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Virgin and Child with two angels holding a jeweled crown above Mary's head against a dark background.

The Virgin and Child

Antonello da Messina, 1460

Painting of Christ crucified on a tall cross, with a grieving woman in blue and a man in red beside a skull-strewn hill and d

Christ Crucified

Antonello da Messina, 1475

Painting of bearded Christ in red robe and blue cloak raising his hand in blessing against a dark background.

Christ blessing, detail Alternative title(s): Salvator mundi

Antonello da Messina, 1465

Painted folio of a crowded wedding procession in a walled city with temple spires, boats on a river, and an elephant.

Krishna's Marriage to Kalinda, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1775

Painting of Bacchus and Ariadne with a putto, grapes, wine vessels and a distant ship, dated 1705.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Ignazio Stern, 1705

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, mourners in red and blue robes, and a walled city on a gold background.

The Crucifixion

Austrian or Bavarian, 1494

Nude revelers and satyrs in a wooded landscape around Bacchus, with a kneeling man in orange and blue and a goat.

Midas and Bacchus

Nicolas Poussin, 1624

Painting of Cupid restrained on the floor by a red-clad figure as a woman watches and doves fly above.

Cupid Chastised

Bartolomeo Manfredi, 1613

Painting of Christ falling under a cross, a man in yellow hauling a rope, soldiers and mourners behind, gold background.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Attributed to Hans Maler, c. 1510

Rubens painting of a mythological wedding feast with a nude woman, a helmeted warrior, cherubs and a fruit-laden table.

The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Peter Paul Rubens, 1636

Painting of an elderly bearded saint with a lion, open books, a skull and a hourglass in a wooded landscape.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Workshop of Veronese, 1585-90

Painting of a haloed bishop in gold vestments writing at a lectern, with a study interior and figures visible through an arch

A Bishop Saint

Bartolomé Bermejo, c. 1480

Painting of the dead Christ held by the Virgin Mary with mourners gathered beneath a wooden cross.

Lamentation

Marco Tintoretto, 1580

Painting of an elderly bearded man in yellow and blue robes clasping his hands and looking upward in sorrow.

The Repentance of Saint Peter

Johannes Moreelse, 1630

Painting of Diana and nymphs hunting with dogs in a forest beside a river and village, by Jasper van der Lanen, 1607.

Diana and her nymphs hunting

Jasper van der Lanen, 1607

Painting of a barefoot man with a straw hat and staff facing a seated woman in gold dress, in a dark wooded landscape.

Christ as the gardener and Mary Magdalene

Wenceslas Cobergher, 1650

Painting of Christ ascending above kneeling apostles and the Virgin Mary on a rocky hill, against a gold background.

The Ascension, German, c. 1420 - 1491

Johann Koerbecke, 1456

Painting of a nude Venus with raised arms beside a reclining Adonis in a forest, with a cupid, swans, hounds and a chariot.

Venus Bewailing the Slain Adonis

Frans Wouters, 1650-1659

Christ kneels on a hillside gazing up at an angel offering a golden chalice, with sleeping disciples and putti in clouds.

Christ at the Mount of Olives

Peter Strudel, 1712

Ink drawing of a winged figure playing a harp on a canopied howdah atop a camel composed of animals and musicians.

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

Unknown artist, c. 1700

Painting of nude women, a piping satyr, a reclining youth and a cupid in a wooded riverside landscape with a distant city.

Death of Adonis

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1512

Painting of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist, the Christ Child holding a small bird, against a dark background.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Perino del Vaga, 1524

Folding altarpiece with panels showing scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary, Latin inscriptions in gold.

Life of Christ and the Virgin Mary

Frans Francken I, 1580

Painting of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ, kneeling shepherds, cherubs above, and oxen in a barn.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Fontebasso

Painting of a sunlit cloister with arched vaults, columns, and brown-robed monks walking and reading in the arcade.

The Cloisters, San Lorenzo fuori le mura

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1824

Painting of a bearded man on clouds with an eagle, rebuked by a red-clad woman pointing, surrounded by onlookers and Cupid.

Jupiter Rebuked by Venus

Abraham Janssens I, c. 1612

Tibetan thangka of green Tara at center, surrounded by twenty-one smaller seated Tara figures on lotus thrones.

Buddhist Deity Green Tara and the Twenty-One Taras

Unknown artist, 18th century

Painting of the Virgin and Child with two female saints in gold robes, two winged putti above, dark background.

Virgin and Child with the Saints Catherine and Barbara

Lucas Cranach, 1510-1512

Dim interior of a synagogue with a congregation of men reading on benches beneath arches, lit candelabra, and a central domed

The Synagogue

Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1730

Painting of a young man with a halo seated by a tree beside a white lamb, holding a staff in a wild landscape.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Diego Velázquez, c. 1622