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Painting of the Virgin and Christ child with John the Baptist, a lamb, and an elderly bearded man reading a book.

Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and Saint Anthony the Abbot

Jacopo Bassano, 1561

Neoclassical painting of Perseus with nymphs in a rocky cave beside a tree, a waterfall, and a winged helmet.

Perseus and the Nymphs

Monogrammist A. P., 1800

Black and white reproduction of Adoration of the Kings: Virgin and Child, kneeling king, attendants and arcade.

Adoration of the Kings

Giovanni Battista Bertucci, 1500

Large painting of Venus on clouds with Vulcan beside armor, surrounded by cupids and doves in a blue sky.

Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas

François Boucher, 1757

Classical landscape with figures by a river, a lyre player, a fortified city with a bridge, and dark clouds above.

Landscape with Orpheus and Eurydice

Nicolas Poussin, 1650

Painting of an elderly bearded man offering grapes at a classical arched doorway to seated figures at a laden table.

Abraham and the Three Angels

Gérard de Lairesse, 1675

Gothic triptych with a Nativity scene in the centre, a kneeling figure, angels and two standing saints on gold grounds.

Saint Vittorino (?) (au-dessus : l'Ange de l'Annonciation)

Giovanni di Paolo, 1470

Reclining nude woman with a cupid beside an organist, with a garden fountain and red drapery behind them.

Venus with an Organist and Cupid

Titian, 1555

Baroque sketch of saints, bishops and angels ascending through golden clouds, with a soldier and banner in the foreground.

The Apotheosis of the Hungarian Saints

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1772

Sunset landscape with an angel and a young man by a river, a stone tower on a cliff, and a large pine tree at right.

Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

Claude Lorrain, 1639

Gothic triptych with Nativity, Coronation of the Virgin and Crucifixion scenes on gold backgrounds.

Triptych: the Nativity, the Coronation of the Virgin, and the Crucifixion

Bernardo Daddi, 1338

Madonna and Child seated among flower garlands, twisted columns, cherubs and a pile of armor and weapons below.

Madonna and Child Enthroned in a Fruit & Flower Garland

David Teniers the Younger, 1648

Black and white painting of two saints by classical columns, one with an eagle above him and a lamb at their feet.

Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, announcing the Coming of Christ

Anthony van Dyck, 1619

Nude women bathing at a fountain beneath a classical arch while a hunter in yellow gestures toward them.

Diana and Actaeon

Andrea Schiavone, 1550

Gold-ground panel of a haloed saint enthroned with a sword, flanked by winged angels, two of whom play a harp and a viol.

Saint Lucy Enthroned

Giovanni di Bartolomeo Cristiani, 1375

Painting of Bacchus in a chariot with panthers, satyrs, and a reclining woman holding grapes in a pastoral landscape.

Le Triomphe de Bacchus

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1747

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child with a pomegranate, flanked by two angels against a gold background.

Madonna of the Pomegranate

Fra Angelico, 1426

Night scene of a bearded man in red robe looking up as a winged angel points to a chalice, with torchbearers at right.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Matthias Stom, 1630

Painting of Hercules with a staff and lion skin beside a seated woman in red drapery nursing an infant in a rocky landscape.

Hercules and Iole

Paolo Veronese, 1585

Archangel Raphael in green robes with Tobias, a saint, a kneeling donor and a dog, under God the Father in clouds.

The Archangel Raphael with Tobias, St. Leonard and the Donor, Leonardo di Lorenzo Morelli

Andrea del Sarto, 1512

Painting of armored Perseus freeing the nude Andromeda chained to a rock, with two cherubs above and a sea monster below.

Perseus and Andromeda

Peter Paul Rubens, 1639

Painting of Christ crucified between two thieves on a hill, with mourners below and a light beam breaking through a dark sky.

The Last Sigh of Christ

Julien-Michel Gué, 2017

Painting of an elderly bearded man in chains being freed by a winged angel who grips his wrist.

The Liberation of St Peter by an Angel

Antonio de Pereda, 1643

Painting of Vulcan holding a sword below Venus seated on clouds with a cherub, swans and armor nearby.

Venus Asking Vulcan for Arms for Aeneas

François Boucher, 1732

Monks in brown habits aid a woman and child on a snowy ledge as an avalanche sweeps down a mountain behind them.

Religieux de l'hospice du mont Saint Gothard

Louis Hersent, 1820

Baroque painting of a sun god in a chariot above revelers, satyrs, nymphs and cherubs on a rocky shore.

The Birth of the Sun and the Triumph of Bacchus

Corrado Giaquinto, 1761

Painting of a kneeling bearded saint in brown habit with halo, hand on a skull, before a crucifix in a rocky landscape.

Saint François d'Assise en oraison devant un crucifix

Francesco Albani

Painting of a veiled woman with eyes lowered, hands clasped in prayer, wearing red and green garments against a dark backgrou

Madonna

August von Pettenkofen, 1840

Oval painting of a haloed friar holding the Christ Child on a cloud with cherubs, a lily and a basket in the foreground.

Saint Anthony of Padua with the Infant Christ

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1767

Painting of Diana and nymphs hunting deer in a forest with spears and hounds, in loose painterly brushwork.

Diana and her Nymphs, Hunting

Peter Paul Rubens, 1636