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Painting of the martyrdom of Saint Cassian with a nude bound figure, executioners, a crowd, and angels above.

The Martyrdom of Saint Cassian

Paul Troger, 1751

Nude nymphs bathing in a stream beside cattle and sheep, with a ruined arch on a hill under a cloudy sky.

Bath of nymphs

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1763

Painting of nymphs resting by a rocky grotto with a seated youth in blue drapery, sheep and a goat in the foreground.

Nymphs in a grotto

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich

Circular painting of a winged angel in pink robes holding a lily beside a balustrade and potted plant.

Angel from the Annunciation

Franciabigio, 1510

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ child while young John the Baptist reaches toward him, with ruins and hills behind.

Madonna and Child with the young St. John the Baptist" Madonna of the Well or Madonna and Child with the young St. Jo…

Franciabigio, 1517

Mary from the Annunciation pair

Franciabigio, 1510

Winged putto rubbing his eye beside a leaning tree, with beehives in the distance under a brownish stormy sky.

Cupid as honey thief

Painting of a bald monk in a white habit holding a golden crozier against a dark background.

Saint Bernard; Virgin and Child

Jehan Bellegambe, 1525

Candlelit interior scene of a woman confronting a bearded man as soldiers lounge by a marble column.

The Denial of Saint Peter

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1750

Painting of Orpheus lying nude beside his lyre as Bacchic women with torches attack him on a rocky hillside under a cloudy sk

The death of Orpheus: he is torn to pieces by the Thracian women during a Bacchic orgy

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1630

Painting of Diana and nymphs bathing in a mountain landscape with hunting dogs and a distant village.

Mountainous landscape with Diana bathing

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1625

Painting of nude Venus reclining on a bed with cupid beside her, red drapes behind, and a woman watching from the doorway.

Venus and Amor

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1635

Painting of a haloed Jesus raising his arm at a stone tomb arch as kneeling onlookers gather around him.

Jesus Wakes Lazarus

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1860

Painting of elegantly dressed people gathering in a wooded park beside a statue of Diana, with a small dog in the foreground.

A sociable gathering in a park by the statue of Diana

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, 1779

Painting of a centaur gesturing beside a statue as a seated nude figure plays a lyre in a forest.

The Education of Achilles

James Barry, 1772

Painting of the crucifixion with Christ on a cross under a dark sky, and two grieving women at the base in pale and red robes

The Crucifixion

Francesco Trevisani, 1715

Woman in blue drape leans over a sleeping young man on a cloud, watched by a cupid beside a dozing dog in a forest.

Diana and Endymion

Francesco Trevisani, 1713

Watercolor of angels and putti supporting the dead Christ against a dark blue night sky.

Angels carrying the corpse of Christ

Francesco Trevisani, 1746

Painting of Juno on clouds with a peacock, a bearded Hercules in a tawny cloak, and a kneeling youth in orange.

Story of Hercules - Juno and Hercules

Noël Coypel, 1688

Painting of two muscular nude men wrestling in a rocky landscape with a tree and distant mountain, in a circular frame.

Hercules Fighting Achelous

Noël Coypel, 1667

Painting of the Holy Family with the infant Christ, a young Saint John with a cross, and classical columns in a landscape.

The Holy Family

Noël Coypel, 1650

Painting of Ceres, Bacchus and Venus with a cupid, grapes, a wheat sheaf and a leopard skin under a cloudy sky.

Ceres, Bacchus and Venus

Painting of Diana the Huntress with a spear, hunting dogs, and a dead hare in a wooded landscape under a blue sky.

Diana the Huntress

Oval painting of a kneeling armored king receiving a fleur-de-lis shield from a winged angel above an altar.

King Clovis of France receiving from an angel descended from heaven the shield bearing the fleur-de-lis insignia

Kneeling bearded man in black robes gazes at a pointing angel beside a framed Virgin and Child painting.

St Philip Neri venerates the image of the Virgin and Child

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, who reaches to Saint Catherine in an orange mantle over a green cloth.

The Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine

Marco d' Oggiono, 1490

Painting of the Virgin and Christ child in a red robe, crowned by angels in an interior with a tiled floor and still-life obj

Virgin and Child Crowned by Angels

Colijn de Coter, 1490

Panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary and the Christ Child, kneeling kings, two angels, and a stable with an ox a

The Adoration of the Magi

Colijn de Coter, 1500

Painting of a curly-haired man in red cloak and green robe holding an open book, hand raised to his face, rocky landscape beh

Saint John the Evangelist Weeping

Colijn de Coter, 1500

Painting of figures gazing up at Christ ascending into a dark cloud above a rocky hill, with a town in the distance.

The Ascension of Christ

Colijn de Coter, 1500