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Oil painting of an elderly bearded man weeping and looking upward, hands clasped, with keys at lower right.

The Apostle Peter

Girolamo Troppa, 1665

Two paintings of ceremonial interiors with clergy in red robes, one a long decorated hall, the other a church nave with colum

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

Francesco Guardi, c. 1783

Triangular gold-ground painting of an angel with a halo, looking upward, in a red robe and grey mantle, with dark wings.

Pinnacle with Angel

Niccolò di Segna, c. 1340

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, Mary reading by candlelight with the infant Christ, Joseph at left.

Holy Family with St John the Baptist

Luca Cambiaso, 1578

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a red robe embracing the naked infant Christ standing on a stone ledge beside a column.

Madonna and Child, with John the Baptist

Luca Cambiaso, 1565

Dark interior painting of a mother nursing an infant, an older woman watching, a boy with a cross, and a lit candle.

Madonna of the Candle

Luca Cambiaso, 1570

Illuminated manuscript leaf with gold background showing enthroned Christ, the Virgin, a saint, angels and monks in a decorat

Christ in Majesty with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist: Single Leaf from a Book of Rules

Master of the Washington Coronation, c. 1310-20

Painting of the Madonna holding the infant Christ close, her head bent toward him against a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Luca Cambiaso, 1564

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, the Virgin Mary, a kneeling figure and a youth in an orange cloak.

Crucifixion

Luca Cambiaso, 1560

Painting of the deposition of Christ, a dead nude body on a white shroud with a man in pink lowering it and mourners behind.

The Deposition

Luca Cambiaso, 1583

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns, head bowed, flanked by bearded men in turbans and red hats.

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo)

Il Sodoma, 1540

Oil study of a young woman in a white gown with soft angel wings behind her, set in an ornate gold frame.

Study for Seated Angel

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

Anton Müller, 1754

Painting of the dead Christ held by mourners, including a figure in gold and red robes and hooded women, with a dark backgrou

Lamentation of Christ

Il Sodoma, 1533

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ on a gilded throne, with a landscape and marble columns behind.

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Aelbrecht Bouts, 1510

Painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, blood and tears on his face, in a red robe against a dark background.

Christ couronné d'épines

Aelbrecht Bouts

Loose oil sketch of the Virgin ascending on clouds among angels, with kneeling figures below in reddish-brown tones.

Sketch for "The Assumption of the Virgin" (for St. James, Zbraslav, near Prague)?

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1744

Christ in Emmaus

Christ in Emmaus

Antonio Circignano, 1585-1630

Ink painting of a pagoda and temple halls above a misty river with a rowing boat and hills behind.

The Thousand Buddha Hall and the Pagoda of the "Cloudy Cliff" Monastery, from Twelve Views of Tiger Hill, Suzhou

Shen Zhou, after 1490

Illuminated manuscript initial of the Madonna and Child with gold haloes, blue robes and green and red acanthus border on gol

Initial S[alve sancta parens] from a Gradual: Madonna and Child

Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci, c. 1370-74

Painting of a seated nude woman seen from behind on a grassy cliff overlooking a sparkling sea with rocky shoreline.

Nymph and Sea

Childe Hassam, 1900

Standing friar in grey hooded habit with knotted cord belt, showing palm wounds, against gold background under carved arch.

Saint François d'Assise German: Heiliger Franziskus Italian: San Francesco Spanish: San Francisco Dutch: De heilige F…

Carlo Crivelli, 1470

Saint George on a white horse spearing a dragon, with a walled town on a cliff and a gold background.

Saint George Slaying the Dragon

Carlo Crivelli, 1470

Painting of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers in a vaulted hall lit by a hanging lamp.

The Scourging of Christ

Aert Mijtens, 1598

Gilded panel painting of a bearded haloed prophet in red and pink robes holding an open book and a pen.

Prophet

Gherardo Starnina, 1407

Gilded panel of the Virgin and Christ Child enthroned among haloed musical angels in red, green and gold robes.

Madonna and Child with Musical Angels

Gherardo Starnina, 1410

Gilded arched panel of the Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine below.

Adoration of the Virgin and Child by Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine

Gherardo Starnina, 1350

Gold-ground painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin, Christ Child, and kneeling kings in colorful robes beside

Adoration of the Magi

Gherardo Starnina, 1405

Triptych with enthroned Christ blessing at center, kneeling angel left, and seated Virgin with lily right, on gold ground.

Salvator Mundi, The Angel of the Annunciation and the Virgin Annunciate

Gherardo Starnina, 1404

Gold-ground panel painting of the kneeling angel Gabriel in a red and blue robe, hands folded in prayer, in a gothic frame.

Archangel Gabriel

Gherardo Starnina, 1404