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Painting of Saint Jerome in red robes with a lion, books, and a small study cabinet, against a gold background.

Saint Jerome in his Study

Jaume Ferrer II, 1450

Painted portrait of a bearded tonsured saint with a gold halo reading a book against a blue background.

Head of a Tonsured, Bearded Saint

Domenico Veneziano, 1440

Gilded panel of Saint Sebastian holding arrows and a longbow, wearing a dark doublet, gold chain and red hose.

Saint Sebastian

Jaume Ferrer II, 1450

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel kneels and points upward as the Virgin sits in prayer beside a lily and gilded backdro

The Annunciation and The Nativity

Jaume Ferrer II, 1452

Medieval painting of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, shepherds, an ox and a donkey around the infant Christ.

The Nativity

Jaume Ferrer II, 1457

Narrow panel painting of a kneeling angel in a red robe with a gold halo, looking up at a scroll with Gothic lettering.

Annunciation Angel

Gilded altarpiece panel of the Virgin and Child enthroned among angels, with a kneeling donor at left.

Madonna with Child, Angels and founder

Painting of the angel Gabriel announcing to the Virgin Mary, with lilies, a dove and cherubs in a golden sky.

Annunciation to the Virgin

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1660 - 1680

Renaissance painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned, flanked by musician angels and kneeling angels beneath a classical ar

The Virgin and Child Enthroned

Cosimo Tura, 1470

Painting of a seated woman in blue and red robes holding a cherry branch, framed by a gilded throne and green canopy against

A Muse (Calliope?)

Cosimo Tura, 1460

Night Nativity painting: Mary bends over the infant Christ in a manger, with an ox, praying angels and shepherds under a star

The Nativity at Night

Geertgen tot Sint Jans, 1490

Triptych with the Holy Kinship: a mother and children before a landscape, with side panels of family groups under gilded arch

Triptych "The Holy Kinship of Saint Anne" on wood, by Hans Döring, 1515

Hans Döring, 1515

Painting of Saint Peter enthroned in papal regalia, flanked by two angels beneath a gilded canopy.

Saint Peter Enthroned

Rodrigo de Osona, 1475

Painting of robed elders, bishops and angels gathered on clouds under a radiant heavenly sky.

The Adoration of the Lamb by the 24 Elders

Paul Troger, 1748

Angular painting of a reclining body and a mourning figure in dark drapery, rendered in muted ochre, grey and cream tones.

Composition - Pieta

Jan Żyznowski, 1920

Painting of Jupiter and Juno embracing on Mount Ida, with a bearded man in red drapery and a woman in white.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida

James Barry, 1790

Painting of a robed figure driving merchants from a temple interior with baskets and an overturned table.

Christ driving the Traders from the Temple

Painting of the Virgin and Child seated with two saints before a red canopy and citrus trees.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Andrea Mantegna, 1490

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: kneeling kings before the Virgin and Child in a rocky cave, with a procession of camel

Adoration of the Magi

Andrea Mantegna, 1461

Monochrome painting of a crowned woman and a bearded man in a turban holding an inscribed scroll before a dark background.

A Sibyl and a Prophet

Andrea Mantegna, 1495

Painting of an elderly man reaching toward a seated young man, with women at a doorway, a kneeling child, and a shepherd with

Saint John the Baptist says goodbye to his Parents

Massimo Stanzione, 1635

Painting of Christ on the cross against a dark sky, with a skull at the base and a white loincloth.

Christ crucified

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1677

Painting of the prophet Elijah kneeling in a dark landscape as a winged angel points toward the sky.

The Prophet Elijah in the Desert Awakened by an Angel

Giovanni Lanfranco, 1624

Panoramic landscape with a walled harbor city, ships, and a small martyrdom scene with soldiers and a fire on a rocky cliff.

Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Joachim Patinir, 1515

Bearded man lying on the ground reaching toward a rearing white horse beneath rays of light and clouds.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Parmigianino, 1527

Painting of haloed Christ healing sick men lying on the ground in a dark interior with onlookers and a sleeping dog.

Christ Healing the Sick at the Pool of Bethesda

Pedro Orrente, 1615

Priest in gold vestment raises his hand in a church as crowds kneel, angels descend, and demons flee at left.

Miracle of Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Peter Paul Rubens, 1617

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child in a meadow, with a village and hills in the background.

The Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Jan Provoost, 1500

Painting of the crucifixion of Christ between two thieves, with mourners, soldiers on horseback and a distant town.

The crucifixion

Jan Provoost, 1515

Woman in red velvet robe with mirror and gilded jar before a marble ledge and mountain landscape.

Saint Mary Magdalene

Quinten Metsys, 1520