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Painting of Venus and Adonis seated under a tree with cupids, doves, and a mountain landscape behind them.

Venus and Adonis

Mattheus Terwesten, 1718

Oval ceiling painting of Mercury with a caduceus flying through clouds beside seated women and reclining gods.

Mythologische voorstelling met Mercurius

Mattheus Terwesten, 1700

Oval ceiling painting of a mythological scene with Jupiter, draped goddesses, and cherubs among clouds in a gilded frame.

Mythologische voorstelling met Jupiter

Mattheus Terwesten, 1700

Painting of a grey warship firing guns amid smoke and flame on rough sea, with burning ships on the distant horizon.

Destruction of the German Raider 'Leopard' by HMS 'Achilles' and HMS 'Dundee'

William Lionel Wyllie, 1920

Painting of the Madonna and Christ Child with a rosary, framed by a dense garland of roses, carnations, and tulips on a dark

Rosary Madonna in a Garland

Jan van den Hecke, 1671

Annunciation painting: an angel with lilies greets the kneeling Virgin Mary beside an open book, with putti and a dove above.

Annunciation

Painting of a winged angel touching a bearded seated man in a dark wooded landscape with a staff and red cloth.

Landscape with Elijah and the Angel

Cornelis Bisschop

Interior tavern scene with men at a table, a woman holding an infant by the fire, a rooster, dog, and cat on the floor.

Scene in a Brothel with the Holy Family on the Flight into Egypt

Gillis Mostaert, 1550

Painting of the baptism of Christ in a river landscape with angels, a crowd on a cliff, and a red cloth in the foreground.

The Baptism of Christ

Gillis Mostaert, 1598

Painting of Jesus with a halo surrounded by children and women in a landscape with trees and hills.

Jesus blesses the children

Fredrik Ahlstedt, 1901

Grayscale street scene of a church clock tower, brick townhouses, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians on a cobblestone road

Saint George's Church, New York

Edward Lamson Henry, 1875

Arched religious painting of the Madonna and Child with a kneeling saint, a nobleman, angels and a candle.

The Madonna with St. Lorenzo Giustiniani and a Venetian Nobleman

Pasquale Ottino, 1630

Risen Christ with a banner stands on a tomb edge against gold leaf while soldiers sleep below.

The Resurrection of Christ

Giovanni dal Ponte, 1450

Gold-ground panel with two saints in pink and gray robes, Resurrection and Crucifixion scenes above, in a pointed arch frame.

Saint James Major and Resurrection, Saint John the Baptist and Crucifixion

Giovanni dal Ponte, 1410

Gilded altarpiece panel of the enthroned Madonna and Child with four saints against a gold background.

The Madonna and Child enthroned with Saints Barbara, Dominic, John the Baptist and Anthony Abbot

Giovanni dal Ponte, 1420

Gilded arched panel of Saint Michael in armor with a spear beside bearded Saint Bartholomew holding a knife and book.

Saint Michael and Saint Bartholomew

Giovanni dal Ponte, 1434

Grey-toned sketch of robed men refusing a sacrifice of a garlanded ox before a crowd in a classical colonnaded setting.

Saint Paul et saint Barnabé refusant les honneurs divins à Lystre Esquisse pour le "may" de Notre-Dame de 1644

Michel Corneille the Elder, 1644

Painting of Christ seated beside two women in classical architecture, one gesturing, with stone tablets and columns behind.

Le Christ chez Marthe et Marie

Michel Corneille the Elder, 1650

Painting of a goddess on clouds with a peacock, a white cow in water, and a bearded shepherd in a brown robe.

Juno calls to monitor Io Argus

Aert Schouman, 1738

Elderly bearded man reading a book under a tree while a winged demon looms behind him and a pig rests nearby.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Painting of a bound nude saint at a tree, tended by winged angels while cherubs above offer a palm and laurel.

Saint Sebastian Comforted by Angels after his Torture

Pieter Thijs, 1639

Painting of the risen Christ standing beside a wooden cross, with a red cloth behind him and a white loincloth.

The risen Christ with the cross

Pieter Thijs, 1650

Painting of four saints with halos before a gold background, including a crowned woman holding a jar and a man holding a swor

Saint John the Baptist, Saint Mary Magdalene, Saint James the Less and Saint Paul

Pere Serra, 1385

Gilded panel painting of four saints standing side by side, each holding a book or symbolic attribute, with halos.

Saint Peter, Saint Claire, Saint James the Great and Saint John the Evangelist

Pere Serra, 1385

Painting of mourners surrounding the nude body of Christ on a white shroud, one man wiping his eyes, dark background.

The lamentation over the dead Christ

Leonello Spada, 1610

Painting of a robed figure in pale garments surrounded by a crowd of villagers in dark clothes before a whitewashed house at

The mocking of Christ

Jakob Smits, 1926

Oil painting of a red brick country house on a hill with grazing cattle, trees and farm buildings in the foreground.

Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

Dominic Serres, 1779

Oil painting of British warships and crowded troop boats gathered in a bay beneath a fortified headland and hills.

The Capture of Saint Lucia, 26 February 1762

Dominic Serres, 1772

Painting of a battle among ruins with soldiers, women in rubble, smoke, and fallen bodies in the foreground.

The Company of Saint Barbara

Ramon Martí Alsina, 1891

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Mary and the Christ Child, kneeling kings, a retinue of riders, and a walled city.

Adoration of the Magi

Guidoccio Cozzarelli