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Medieval Bible page with blue and gold initials, one showing a woman beheading a man in a bed under a canopy.

Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial A and Initial A: Judith Beheading Holofernes

Leber Group, c. 1230-1240

Gilded triptych with a central Virgin and Child and side wings showing scenes from the life of Christ, including the Nativity

Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Scenes from the Life of Christ

Italian; probably Venice, c. 1320

Medieval manuscript page with gold illuminated initial showing St. Paul holding a sword and book, beside columns of Latin tex

Leaf with Initial from a Latin Bible: Initial M: St. Paul with a Sword and a Book

Vienna Moralized Bible Workshop, c. 1220

Painting of a friar in brown robes embracing the nude figure of Christ on a cross, with a cherub holding a book.

Saint Francis embracing Christ on the cross

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising among angels in clouds while apostles below look upward toward her.

Assumption of the Virgin

Moretto da Brescia, 1524

Altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with two standing saints in red and gold robes, against a cloudy sky.

Madonna and child with Saints Roch and Sebastian

Moretto da Brescia, 1528

Madonna and child with a flower-holding angel before a landscape with trees and clouds, by Moretto da Brescia.

Madonna with child and an angel

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Arched altarpiece of the Madonna and Child in clouds above three saints, Francis, Jerome and Anthony Abbot, before a landscap

Madonna and Child in Glory with Saints Jerome, Francis of Assisi, and Anthony Abbot

Moretto da Brescia, 1543

Arched painting of the Madonna and Christ child on a crescent moon above a kneeling bishop and a kneeling female saint.

Madonna with child in glory with Saints Martin and Catherine

Moretto da Brescia, 1530

Madonna and Child in glory above Saints Sebastian, Martin and Roch in a cloudy landscape, painted in 1525.

Madonna with child in glory with Saints Roch, Martin, and Sebastian

Moretto da Brescia, 1525

Painting of the Madonna and Christ child in glory above clouds, with five female saints gathered below.

Madonna and child in glory with female saints

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Christ in red robes carries a cross while a kneeling man in black looks up at him in a landscape with angels.

Christ carrying the cross before a kneeling figure

Moretto da Brescia, 1518

Oil portrait of a bearded bare-chested older man as Neptune holding a trident, with grey drapery and a rope behind him.

Andrea Doria as Neptune. Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo) c. 1545-6. Paolo Giovo collection. Pinacoteca di Brera

Painting of a shrouded man rising from a tomb while robed mourners and onlookers react in a dim cave setting.

Resurrection of Lazarus by Henry Ossawa Tanner

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1896

Painting of Christ seated between Martha preparing fish in a kitchen and Mary reading a book, with a landscape behind.

Christ with Martha and Mary

Vincent Malò, 1623

Panoramic painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, crowds and a hillside landscape.

Adoration of the Magi

Filippino Lippi, 1496

Painting of Saint Gregory the Pope in a jeweled tiara and gold cope, blessing with one hand and resting on an open book.

Saint Gregory the Pope

Pedro Berruguete, 1495

Painting of a winged angel in blue and a young man in red holding a fish, walking a path with a dog through trees.

Tobias and the Angel

Filippino Lippi, 1472

Gustav Klimt's Pallas Athena, 1898: a gilded, frontal goddess in scaled armor with a gorgon face on her breastplate.

Pallas Athena

Gustav Klimt, 1898

Circular painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, a crowd, and a peacock on a stable

Adoration of the Magi

Filippo Lippi, 1440

Painted landscape of a forest path with classical huntress figures and hounds, framed by tall trees and distant hills at suns

Landscape with Diana Hunting

Abraham Genoels, 1685

Painting of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Jesus, shepherds, lambs and angels in dark clouds above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Carlo Dolci, c. 1670

Narrow predella panel with gold-ground painted saints, a crucifixion scene, and geometric red and blue medallions between fig

Predella: Saint Francis, the Mourning Virgin Mary, Christ on the Cross, the Mourning Saint John the Evangelist, and S…

Luca di Tommè, 1350

Candlelit painting of a woman pointing at a crouched armored man beside a fire, with onlookers in shadow.

The Denial of Saint Peter

Hendrick ter Brugghen, c. 1626

Risen Christ with banner rises from tomb, flanked by two angels, while soldiers sleep below in dark shadow.

Resurrection of Christ

Samuel van Hoogstraten, c. 1665

Painting of the baptism of Christ by a river, with angels, cherubs and a dove in a wooded landscape under clouds.

The Baptism of Christ

Filippo Lauri, 1638-1694

Painting of the crucifixion of Christ with crowds, horsemen, workers and mourners beneath a stormy sky.

The Crucifixion

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1565

Miniature painting of a golden multi-tiered city with palaces, a herd of cattle on a path, and a seated deity in a pavilion.

Krishna and the Golden City of Dwarka, from the Harivamsha (Geneology of Vishnu)

Kesu Kalan, 1585

Gilded Gothic-style altarpiece with an enthroned Madonna and Child at center, surrounded by saints and a Lamentation scene.

Hauptaltar des Domes von Ascoli, Polyptychon, Gesamtansicht, Mitteltafel: Thronende Madonna, linke und rechte Tafeln:…

Carlo Crivelli, 1473

Rubens painting of Christ in red robes handing keys to Saint Peter in yellow, with apostles watching behind them.

Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter

Peter Paul Rubens, 1612