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Painting of classical women in a garden, with a seated nude figure before a marble arch and doves among rose petals.

Psyche before the Throne of Venus

Henrietta Rae, 1894

Hanging scroll of a standing Jizō bodhisattva with golden staff and halo, on a lotus pedestal above clouds.

Welcoming Descent of Jizō, Bodhisattva of the Earth Matrix

Woman reading beside a sleeping infant in a wicker cradle, with cherubs in the dark upper left and a fire at right.

Copy of Rembrandt´s painting The Holy Family

Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, 1892

Painting of a dead religious man in dark habit on a white pillow, hands clasped around a rosary, with a crucifix on his chest

Portrait of Saint Simon of Rojas dead

Vincenzo Carducci, 1624

Oil painting of a bearded man in brown robes struggling with a winged angel in a white gown and gold sash.

Jacob Fighting the Angel

Jürgen Ovens, 1650

Allegorical painting of a woman in a gold gown receiving a crown from armored Minerva, with cherubs and a fruit basket.

Allegori över Hedvig Eleonora, 1636-1715, krönes av Minerva

Jürgen Ovens, 1654

Painting of Diana reclining with hunting dogs, dead hares and companions beside a red drape in a forest.

Diana with her companions

Painting of winged Zephyrus, a flower-crowned Flora holding roses, and a cupid on a cloud against a pale sky.

Zephyrus, Flora and Cupid

Antonio Balestra

Painting of Venus, Mercury and Cupid: Cupid points at a diagram on a scroll held by winged Mercury beside Venus.

Venus, Mercury and Cupid

Antonio Balestra

Oil painting of a bearded prophet with a book and quill, watched by a winged cherub holding a cord.

Prophet Isaiah

Antonio Balestra

Painting of the Annunciation: the Virgin Mary kneeling as an angel with a lily points to a dove of the Holy Spirit in heavenl

Annunciation

Agostino Masucci, 1742

Painting of Christ seated at a well speaking with a kneeling woman as disciples approach with bread along a hilly road.

Christ and the woman of Samaria at the well

Floris van Schooten, 1620

Still life of market produce with a woman vendor and a small background scene of figures at a table.

Still life with fruits and vegetables with Christ in Emmaus

Floris van Schooten, 1630

Painting of a nude young man leaning toward a red-haired woman in a blue robe, among poppies and clouds.

Narcissus

Ludwig von Hofmann, 1900

Oil sketch of mourning figures tending Christ's body in a rocky cave with a distant landscape at right.

Entombment of Christ, sketch for a painting

Józef Simmler, 1850

Interior of a vaulted stone cave lit by hanging lamps, with kneeling worshippers and a monk before an altar niche.

Cave of the Nativity in Bethlehem

Maxim Vorobiev, 1833

Painting of Madonna with the Christ Child and young Saint John the Baptist holding a cross, set before a mountain landscape.

Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Michele Tosini, 1540

Gold-ground triptych with Virgin and Child, angels and kneeling donor in centre, saints on each side wing.

Virgin and Child (centre), Saint John the Baptist (left) Saint George or Saint Ansanus (right)

Filippo Lippi, 1430

Oval painting of a bearded elder in red robe kneeling before a burning altar, with a child in clouds above.

Joachim's Sacrifice, reverse: Saint Joseph with the Christ Child

Martino Altomonte, 1701

Oval painting of Saint Joseph holding the Christ Child with a cross, a lily branch, and cherubs above.

St. Joseph with the Christ Child

Martino Altomonte, 1701

Painting of an elderly man lifting a haloed infant in a temple with red drapery, a seated priest, and a woman in red.

Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Merry-Joseph Blondel, 1849

Painting of the Madonna and Christ child with St. John, Joseph, St. Anne and angels before a red curtain.

Madonna with Child Jesus, St. John, Joseph, Anne and angels

Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1575

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel with a lily and a kneeling Virgin Mary in an interior, with a dove and cherub above.

Annunciation

Abraham Hondius, 1662

Triptych with a veiled Virgin cradling a sleeping infant, flanked by four bearded evangelists in a gilded frame.

Mother of the Messiah and the Four Evangelists

Charles Verlat, 1873

Painting of the Virgin enthroned with the Christ Child, flanked by a bishop saint and a bearded saint with a book, in a gilde

The Virgin Enthroned with Saint Amadio and Saint Anthony

Bartolommeo Ramenghi, 1529

Oval painting of a veiled Madonna holding a nude infant with grapes, flanked by angels under a grapevine trellis.

Madonna of Giverny

Frederick William MacMonnies, 1901

Pen and wash drawing of a martyrdom scene with an executioner, a kneeling woman, cherubs in clouds and onlookers.

Martyrdom of Saint Barbara

Theodoor van Thulden, 1631

Painting of Venus with a cupid and muscular smiths at a forge, with putti handling armor under a stormy sky.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, also known as “Thetis receives the Arms of Achilles”

Theodoor van Thulden

Painting of a bearded saint in brown robes ascending among clouds, surrounded by music-playing angels and kneeling figures be

The assumption of St. Francis a Paola

Theodoor van Thulden, 1621

Reclining nude Venus embraces a winged Cupid on a white bed before red drapery, with a mirror and jewelry box nearby.

Venus und Amor

Martin Johann Schmidt, 1788