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Painting of Saint John on Patmos writing while gazing at a radiant woman in clouds, with an eagle and putti nearby.

Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos

Carlo Maratta, 1680

Painting of the Madonna holding the Christ child, with a praying angel behind her against a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Carlo Maratta, 1711

Painting of an elderly bearded man with a halo, resting his head on his hand beside books, an inkwell and a quill.

Saint Mark the Evangelist

Carlo Maratta, 1655

Dark landscape with an angel in a gold tunic and a young man in white walking past red poppies under trees.

Tobiah and the Angel

Adam Elsheimer, 1593-1610

Painting of a centaur abducting a nude woman as a nude archer aims a bow across a river valley with distant hills.

Hercules and Deianira

Antonio del Pollaiuolo, 1475

Gold-background panel of armored Saint Michael weighing souls on a scale while a devil and kneeling angel flank him.

Saint Michael Weighing Souls

Juan de la Abadía, 1480

Circular painting of the Madonna and Child with an open book, set against a distant river landscape with hills and a town.

Madonna and Child with a Breviary

Francesco Botticini, 1475

Gilded panel of a haloed deacon saint in red robes holding a palm and book, with a bearded saint in a roundel above.

Deacon Saint, with Saint Anthony Abbot [right panel],

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Gilded panel of the Virgin and Child in a Gothic frame, with a blessing Christ holding a scroll above.

Madonna and Child, with the Blessing Christ [middle panel]

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Gold-ground panel of a bearded saint holding keys and a book, with Christ in the gable above, in a Gothic arch.

Saint Peter, with Saint James Major [left panel]

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Painting of the Holy Family with Saints Anna and Joachim, with the Virgin, Christ Child, angels and a dove above.

Holy Family with Saints Anna and Joachim

Cristóbal de Villalpando, 1705

Four nude women grouped together against a dark background with red drapery, in a dark wooden frame.

Venus and the Three Graces

Albrecht Dürer, 1497-1596

Painting of four men in a hilly landscape, one playing a violin and another holding a stringed instrument, with a town and ri

The Judgement of Midas. The Musical Contest between Apollo and Marsyas

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1507-1509

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child with Saint Joseph beside them under a pink canopy, with a landscape behi

The Holy Family

Lorenzo Costa, 1490

Triptych altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned center, kneeling donors below, and saints in side panels.

The Le Cellier Altarpiece

Jehan Bellegambe, 1509

Painting of the Circumcision of Christ: a priest in gold vestments over an infant on an altar, with Mary and Joseph in a Goth

The Circumcision of Christ

Jan Baegert, 1495

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue and red holding the infant Christ on a throne, with a landscape behind.

The Virgin and Child enthroned

Lorenzo Costa, 1495

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary, Joseph holding a candle, angels, an infant in straw, and shepherds in a landscap

Adoration of the Child

Jan Baegert, 1490

Angel beside a kneeling bearded man in green and red robes, with chains on the floor and columns behind.

The Liberation of Saint Peter

Jan Rombouts I, 1520

Painting of Christ on the cross with Mary, Saint John and Saint Catherine of Siena, with a skull and a distant town.

Christ on the Cross with Saints Mary, John the Evangelist and Catherine of Siena

Marco Pino, 1570

Virgin Mary embraces the infant Christ on a red cushion while two angels peer from the dark background.

Virgin and Child with Angels

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1610

Painting of the Nativity with the Virgin, Saint Joseph, two angels, and shepherds adoring the infant Jesus in a landscape.

The Adoration of the Child

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Medieval painting of a haloed preacher in a pulpit addressing a congregation, with Christ in a roundel above and a scribe at

Sermon of Saint Albertus Magnus

Friedrich Walther, 1430

Painting of Saint Jerome kneeling by a rock with a lion, skull, crucifix and cypress tree in a landscape.

Saint Jerome

Jacopo da Sellaio

Gold-ground panel of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Miniato with a kneeling angel in the gothic pinnacle above.

Saint John the Baptist and Saint Miniato

Bicci di Lorenzo, 1350

Gilded panel showing Saint Lucy beside a fire and cauldron, with executioners and richly dressed onlookers around her.

Martyrdom of Saint Lucy

Bernat Martorell, 1435

Gilded Gothic altarpiece with a central saint holding a book and palm, surrounded by panels of martyrdom scenes.

Altarpiece of Saint Vincent

Bernat Martorell, 1438

Saint George on a white horse spearing a dragon as a kneeling princess watches, with a castle behind them.

Saint George Killing the Dragon

Bernat Martorell, 1434

Gold-ground panel of a haloed martyr on a cross, surrounded by soldiers with spears and a crowd of onlookers.

Martyrdom of Saint Eulalia

Bernat Martorell, 1442

Gilded altarpiece panel with Saint Michael slaying a dragon, a martyrdom scene before a judge, and a crowned saint in red.

Saint Michael, Martyrdom of Saint Eulalia and Saint Catherine

Bernat Martorell, 1442