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Half-length painting of Christ as the Man of Sorrows with a crown of thorns, flanked by two angels in red and gold cloth.

Colijn de Coter - Christ as the Man of Sorrows, in half-length, with two angels, Friedländer, ENP, vol. 4, nr. 092

Colijn de Coter

Painting of a white sheet draped over a rod, concealing a figure with bare feet, against a dark brown background.

Venus Rising From the Sea---A Deception

Raphaelle Peale, 1822

Painting of a flower garland framing a grey Holy Family group, with a bowl of fruit below.

Flower Wreath with The Holy Family

Frans Ykens, 1671

Painting of Saint John the Baptist holding a cross staff, gazing upward under a stormy sky in a dark landscape.

Saint John thet Baptist

Mateo Cerezo, 1665

Nude woman seen from behind rising from a couch beside two swans, with a red drape and a stormy landscape behind her.

Venus Rising from her Couch

James Ward, 1828

Oil painting of nude Diana reclining by a pool with attendants, a spaniel, red curtain and classical column.

Diana at the Bath

James Ward, 1830

Painting of a seated woman in yellow and blue drapery pouring from a silver pitcher into a bowl, with an eagle beside her.

Hebe Giving Drink to the Eagle of Jupiter

Gavin Hamilton, 1767

Panoramic landscape with forest, castle, waterfall, river and city, with Venus and Adonis in the foreground.

Landscape with Venus and Adonis

Tobias Verhaecht, 1600

Landscape painting of a kneeling figure in red under large trees, overlooking a winding river, valley, distant city and mount

wide landscape with Moses

Tobias Verhaecht, 1580

Charcoal and chalk drawing on brown paper of a classical draped statue on a pedestal, by Thomas Crawford, 1834.

Cupid and Psyche

Thomas Crawford, 1834

Oil sketch of a winged angel reaching toward a seated woman holding an infant, with a cloaked figure in shadow at right.

The Angel of Mercy

Joseph Highmore, 1746

Painting of the Holy Trinity with crucified Christ, Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian, in a gilded frame.

The Holy Trinity with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Sebastian

Timoteo Viti, 1550

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine in a landscape with a distant river and town.

Holy Family with St. John the Baptist and St. Catherine of Alexandria

Gianfrancesco Penni

Multi-panel gold-ground altarpiece with enthroned Madonna and Child at centre and scenes of Annunciation, Nativity, Crucifixi

Madonna and Child with Saints

Giovanni da Milano, 1355

Painting of a nude woman with butterfly wings beside a draped bed of roses, a leopard rug and a brass oil lamp.

The Awakening of Psyche

Guillaume Seignac, 1904

Painting of Christ in a pink robe rising above a dark underworld where nude figures reach upward toward him.

Descent of Christ into Limbo

Francisco de Holanda, 1550

Painting of a nude woman with raised arms holding her long hair, standing by a forest stream with white cloth nearby.

A Woodland Nymph

Philip Hermogenes Calderon, 1883

Gold-ground painting of enthroned Christ in blue mantle holding a Latin-inscribed book, flanked by four adoring angels.

Christ in throne adored by angels

Giovanni da Milano, 1371

Gilded panel of a bearded elder in pink robe and blue tunic holding a star-filled globe and golden keys, gothic frame.

Christ of the Apocalypse: Central Pinnacle Panel

Giovanni da Milano, 1362

Gold-ground panel painting of the Madonna seated with the Christ Child in a red robe, a haloed saint at lower right.

Madonna with Child Jesus and St. Bernard

Lorenzo Veneziano, 1370

Gold-ground panel painting of Saint John the Baptist preaching from a pulpit to a crowd, with a haloed figure gesturing on th

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Lorenzo Veneziano, 1370

Black-and-white photo of a painting of a bearded saint in dark robes holding a church model and an open book.

Saint Jerome

Lorenzo Veneziano, 1350

Gilded altarpiece with Virgin and Child, Crucifixion scene, and six saints in arches below.

The Virgin and Child and the Crucifixion with Six Saints

Lorenzo Veneziano, 1300

Painting of the Madonna and Child enthroned with two saints and two angels crowning the Virgin.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist

Giuliano Bugiardini, 1523

Virgin and Child with young John the Baptist seated in a landscape beneath a bare tree, with a cross-topped staff.

Madonna and Child Seated in a Landscape with Saint John the Baptist

Giuliano Bugiardini

Painting of the Virgin in red and blue holding the infant Christ, with halos, beside a stone arch and distant hilltop town.

Virgin and child

Giuliano Bugiardini, 1530

Painting of a golden reclining Buddha surrounded by mourning figures, celestial beings, trees, clouds, a full moon, and many

Parinirvana of Sakyamuni, the Historical Buddha

Hanabusa Itchō

Painting of a scholar in dark robes debating before seated clergy and nobles in an arched church interior with armored guards

Religious Discourse between Olaus Petri and Peder Galle

Carl Gustaf Hellqvist, 1883

Gold-framed altarpiece of the Virgin Mary ascending with angels, musicians, and kneeling apostles below a distant landscape.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Ambrogio Bergognone, 1500

Black-and-white reproduction of a Renaissance altarpiece showing the Virgin and Child enthroned between two saints, with ange

The Virgin and child enthroned with two saints

Ambrogio Bergognone, 1520