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Five dancing angels with halos in pink and gray robes circle before a gold sunburst, one playing a trumpet.

Five dancing angels

Giovanni di Paolo, 1430

Two saints in yellow and brown robes stand before a gold Gothic background, one holding an open red book.

Saints Matthew and Francis

Giovanni di Paolo, 1435

Painting of a kneeling saint in black and white robes exchanging a red heart with Christ in gold light above a town.

Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi showing Mary and the Christ Child in a stable, kneeling king, horses, and mountain land

The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Gothic-style painting of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, with the Virgin, infant, priest and gilded halos in an arc

The presentation of Christ in the Temple

Giovanni di Paolo, 1440

Four gilded panels of standing female saints in robes, each holding a symbolic attribute against a gold background.

Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret

Giovanni di Paolo, 1470

Painting of three angels on a cloud visiting a bowing elderly man beside a small house under a pale sky.

Abraham and the Three Angels

Francesco Zugno, 1750

Ulysses and Circe

Ulysses and Circe

Pietro da Cortona Filippo Lauri, 1611-1669

Nymphs in a Grotto

Nymphs in a Grotto

Abraham van Cuylenborch, 1635-1658

The Baptism of Christ

The Baptism of Christ

Annibale Carracci, 1575-1609

Two saints with halos on gold ground in a Gothic gilded frame: a bishop with crozier and a bearded man holding keys.

Saints Augustine and Peter

Paolo Veneziano, c. 1350

The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Jan Boeckhorst, 1650-1659

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with a kneeling angel and a landscape seen through an arched window.

Virgin and Child with an Angel

Sandro Botticelli, 1475-85

Painting of Christ crucified on a wooden cross against a dark background, wearing a white loincloth, head bowed.

The Crucifixion

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1627

Painting of a young man in a dark robe praying at a book, with a river landscape through a window and red carnations.

Portrait of a Donor (recto); Saint Anthony of Padua (verso)

Hans Memling, c. 1485

Night landscape with a low moon, a reclining nude and draped figures at left, and a small campfire among trees at right.

Moonlit Landscape with Mythological (?) Motif

Moses van Uyttenbroeck, 1623-1626

Vanitas allegory with a helmeted Minerva figure, an hourglass, a globe, a violin, and a boy blowing bubbles.

Vanitas with Minerva

Magnus Jørgensen, 1709

Hooded monk kneeling in prayer in a cave, tempted by an old woman with a goblet and grotesque demonic creatures.

The Temptations of Saint Anthony

David Teniers, 1647-1649

Night scene of kneeling robed figures and a mother with child among ruins, with torches, a camel, and a crescent moon.

The Adoration of the Magi

Leonaert Bramer, 1611-1674

Gilded altarpiece panel with the Virgin and Child seated between two saints under Gothic arches, worn with flaking paint.

Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and Paul

Marchigian School, 1415

Crowd of people in a wooded landscape around a central robed figure, with a walled city and domed building in the distance.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Adriaen van Nieulandt the younger, 1655

Painting of crucified Christ with halo above a walled city under a dark stormy sky, with a skull at the cross base.

Christ on the Cross

Gillis Mostaert, 1549-1598

Painting of a boy with a fish and fishing rod beside a winged angel in blue at a riverbank, with trees and a dog.

Young Tobiah and the Angel

Toussaint Gelton, 1645-1680

The Betrayal and Arrest of Christ in Gethsemane

The Betrayal and Arrest of Christ in Gethsemane

Jacob Jordaens, 1608-1640

Dark forest landscape with a seated figure and lamb at left and a preaching crowd among trees at right.

John the Baptist in the Wilderness. St. John Preaching and the Baptism of Christ

Abraham Govaerts, 1604-1626

Grisaille painting of a dying warrior held by mourners, a kneeling archer, a smoking altar and a veiled figure.

The Death of Achilles

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1794-1798

Monochrome painting of a kneeling old king embracing a seated youth, with a standing figure, servant with vessel, and tripod.

King Priam Pleading with Achilles for the Corpse of Hector

Nicolai Abildgaard, 1794-1798

Painting of a bald saint in white robes holding a golden crozier against a dark background.

Saint Bernard; Virgin and Child

Jean Bellegambe, 1525

Reclining nude young faun reaching up to pick red grapes from a vine, with a leopard skin and a mountain landscape behind him

A young faun picking grapes

Heinrich Eddelien, 1817-1830

Panel painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned between two angels under a gilded arch on a red patterned ground.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Bartolommeo Bulgarini, 1355