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The Baptism of Christ

The Baptism of Christ

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1475-1527

Painting of the Virgin and Child with two angels in a gilded arched frame, set against a background of flowers.

Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Pseudo-Pier Francesco Fiorentino, 1455

Gilded panel of an enthroned God in a fiery ring of angels, with armored saints above and falling demons and dragons below.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Miguel Ximénez, 1490

Tall gilded panel painting of Saint Peter with papal tiara, holding keys and a staff against a gold background.

Saint Peter

Vittore Crivelli, 1480

Half-length gold-ground panel painting of Saint Peter with halo, holding a red book and gesturing with one hand.

Saint Peter

Master of Città di Castello, 1310

Paulus the Apostle defending himself at the Trial in Caesarea

Paulus the Apostle defending himself at the Trial in Caesarea

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1648-1652

Tibetan thangka of Amitayus Buddha at center, surrounded by rows of one hundred smaller seated Buddhas against blue sky.

Amitayus Buddha Surrounded by One Hundred Buddhas

Unknown artist, 18th-19th century

Diana and her Nymphs

Diana and her Nymphs

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1659

Painting of an angel and a young man with a fish beside ruined stone arches, a donkey and a woman in a hazy landscape.

Tobiah and the Angel

Toussaint Gelton, 1645-1680

Diana with her Nymphs

Diana with her Nymphs

Gerard van Honthorst, 1650

Painting of a saint lying on straw holding a crucifix, surrounded by angels and cherubs in a glowing orange sky.

The Death of St. Francis Xavier

Attributed to Veronica Stern, c. 1750

Watercolor of the Virgin and Child appearing to a kneeling haloed saint, with angels and putti in a golden sky.

Madonna and Child Appearing to Saint Louis Gonzaga

Attributed to Veronica Stern, c. 1750

Christ victoring over Sin and Death

Christ victoring over Sin and Death

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1513-1574

The robber band's housekeeper comforts the young girl by telling the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius: The Golden Ass

The robber band's housekeeper comforts the young girl by telling the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Motif from Apuleius: T…

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1808

Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes

Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1794-1798

Thetis Immersing her Infant Son Achilles in the River Styx to Make him Invulnerable

Thetis Immersing her Infant Son Achilles in the River Styx to Make him Invulnerable

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1794-1798

Painting of three nude goddesses before a man in red, with Cupid holding an apple and a winged figure above.

The Judgement of Paris

Attributed to Jan van der Straet, c. 1575

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1809

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a pink carnation against a dark background.

The Madonna of the Carnation

Bernardino Luini, 1515

Painting of Apollo chasing and embracing Daphne beneath dark foliage, with a distant hilly landscape behind them.

Apollo and Daphne

Piero del Pollaiuolo, 1470

Nativity scene with the infant Christ in a manger, Mary and kneeling shepherds in prayer, an ox, a donkey, and an angel.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Ercole de' Roberti, 1490

Parmigianino painting of the Madonna seated on clouds with the Christ Child, above a kneeling saint and a reclining old man i

The Madonna and Child with Saints (The Vision of St Jerome)

Parmigianino, 1526

Painting of a mystic marriage scene: a seated woman in yellow reaches toward a nude infant held by a woman in white, with a g

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Parmigianino, 1527

Painting of a seated youth among women and bearded men beside classical columns, with jewelry and armor on the floor.

Achilles temidden van de dochters van Lykomedes

Hendrik van Limborch, 1701

Painting of the Virgin Mary with a gold halo holding a rosary beside the standing Christ child in a gold tunic.

Madonna and Child

Ambrogio Bergognone, 1488

Painting of the Virgin and Child seated on a gilded throne between two saints, one holding a palm and one a lily.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Ambrogio Bergognone, 1490

Painting of a satyr leaning over a sleeping nude nymph in a meadow, with dogs and a sea landscape behind them.

A Satyr mourning over a Nymph

Piero di Cosimo, 1495

Black-and-white image of the Holy Family with infant St. John, the Virgin holding a sleeping Christ child, Joseph behind with

Holy Family with the Infant St. John

Francesco Trevisani, c. 1700

Christ with halo and billowing white shroud raises a hand and holds a banner staff, standing before blue mountains.

Christ rising from the Tomb

Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1530

Painting of a bearded saint in a red mantle holding a large wooden X-shaped cross, with a landscape behind him.

Saint Andrew (?)

Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1530