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Narrow panel painting of Saint Stephen in red robe holding a palm frond, against gold leaf ornamental background.

Saint Stephen

Bernat Martorell, 1445

Gilded Gothic altarpiece panel showing Virgin and Child with Saints Matthew and Francis, by Bicci di Lorenzo.

Virgin and Child with Saints Matthew and Francis

Bicci di Lorenzo, 1430

Gold-ground panel painting of the Annunciation, with a kneeling angel holding a lily and the Virgin Mary reading in a loggia.

The Annunciation

Bicci di Lorenzo, 1385

Painting of a young woman in a white dress standing before a mirror in a sunlit room with an armchair and curtains.

The Psyche mirror

Berthe Morisot, 1876

Painting of an angel descending to a seated woman in a pink dress beside a bed, with a dove in a golden sky.

Annunciation

Marcello Venusti, 1550

Painting of a red coach and travelers on a dirt road, with horsemen, a white bell tower and a stone wall under a cloudy sky.

Coach and Travelers at Madonna del Riposo Near Rome

Pieter van Bloemen

Painted relief of a bowed mourning figure in purple drapery with a pale hand raised, set against a blue and red ground.

Mater Dolorosa (The Virgin Mary Mourning)

Georges-Daniel de Monfreid, 1897

Two triangular gilded panels, each with an angel in a gold halo against a gold leaf background.

Pinnacle with Angel (pair)

Niccolò di Segna, c. 1340

Two oval paintings of vaulted stone interiors: left shows soldiers by a cannon in a colonnade, right shows riders and dogs in

Pair of Paintings: The Colonnade of Saint Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave and The Grotto of Posillipo

Hubert Robert, c.1769

Grayscale view of nude women bathing by a forest stream, with a reclining figure, hounds, and arrows in the foreground.

Diana and Callisto

Hans Rottenhammer, 1579-1625

Illuminated manuscript page with a Nativity miniature inside a gold P initial, musical notation and floral border.

Leaf from a Gradual: Initial P with the Nativity

Workshop of Attavante degli Attavanti, c. 1500

Gilded altarpiece of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, a crowd, and prophets above.

Adoration of the Magi

Lorenzo Monaco, 1420

Saint Jerome with a halo stands in a book-lined study while a lion sits beside him, resting a paw on his hand.

Saint Jerome in His Study.

Lorenzo Monaco, 1420

Gold-ground arched panel of the Madonna in a dark mantle holding the Christ Child in a red robe.

Madonna and Child

Lorenzo Monaco, 1413

Gold-ground panel of a crucifixion with praying women at left, soldiers and winged angels at right.

Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Lluís Borrassà, 1400

Arched painting of a dying bearded man in bed, a red-robed figure gesturing, a woman praying, and angels in clouds above.

Death of Saint Joseph

Francesco Polazzo, 1738

Painting of an angel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in an interior, with a dove of the Holy Spirit radiating light above.

The Annunciation

Peter Candid, 1585

Painting of the dead Christ supported by grieving figures, with Mary in blue at right and a crown of thorns below.

Lamentation

Palma il Giovane, 1620

Painting of Christ's body lowered onto a stone sarcophagus, surrounded by grieving figures under a stormy sky.

The Deposition

Peter Paul Rubens, 1602

Painting of a nude bearded man seated in a vaulted stone prison cell beside a staff and iron chain.

Saint John the Baptist in prison

Victor Meirelles, 1852

Johannes Vermeer painting of Diana and nymphs in a wooded setting, one woman washing another's foot beside a gold basin and a

Diana and her Nymphs

Johannes Vermeer, 1655

Vermeer painting of Christ speaking with two women in a dim interior, one serving bread from a basket on a table.

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Johannes Vermeer, 1654

Small painting of the Virgin Mary in blue holding the infant Christ against a gold background, within a carved wooden frame.

The Virgin and Child

Painting of a fierce four-armed goddess standing on a mountaintop with jackals, a bull, attendants and birds around her.

Goddess standing on a mountaintop

Master of the court of Mandi, c. 1720

Centaur

Centaur

L.A. Schou, 1866

Neptune

Neptune

Werner van den Valckert, 1619

Oil painting of the Virgin, infant Christ, and saints in a wooded landscape with a ruined tower and a lamb.

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine

Sébastien Bourdon, 1650

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown robe writing with a quill beside an open manuscript in a dark room.

Saint Paul the Apostle

Attributed to Govaert Flinck, Date unknown

Grayscale painting of mourners lowering a dead man's body, with a kneeling figure at the feet and a cross beside them.

The Lamentation

Andrea Vaccaro, 1652

Grayscale painting of nude nymphs bathing by a pond beneath rocky cliffs and trees, with hills in the distance.

Nymphs Bathing

Attributed to Dirck van der Lisse, c. 1650