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Painting of a nude woman standing beside a small child holding purple drapery, with white doves and a blue landscape.

Venus and Cupid

Simone Peterzano, 1531-1578

Painting of a haloed saint with bound wrists led through a shouting crowd, with a tower and mountain landscape behind.

Saint Stephen is led to Martyrdom

Juan de Juanes, 1562

Classical harbor at sunset with columns, towers, sailing ships and figures boarding boats on the quay.

Landscape with the Embarkation of Saint Paula Romana at Ostia

Claude Lorrain, 1639

Oil painting of an open Bible, a lit candle in a candlestick, and a yellow book on a table against a dark background.

Still Life with Bible

Vincent van Gogh, 1885

Two saints in religious robes flank a stone column, each reading an open book, one in gold papal vestments and one in red.

Saint Gregory the Great and Saint Jerome

Pedro Berruguete, 1495

Painting of a sleeping bearded man beside a descending angel on clouds, with a kneeling woman in blue praying in the backgrou

Saint Joseph’s Dream

Antonio Palomino, 1697

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who raises a small wooden cross, against a dark background.

The Virgin and Child with a Spindle

Luis de Morales, 1566

Painting of a haloed bearded man in a red cloak writing with a quill at a desk beside a vase of flowers.

Saint Paul writing

Master with the Parrot, 1525

Painting of Saint John the Baptist with a halo, a lamb, and a cross-topped staff in a landscape under a cloudy sky.

Saint John the Baptist

Alexandro Loarte

Painting of a kneeling woman in white gown before a seated king extending a golden sceptre, with courtiers and attendants.

Esther Before Ahasuerus

Frans Francken II, 1622

Painting of the crucified Christ with arms raised, crown of thorns and white loincloth against a dark background.

Christ Crucified

Alonso Cano, 1650

Kneeling friar gazes up at Virgin, Christ and angels on clouds above a dark landscape, in a 1601 painting.

Saint Francis of Assisi in the Portiuncula

Ludovico Carracci, 1601

Saint Anthony of Padua holds the Christ Child and a lily branch against a pale sky in an arched niche.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Francisco Herrera the Younger, 1650

Painting of a curly-haired child embracing a lamb, holding a cross staff, gazing upward toward light in a rocky landscape.

The Infant Saint John the Baptist

Antonio Palomino

Painting of the Crucifixion with elongated Christ on a cross, two angels, and mourning figures below against a dark sky.

The Crucifixion

Madonna and Child in an oval cartouche framed by garlands of roses, tulips and narcissus on a dark background.

Flower garland around a Madonna and Child

Daniël Seghers, 1650

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child, kneeling king in red, attendant kings with gold vessels, under a sta

The Adoration of the Magi

Maestro de la Sisla, 1500

Painting of women bathing a newborn infant in a copper basin in a stone interior, with an old man writing at left.

Nativity of St. John the Baptist

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1635

Painting of a seated young man in a red cloak with a staff and lamb in a dark cave, with a waterfall landscape beyond.

Saint John the Baptist in the Desert

Dark forest scene with winged angels and robed figures gathered by a ruin beneath tall trees, light breaking through the cano

Christ attended by Angels

Alessandro Magnasco, 1705

Baroque painting of the Assumption of the Virgin with angels, cherubs, God the Father, Christ and a radiant dove in clouds.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Francisco Bayeu, 1760

Nun in black veil at a red-draped table gazes up at a crucifix among clouds, with an open book and inkwell before her.

The crucified Christ appears to Saint Teresa of Avila

Alonso Cano, 1629

Painting of Christ being baptized in a river by John the Baptist, with God the Father and a dove above in a cloudy sky.

The Baptism of Christ

Willem van Herp, 1650

Tiepolo painting of an angel holding a golden monstrance above a kneeling friar gazing upward, with cherubs and a column.

The Vision of Saint Paschal Baylon

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1767

Painting of the Virgin Mary in red and blue robes holding the infant Christ, who wears a halo, against a dark background.

The Virgin and Child

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1655

Painting of a mounted procession in red and white costumes passing a walled city with towers under a stormy sky.

Procession of the Magi

Bernardo Parentino, c. 1450-1500

Painting of a long ceremonial hall with robed figures in rows, chandeliers, and a raised throne at the far end.

Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, 1782

Francesco Guardi, c. 1783

Painting of the Visitation of Mary and Elizabeth among saints in a classical interior with a tiled floor and a lion.

Visitation (Meeting of Mary and Elizabeth in the Presence of Saints Joseph and Jerome)

Pellegrini Tiballdi, 1550

Gold-ground altarpiece of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, angels and a bishop in a Gothic frame.

Virgin and Saints

Rossello di Jacopo Franchi

Gold-ground octagonal panel of the Virgin and Child, with the Child holding a small bird against a gilded background.

Virgin and Child

Rossello di Jacopo Franchi, 1430