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Painting of bearded nude Prometheus seated on rocks beside Hermes with a caduceus and a woman holding a golden cup.

Prometheus

Painting of the dead Christ supported by mourners beside a tall wooden cross, with a town and hills in the background.

The Lamentation over the dead Christ

Dieric Bouts, 1425

Gold-ground Nativity panel with the Virgin reclining, the Christ Child in a manger, angels above and attendants below.

Nativity

Guido of Siena, 1270

Painting of Saint Ambrose as a bishop holding a book and crozier before a gold background and Gothic railing.

Saint Ambrose

Master of Burgo de Osma, 1450

Painting of two saints on gold ground: John the Baptist pointing to a scroll, and a bishop in a jeweled mitre holding a crozi

Saint Jean Baptiste et saint Louis de Toulouse

Bartolomeo Vivarini, 1463

Oval painting of the Madonna in a blue mantle holding a nude infant Christ against her shoulder, against a dark background.

Madonna mit Kind

Johann Scheffer von Leonhardshoff, 1817

Haloed Christ in green cloak walks away from three women in red robes beside tall trees, with mountains behind.

Christ taking leave of his Mother

Bernhard Strigel, 1520

Painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, bound and bare-chested, presented to a crowd of agitated onlookers in an ornate

"Christ presented to the People."

Quinten Metsys, 1518

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with a kneeling saint at the cross base, grieving women left, and crowded figures right.

La Crucifixion avec saint François agenouillé portant les stigmates

Taddeo di Bartolo, 1400

Painting of Christ bound before a seated judge washing his hands, with armored guards and a crowd under a striped canopy.

Christ before Pilate; The Wings of the Wurzach Altar (upper right)

Hans Multscher, 1437

Painting of a lush flower garland framing a grey relief of the Madonna and Child in an arched niche.

Flower garland with a relief of a Madonna

Pauline Freiin von Koudelka, 1834

Black-and-white image of a woman in a headcloth holding a veil with a bearded face wearing a crown of thorns.

Saint Veronica

Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece

Reclining woman with a bow and leopard skin beneath an oak tree, a crescent moon above, in an evening landscape.

Diana in a landscape

Louis-Michel van Loo, 1739

Painting of the Holy Family under an oak tree with two children, a bearded man leaning on a stone pedestal, and classical rui

The Holy Family

Drawing of an enthroned Christ blessing, beside a winged angel playing a lute, on a red patterned background.

Enthroned Christ with an angel from the scene

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving kneeling and standing kings with attendants in a stone interior, landscape

The Adoration of the Kings (Monforte Altar)

Hugo van der Goes, 1470

Painting of the Virgin and Child receiving gifts from a kneeling magus, with crowned kings and riders behind them.

Adoration of the Magi

Master of the Habsburgs, 1505

Painting of Minerva enthroned on clouds above women and cupids gathered among books and art tools.

Minerva and the Arts

Nicolas Pierre Loir, 1666

Painting of a bare-chested preacher with a staff gesturing to a crowd and seated mothers with infants under large trees.

Predication of Saint John the Baptist

Francesco Albani, 1630

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, who stands on her lap, with a halo, reading book and landscape.

The Virgin and Child

Giovanni Bellini, 1500

Two boys carry a wounded white-winged angel on a wooden stretcher across a field toward a lake.

The Wounded Angel

Hugo Simberg, 1903

Circular landscape painting of two robed figures beside a river, with a stone tower, house and large tree behind.

Landscape with Christ and Saint John the Baptist

Goffredo Wals, 1625

Black and white image of the dead Christ in a crown of thorns, supported by two mourning figures with halos.

Lamentation of Christ

Lazzaro Bastiani

Two haloed winged women fly over a stormy sea with seagulls and a seal, wearing ornate embroidered robes under a pastel sky.

Saint Bride

John Duncan, 1913

Painting of a young woman with upturned gaze holding a white banner and an arrow, wearing blue and gold drapery.

Saint Ursula

Bernardo Cavallino, 1650

Painting of Apollo offering a laurel wreath to a bearded figure beside pipe-playing companions on a rocky hillside.

Apollo as Victor over Pan

Jacob Jordaens, 1637

Painting of a kneeling bearded man raising his arm toward a winged angel floating above him in clouds.

(Moses Viewing the Promised Land)

Robert Walter Weir, 1860

Venus with a bearded nude man at a workbench, a winged Cupid in the foreground, and smiths and armor in a dark forge.

Venus in Vulcan's Forge

Bartholomeus Spranger, 1610

Painting of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers, with a walled city and mountains behind.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Master of the Repudiation of Hagar, 1510

Triptych with the Virgin enthroned and angels playing music, flanked by Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child and Saint

Triptych of the Virgin Enthroned with Saints Christopher and George

Master of the Antwerp Triptych of the Virgin, 1475