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Religious painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with infant John the Baptist, a lamb, a bishop, and onlookers under a dove.

Allegory of the Christ Child as the Lamb of God

Frans Francken the Younger, 1616

Painted full-length bishop saint with halo, red cape, gold trim, crosier and book against a gold background.

A Bishop Saint

Cecco di Pietro

Candlelit scene of a bearded elder gesturing at a standing robed man before a table with an open book and onlookers.

Christ before the High Priest

Gerard van Honthorst, 1617

Painting of an elderly man startled by a winged angel opening a prison door in a dim, candlelit cell.

St. Peter's release from prison by the angel

Gerard van Honthorst, 1617

Standing female saint in straw hat and blue cloak holds a book and staff, with a dragon at her bare feet.

Saint Margaret of Antioch

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1631

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned under gilded architecture, flanked by Saint Luke and a bishop saint, with a landsc

Madonna with Saints Lukas and Eligius

Lancelot Blondeel, 1545

Painting of Christ driving money changers from a columned temple, with a glowing central figure and a chaotic crowd on steps.

Christ expulses the money changers out of the temple

Hubert Robert, 1760

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, attendants, a stable and a distant walled to

The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni Boccati, 1440

Painting of a woman drawing at a ledge, a young man holding a sculpted head, and a nude Venus statue in a niche.

Een tekenares en een jongen bij een beeld van Venus

Pieter van der Werff, 1715

Painting of Christ gesturing to a crowd of men and armored soldiers around a woman in an orange dress, with a dark background

Christ and the Adulteress

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Painting of Christ blessing children surrounded by mothers, infants and elders, with a German Bible inscription across the to

Christ Blessing the Children

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Bearded man in a white turban with women in red and black dress, one holding a spindle, in a 1535 painting.

Hercules with Omphale

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1535

Painting of nude women on a wooded riverbank, one reaching toward a basket with an infant among reeds, under a cloudy sky.

Pharaoh's daughter discovers Moses in the rush basket

Ferdinand Bol, 1660

Venus seated on a golden chariot presents armour to Aeneas, with smiths at a forge and cupids in the clouds above.

Aeneas Receiving a New Set of Armour from Venus

Ferdinand Bol, 1660

Painting of an elderly man kneeling before three winged angels at a table beneath a large autumn tree, 1660.

Abraham Receiving the Three Angels

Ferdinand Bol, 1660

Painting of a dying woman in blue drapery, a hooded man in red leaning over her, a dog and spear in a forest.

The Death of Procris

Benjamin West, 1770, retouched 1803

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet in an arcaded hall, with apostles and a dining table behind.

Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples

Nicolas Bertin, 1720-30

Painting of a bishop with a gold-trimmed mitre, holding a book and crozier before a cloudy blue sky.

Saint Gaudioso

Girolamo Romanino, 1524

Painting of a bearded old man with a halo holding a stone and staff, with a lion resting beside him under a cloudy sky.

Saint Jerome

Girolamo Romanino, 1524

Gilded panel of Saint Michael in red-winged armor standing over a dragon, with a sword and halo against a gold background.

Saint Michael the Archangel

Blasco de Grañén, 1435

Gilded panel of a haloed rider on horseback cutting his red cloak to share with a barefoot beggar holding a staff.

Saint Martin Sharing his Cloak

Blasco de Grañén, 1450

Medieval painting of a haloed woman in black robes addressing a seated pope before a crowd and castle towers.

Saint Catherine of Siena before Pope Gregory XI

Blasco de Grañén

Standing saint with halo, pilgrim staff and red book against gold background, in a painted panel.

Saint James the Greater

Giovanni di Francesco

Painting of the dead Christ lying on a white cloth, mourned by three grieving women with haloes in a dark setting.

Lamentation of Christ

Annibale Carracci, 1606

Bacchus offers grapes and wine to Diana in a woodland scene with putti, satyrs, a hound and fruit.

Bacchus and Diana

Hendrick van Balen the Elder, 1632

Painting of Saint Mary of Egypt ascending on clouds, flanked by angels and putti, with a landscape below.

The Ascension of Saint Mary of Egypt

Holy Family with infant Christ, Virgin Mary and Joseph, beneath angels carrying a cross and a dove in clouds.

The Holy Family with a vision of the Arma Christi

Jan van Cleve, 1702

Painting of an angel descending to a kneeling bearded man in prayer beside a tree, with a white dog at the lower right.

Saint Roch and the Angel

Claude Simpol, 1650

Triptych with the Annunciation in the center and four saints on side panels, set against a blue sky and distant city.

Annunciation Triptych

Carlo Braccesco, 1490

Saint Jerome seated in red robes reading at a desk in a vaulted study, with a peacock, partridge and lion nearby.

Saint Jerome in his Study

Antonello da Messina, 1474