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Seated woman in blue gown with crown, dagger and sceptre, beside a tragic mask and classical columns.

The Muse Melpomene (the nine muses, 1771)

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1771

Woman with rose garland playing a lyre beside a winged cherub holding a scroll, in a dark garden setting.

The Nine Muses - Erato (Lyric Poetry)

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1781

Painting of a woman with a flute and pan pipes, a cherub with flowers, and a child with a flower basket beside a classical ur

The Muse Euterpe (the nine muses, 1782)

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1782

Painting of a young woman as the muse Clio, with laurel wreath, red drapery, brass trumpet and classical architecture behind

The Muse Clio (the nine muses, 1780)

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1780

Painting of a seated woman in a green gown and tiara holding a tablet labeled Calliope, with scrolls and a laurel wreath near

The Nine Muses - Calliope (Epic Poetry)

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1780

Painting of two women in a forest, one disguised figure whispering to Callisto, with a cupid, eagle and hunting dogs nearby.

Jupiter in the Guise of Diana Seducing Callisto

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1756

Painting of a nude young man seated on a mossy rock in a forest, gazing downward toward his reflection in a pool.

Narcissus

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1770

Painting of Hercules and Omphale with a seated bearded hero, a woman in white holding a lion skin, and a cupid.

Hercules and Omphale

Johann Heinrich Tischbein, 1754

Painting of the Madonna and child with John the Baptist, St. Catherine and an elderly woman in a dim interior.

Madonna with child, John the Baptist, St. Catherine and St. Elizabeth

Peter Candid, 1569

Painting of Diana leaning over the sleeping Endymion in a dark forest, with cupids above and hunting dogs resting nearby.

Diana and Endymion

Pierre Subleyras, 1740

Nude woman with red hair reclines on foaming green waves near a rocky shore under a pale sky.

The Birth of Venus

Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl

Painting of a shaded woodland with a stream, grazing cattle, a distant statue on a pedestal, and a rocky cliff.

Woodland Scene with Nymphs and a Herm

Jean-Victor Bertin, 1810

Head of Medusa

Elihu Vedder, 1878

Painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses, a crowd of soldiers and mourners, and a stormy sky over a distant city.

Crucifixion

Hans Muelich, 1534

Monochrome reproduction of a painting of Saint Joseph holding the Christ Child, with an angel holding a lily and a carpenter'

St. Joseph and Christ Child

Leopold Kupelwieser, 1840

Oil painting of a young man with curly dark hair, a glowing halo, white shirt and green cloak, hand pressed to his chest.

John the Evangelist

Simone Cantarini, 1630

Painting of Venus mourning the reclining Adonis, with cherubs, a dog and attendant women in a dark landscape.

Death of Adonis

Alessandro Turchi, 1601

Winged angel gesturing to a seated woman in an orange skirt beside a sleeping child in a hilly landscape.

Agar et l'ange Hagar and the angel

Simone Cantarini

Painting of the Madonna holding the Christ child, who reaches for a red rose and rosary against a dark draped background.

The Madonna and Child Holding A Rosary Crucifix and a Rose (Madonna Della Rosa)

Simone Cantarini, 1642

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, who reaches toward a kneeling red-robed man, with two cherubs above in dark

Madonna and Child, worshipped by St Carlo Borromeo

Simone Cantarini, 1630

Painting of the dead Christ supported by angels and a grieving woman, with a torch, crown of thorns and nails in the foregrou

The lamentation over the dead Christ

Alessandro Turchi, 1617

Painting of an elderly bearded man and a winged angel with a lamp approaching a seated nude woman in a dark prison.

Saint Peter visits Saint Agatha in her Prison

Alessandro Turchi, 1630

Painting of a nude young boy with a golden halo standing on a pedestal before a blue hilly landscape.

Simon of Trent (nicknamed "Saint Simon")

Altobello Melone, 1521

Oil copy of a religious scene: Mary holding the infant Christ with Saint Catherine kneeling beside them and angels above.

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine, copy

Nils Blommér, 1850

Arched painting of the Virgin and Child with a young saint in black habit, and an Annunciation scene in the upper right.

Virgin and Child with Saint Stanislaus Kostka

Bartlomiej Strobel, 1634

Painting of God the Father holding the dead Christ on clouds, with a dove above and souls in purgatory reaching upward below.

The Trinity with Souls in Purgatory

Corrado Giaquinto, 1740

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel on a cloud gestures toward a kneeling Virgin beneath a glowing dove and cherubs.

The Annunciation

Corrado Giaquinto, 1753

Baroque painting of the Holy Trinity and Virgin Mary above saints, with an angel striking down demons below.

St. Helena and the Emperor Constantine Presented to the Holy Trinity by the Virgin Mary

Corrado Giaquinto, 1741

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds amid angels, with a kneeling bearded prophet and a chariot below.

The Immaculate Conception with the Prophet Elijah

Corrado Giaquinto

Haloed saint preaching to birds and fish in an angular, cubist-style composition with hatched shading.

Saint Franis Preaching to the Fishes and Birds

Jan Thorn Prikker, 1930