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Painting of the Virgin holding a veil over a sleeping Christ Child, with the young Saint John beside them and cherries.

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Luis de Morales, 1570

Painting of a nun in black habit raising a glowing monstrance as soldiers retreat and angels float above in a baroque scene.

Saint Clare Driving Away the Infidels with the Eucharist

Isidoro Arredondo, 1693

Older woman in veil guides a young girl reading an open book, with two cherubs holding a flower wreath above.

Saint Anne teaching the Virgin to read

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1655

Painting of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, two angels, onlookers and a river landscape with trees.

The Baptism of Christ

Christoph Schwarz, 1550

Bearded bishop in embroidered vestments looks up between a crucified Christ and the Virgin, surrounded by cherubs.

Saint Augustine between Christ and the Virgin

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1664

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a red gown and veil holding the Christ Child, who reads an open book, with a landscape window.

The Virgin and Child

Pedro Berruguete, 1450

Painting of a centaur carrying a boy in red past two stone herms, with a hunting dog, horn and garland.

The Education of Achilles

Peter Paul Rubens

Painting of Christ being baptized by John the Baptist in a river, with a dove descending in a bright sky above.

The Baptism of Christ

Domenico Tintoretto, 1550

Dead Christ supported by a winged angel against a dark background, with a basin, nails and crown of thorns below.

The dead Christ held by an angel

Alonso Cano, 1646

Painting of a bearded man with a walking staff, red cloak, scallop shell and open book against a dark background.

The Apostle James

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1655

Old bearded man kneeling in a rocky cave with a crucifix, a flying angel above and a lion resting nearby.

The penitent Saint Jerome

Alonso Cano, 1660

Dead Christ on a red cloth, a kneeling pope in red robes praying, and angels holding a chalice in the clouds above.

The dead Christ venerated by Pius V

Parrasio Micheli, 1572

Two children with a lamb and wooden cross before a dark landscape; one wears a white tunic with a halo.

The Christ Child, Saint John and the Lamb

Anthony van Dyck, 1618

Full-length painting of Saint Dominic in white habit and black cape, holding a rosary and lily, with a dog and globe.

Saint Dominic of Guzmán

Gaspar de Crayer, 1655

Grisaille painting of two saints in stone-like niches: an elderly man with a pilgrim staff and a veiled woman holding a reliq

Saint James and Saint Clare

Robert Campin, 1420

Elderly bearded man in red robe at a study table with a skull, open book, crucifix and scrolls.

Saint Jerome in his study

Marinus van Reymerswaele, 1541

Painting of figures in red robes kneeling and standing before an ornate tomb in a Gothic church interior with a tiled floor.

The Adoration of the Tomb of Saint Peter Martyr

Pedro Berruguete, 1493

Painting of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven with angels, as bearded apostles gaze up beside a stone tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Gregorio de' Ferrari, 1700

Painting of a bearded older man in a red cloak and blue tunic holding a folded letter and a dark staff against a dark backgro

Saint Paul

Medieval painting of the Virgin Mary crowned, holding the Christ Child, with gold halos and red drapery behind them.

The Virgin and Child

Gonzalo Pérez, 1410

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi showing the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, Saint Joseph, and attendants before a ston

The Adoration of the Magi

Luis de Morales, 1565

Painting of the Virgin Mary seated beside the standing Christ Child holding a cross, with a dove and cherubs in gold light.

The Virgin and Child

Antonio María Esquivel, 1856

Painting of a young boy with a lamb and cross staff, gazing upward under a shaft of light in a rocky landscape.

The Infant Saint John the Baptist

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1670

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child between Saint Cecilia with organ pipes and Saint Agnes with a lamb.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Cecilia and Inez

Francesco Vanni, 1600

Half-length painting of bearded Christ with halo, holding a communion wafer and gold chalice, against a gilded patterned back

Christ the Saviour

Juan de Juanes, 1545

Gothic panel showing a bearded saint with a halo confronting a seated ruler and a crowd beside a gilded idol.

Saint Andrew refusing to worship the Idol

Lluís Borrassà, 1400

Rubens painting of the Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist, a woman in red holding the Christ Child.

The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1615

Painting of a curly-haired boy with a staff and scroll, wearing red drapery, beside a white lamb in a rocky landscape.

Saint John the Baptist

Pierre Mignard I, 1688

Virgin and Child in an oval panel framed by a dense garland of flowers, fruit and vegetables, with animals below.

The Virgin and Child in a Painting surrounded by Fruit and Flowers

Peter Paul Rubens, 1617

Painting of a flower garland framing a grey relief of the Virgin and Child, with tulips, roses and narcissus on a dark ground

Garland of Flowers with the Virgin, the Christ Child and Saint John

Erasmus Quellinus II, 1600