint Stephen""

Juan Correa de Vivar

Painting of a bearded older man in blue and red robes resting his hand on a large book against a dark background.

The Apostle Bartholomew (Paul)

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving a gift from a kneeling bearded man under a gothic arch, with oxen and a sta

Adoration of the First Magus

Pedro Berruguete, 1493

Painting of a haloed woman playing a pipe organ, with a cherub behind her and a violin on the dark wall.

Saint Cecilia

Antiveduto Grammatica, 1650

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue mantle holding the sleeping infant Christ against a dark background.

The Virgin and Child

Francesco Trevisani, 1708

Painting of Saint Francis of Assisi in a grey hooded habit gazing upward in ecstasy against a dark rocky background.

Saint Francis of Assisi in ecstasy

Gold-ground panel of a haloed Dominican saint holding a lily and book, flanked by four saints in gilded niches.

Saint Dominic Guzmán and Four Saints

Guerau Gener, 1405

Painting of the Annunciation: a kneeling angel greets the Virgin Mary while God and a dove glow in clouds above.

The Annunciation

Vincenzo Carducci

Nativity painting showing Mary and the infant Christ in a manger, with Joseph, shepherds, angels on clouds and a dog.

The Nativity

Pietro da Cortona, 1656

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe gazing upward with hands pressed together in prayer.

Saint Francis of Paula

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1700

Painting of the Madonna in blue and red holding a child with grapes, set in a landscape with trees and a castle on a cliff.

Virgin and Child (Called the Madonna under the Firs)

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1510

Crucifixion of Christ between two thieves, with an armored rider on a white horse below, against a dark stormy sky.

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1536

Painting of Leda seated with a swan among bathing women, cherubs and tall trees in a forest landscape.

Leda and the swan

Eugenio Caxés, 1604

Painting of the Virgin Mary with two infant boys and a winged angel in a rocky cave, with a lake landscape behind.

The Virgin of the Rocks

Leonardo da Vinci

Painting of the Virgin and Child with four female saints, cherubs above a dark hill, and a castle landscape behind.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Saints Dorothy, Margaret and Barbara

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1516

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with two angels holding a green cloth and a landscape behind.

Virgin and Child

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1515

Seated young man in a red cloak holds a staff and book, with a white lamb beside him and a hilltop town behind.

Saint John the Baptist

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1645

Painting of nude women bathing in a pool as hunting dogs attack a stag at left, with a castle and hunter in the background.

Diana and Actaeon

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1540

Painting of Christ holding an infant among mothers, children and a crowd of onlookers in Renaissance dress.

Christ blessing the children

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1537

Painting of a bearded man with curly hair and a red cloak against a dark background, gazing downward.

Saint John the Baptist

Luis de Morales, 1566

Oval garland of tulips, roses and irises framing a dim robed figure with a staff against a dark background.

Saint Francis Xavier in a Garland

Daniël Seghers, 1635

Renaissance painting of the Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist before green drapery.

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

Jacopino del Conte, 1535-40

Painting of the Madonna in red and blue robes holding the nude Christ Child, with a mountain landscape behind them.

Madonna and Child

Girolamo di Bernardino da Udine, 1506-1512

Painting of Orpheus leading nude Eurydice from a fiery underworld, with a torch-bearing figure and dogs in the foreground.

Orpheus and Eurydice

Peter Paul Rubens, 1636

Painting of the dead Christ reclining on a white cloth, with a skull and inscription scroll beside him.

The dead Christ

Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante, 1663

Painting of a kneeling bearded saint in prayer as an executioner raises a sword in a prison cell with chained prisoner.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Jusepe Leonardo, 1637

The Madonna and Child with Saints

The Madonna and Child with Saints

Francesco Menzocchi, 1517-1584

Two saints in a rocky landscape: one in red robes holding a golden chalice with a serpent, one in animal skin beside a lamb a

Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist