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Painting of a dead Christ supported by grieving figures, with a red drape and a dark background, by Francesco Vanni.

Pieta

Francesco Vanni, 1596

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ as an angel offers a bowl of food, with Joseph beneath a cherry tree.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, known as the Madonna della Pappa

Francesco Vanni, 1599

Brown monochrome study of the Virgin and Child with two female saints beneath a draped canopy, with a lamb at right.

Study for the Virgin and Child with Saints Cecilia and Agne

Francesco Vanni, 1605

Haloed monk in white habit holding a white lily and red book against a gold background.

Saint Robert of Molesmes

Enguerrand Quarton, 1440

Painting of two haloed saints embracing in a prison, one chained at the ankle, with a guard in the background.

Saint Paul Visiting Saint Peter in Prison

Fernando Gallego, 1500

Painting of Christ's betrayal: a kiss in a crowd of armored soldiers with spears, haloed apostles at left, distant town.

The Betrayal of Christ

Fernando Gallego

Two haloed saints on gold ground: one holds a knife, the other a chalice with a serpent, under gilded tracery.

St. Bartholomew and St. John the Evangelist

Fernando Gallego

Painting of Christ seated by a well as a woman in a white headscarf draws water, with a walled town behind them.

Christ and the Samaritan Woman

Fernando Gallego

Octagonal painting of Circe reaching toward Odysseus beside a carved vessel, with transformed companions and a green canopy i

The Story of Circe and Odysseus

Battista Franco Veneziano, 1550

Painting of shepherds with cattle, goats and sheep beside a thatched barn under a dramatic, lit stormy sky.

The annunciation to the shepherds

Adam Pynacker, 1650

Painting of an elderly bearded saint writing while a lion rests its paw in his hand, with a dark background.

Saint Jerome and the Lion

Liberale da Verona, 1550

Painting of the Nativity: Mary kneels in prayer beside the infant Christ, Joseph kneels nearby, with an ox and donkey behind

The Nativity

Liberale da Verona

Oil painting of Apollo flaying the satyr Marsyas in a wooded landscape, with onlookers including a centaur and two women.

Apollo flaying Marsyas

Giovanni Battista Zelotti, 1580

Oil painting of the Holy Family: Mary holds the Christ Child, Saint Joseph offers a white dove, with a green drape behind.

Holy Family

Luis Tristán, 1613

Painting of the crucified Christ with outstretched arms, a white loincloth, and a skull and bone at the base under a dark red

Christ Crucified

Luis Tristán, 1624

Painting of St Michael in gold armour spearing a dragon as winged rebel angels fall from a dark sky.

The fall of the rebel angels with St Michael fighting the dragon

Neri di Bicci, 1480

Painted processional standard showing the Virgin adoring the Christ Child with Saint John Baptist, angels and a dove under a

Processional Standard with the Adoration of the Child by the Virgin, Saint John Baptist and Angels

Neri di Bicci, 1450

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned between two bishop saints in gold halos, with a kneeling donor at left.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Martin of Tours and Blaise

Neri di Bicci, 1476

Long predella panel with scenes of Saint Michael and the dragon, the Dormition of the Virgin, and Saint Catherine's martyrdom

Saint Lawrence, Saint Michael and the Dragon, the Dormitio Virginis and the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Neri di Bicci, 1475

Painting of the Virgin Mary seated on a throne holding the Christ Child, who raises his hand, under a gold shell canopy.

Virgin and Child on the Throne

Neri di Bicci, 1450

Gilded arched altarpiece frame with God the Father above red seraphim and two kneeling angels, with an Ave Maria inscription

God the Father with Adoring Angels and Seraphim

Neri di Bicci, 1472

Medieval tempera painting of an arched interior with figures in red and blue robes, gold coins on the floor, and a red-curtai

A Scene from the Legend of Saint Nicholas of Bari

Neri di Bicci, 1460

Painted altarpiece of the Virgin and Child enthroned with angels and saints, gold halos, cracked and worn panel.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints

Neri di Bicci, 1475

Painting of three archangels with Tobias and a fish, a dog, kneeling angels and a crucifixion scene, in a gilded frame.

Tobias and Three Archangels

Neri di Bicci, 1471

Small religious panel with a kneeling saint, a haloed Virgin flanked by angels, a golden-rayed angel, and kneeling monks unde

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Neri di Bicci, 1435

Painting of Saint Margaret with a gold halo, red dress and black mantle, holding a palm, with a dragon at her feet.

Saint Margaret of Antioch

Neri di Bicci, 1471

Nativity scene with the Virgin kneeling before the infant Christ, Joseph seated, an angel above, and animals in a stable.

The adoration of Christ

Neri di Bicci, 1470

Painting of a sleeping nude Venus in a wooded landscape with a cupid, a hare, goats and satyrs in the background.

Sleeping Venus

Willem van Mieris, 1725

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, a lamb, a classical column and ruins in a landscape.

The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist

Willem van Mieris, 1708

Painting of Diana and nymphs bathing in a woodland pool with a bow, arrows, hunting dogs and a distant hilly landscape.

Diana en haar nimfen

Willem van Mieris, 1702