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Renaissance altarpiece of Saint Jerome kneeling by a crucifix and lion, flanked by saints, donors and angel musicians.

Saint Jerome in Penitence with Saints and Donors

Francesco Botticini, 1490

Crucifixion painting with three crosses, grieving Mary and John at the base, under a grey stormy sky.

Crucifixion

Francesco Botticini, 1471

Altarpiece with kneeling Saint Jerome beside a lion, flanked by saints, a kneeling donor, and musical angels above.

S Gerolamo AltarpieceAlternative title(s): Saint Jerome in Penitence with Saints and Donors

Francesco Botticini, 1490

Medieval painting of a bishop with a crozier facing a green winged devil holding an open book in a town street.

Lower scene from the so-called Church fathers altar (Kirchenväteraltar), outside of the right wing: Saint Augustine a…

Michael Pacher, 1471

Venus and Adonis

Venus and Adonis

Abraham Bloemaert, 1632

Lunette painting of seven haloed saints seated on a stone bench before a dark wooded landscape.

Seven Saints

Filippo Lippi, 1450

Corot landscape with nude bathers in a pond beneath large dark trees, a pale building and a dusky sky at dusk.

Bathing Nymphs and Child

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1855-60

The Prophet Elijah with the Widow of Zarephath and her Son

The Prophet Elijah with the Widow of Zarephath and her Son

Abraham van Dijck, 1650-1672

Painting of a man in a yellow jacket laying a red cloak on a city street before a haloed youth and children.

A Simple Man Lays his Cloak at the Feet of Saint Francis as a Child Pintura de la Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles A…

Antoni Viladomat i Manalt, 1724

Renaissance painting of robed figures and soldiers in a landscape with a castle, a stone pedestal, and an infant held forward

The Test of Fire of Moses

Giorgione, 1505

Christ blessing little Children. Suffer Little Children to Come unto me

Christ blessing little Children. Suffer Little Children to Come unto me

Jacob Jordaens, 1660-1669

Painting of Christ crucified with an angel, a kneeling woman in red, and a walled city with a domed church below dark clouds.

Mystic Crucifixion

Sandro Botticelli, 1500

Painting of the Madonna holding the Christ Child while young John the Baptist embraces him, with a rose bush behind them.

Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist

Sandro Botticelli, 1490

Painting of Christ embracing his mother as grieving women and apostles watch, with a walled city and mountains behind.

Christ Taking Leave of his Mother

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1515

Crucifixion painting with Christ on the cross, grieving women and a red-robed saint before a distant walled city.

Crucifixion

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1510

Painting of Christ seated in a Gothic interior with two women, a dog on the tiled floor, and a servant in the courtyard beyon

Christ in the house of Mary and Martha

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1515

Painting of Saint Alban holding his severed head, dressed as a bishop in red robes against a gold patterned background.

Saint Alban of Mainz

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Crucifixion scene with Christ at center, mourners and saints on both sides, against a blue sky and distant town.

Christ on the Cross, with Mary, John, Mary Magdalene and Sts Cecilia and Barbara (left) and Peter, Francis and Jerome…

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1505

Painting of Saint Wolfgang as a bishop in red robes and gold mitre, holding a crozier and a model church, against a red gilde

Saint Wolfgang

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Christ Healing at the Pool of Bethesda

Christ Healing at the Pool of Bethesda

Dirck van Delen, 1637

Painting of the Virgin, Joseph, and two kneeling shepherds adoring the infant Christ, with a landscape of city and mountains.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Saint Valentine as a bishop reading a book beside a crozier, with a kneeling donor and a severed head at his feet.

Saint Valentine

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Crucifixion scene with Christ between two thieves, kneeling donors, saints, and angels under a blue sky.

The Crucifixion with Donors and Saints Peter and Margaret

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1525

Painting of a bishop saint in a mitre holding a book and sword, with a gilded crozier, against a red Gothic-patterned backgro

Saint Alcuin

Tyrolean 16th Century, c. 1500/1525

Painting of a priest at an altar before a crucifix as armored soldiers approach, with kneeling clergy and a dog in front.

The Seizing of the evangelist St. Mark

Jan Wellens de Cock, 1520

Black and white image of a Lamentation scene with dead Christ, mourning women, a bishop, a kneeling donor and crosses on a hi

The lamentation with donor (sister from Marienpoel convent near Leiden) and the Saints Augustine and Cecilia

Cornelis Engebrechtsz

Hercules Kicking Faunus out of Omfale's Bed

Hercules Kicking Faunus out of Omfale's Bed

Abraham I Janssens, 1607

Pisanello painting of the Virgin and Child in gold light above Saint Anthony Abbot, a knight and a slain dragon.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Anthony Abbot and George

Pisanello, 1445

Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment with enthroned Christ, and Pentecost, gold backgrounds, saints and angels.

Triptych of the Last Judgment, Ascension, and Pentecost

Fra Angelico, 1447

Painting of a crucifixion with two crucified figures above three haloed martyrs being attacked by archers and stone-throwers.

Crucifixion of Saints Cosmas and Damian

Fra Angelico, 1438