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Medieval painting of the Crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves, haloed mourners, soldiers and a gold background.

The crucifixion

Meister von Laufen, 1455

Cupid with an arrow beside a sleeping woman in blue drapery, set in a mountain landscape with a waterfall.

Psyche is awakened from fainting by Cupid's arrow

Karl Agricola, 1837

Painting of the Holy Trinity with crucified Christ, angels, and kneeling saints and worshippers in clouds above a landscape.

Adoration of the Trinity

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Painting of Christ above clouds with two angels and two kneeling saints beside an altar with a monstrance.

Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Cosmas and Damian

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Painting of Medusa's severed head with a mass of snakes for hair, lying on rocks with a lizard and scorpion nearby.

Head of Medusa

Peter Paul Rubens, 1618

Christ above clouds with arms outstretched over an altar holding a monstrance, while two kneeling saints look upward.

Christ with the Eucharist and Saints Bartholomew and Roch

Moretto da Brescia, 1545

Bishop Saint Nicholas presents young students to the Madonna and Child beneath a stone arch.

St Nicholas of Bari presents the Rovelli students to Madonna and Child

Moretto da Brescia, 1539

Christ crucified above Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena, with a cherub and angel, under a dark stormy sky.

Christ on the Cross with Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Dominic and an Angel

Anthony van Dyck, 1622

Painting of Christ in a red robe surrounded by soldiers and a crowd, with kneeling figures in the foreground under a dark sky

Disrobing of Christ (Espolio)

School of El Greco, 1600

Painting of three nude women with gold necklaces, the central one wearing a red feathered hat, against a black background.

The Three Graces

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531

Medieval painting of seated Christ blindfolded and bound, surrounded by mocking soldiers against a gold background.

The mocking of Christ

Meister des Andreas-Altars, 1445

Kneeling friar in black cloak looks up at a vision of the Virgin and Child on a cloud in a dark interior.

Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth

Painting of two standing saints in green and red robes, one holding a staff and book, before a gilded architectural backdrop.

Saint Léonard et saint Jacques

Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere, 1475

Christ in glory above clouds hands keys and a book to two apostles raising their arms in a hilly landscape.

Jesus in glory delivers the keys to Peter and the book of doctrine to Paul

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Oil painting of the Holy Family with Virgin Mary, infant Christ, young John the Baptist, an angel with flowers, and Saint Jos

The Holy Family of Francis I

Painting of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary on clouds, with an angel, a bishop and a kneeling friar in a landscape below.

Coronation of the Virgin with saints

Moretto da Brescia, 1534

Painting of Christ blessing children on a stone terrace, surrounded by adults and classical architecture under a cloudy sky.

Christ Blessing the Children

Sébastien Bourdon, 1625

Painting of the Virgin Mary in red gown spreading a dark cloak over two kneeling white-robed monks, with cherubs and clouds.

Madonna of mercy

Moretto da Brescia, 1520

Painting of a haloed saint bound on a gridiron, with armored attendants, a bishop, and a town in the background.

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Master of Saint Severin, 1485

Religious painting of a white-robed friar with a lily and book, flanked by two saints in red and black beneath a stone arch.

Saint Anthony of Padua with Saints Anthony Abbot and Nicholas of Tolentino

Moretto da Brescia, 1530

Painting of Saint Margaret flanked by Saint Jerome with a lion and Saint Francis with a cross, with two putti above.

Saint Margaret of Antioch with Saints Jerome and Francis

Moretto da Brescia, 1530

Diana descends from clouds toward the reclining Endymion, with a greyhound and cupid above, in an octagonal painting.

Diane et Endymion

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1720

Saint George on a white horse raising a sword against a winged dragon, with broken lances on the grass and a woman in red bey

Saint George fighting the dragon

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, a kneeling woman in white, and angels drawing a green curtain overhea

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1511

Circular painting of the Holy Family with the infant Christ on straw, a donkey and sheep behind them.

Holy Family

Angelo Solimena, 1650

Kneeling angel in a pink robe with a blue wing, hands clasped in prayer, against a gold leaf background with a halo.

Adoring Angel, Looking Right

Fra Angelico, 1425

Painting of a sleeping nude woman reclining on pillows with gold objects, jewels, and a crown in a dark interior.

Venus, auf einem Ruhebett schlafend

Johann Baptist von Lampi the Younger, 1826

Kneeling bearded man in blue robe praying while an angel offers him a chalice against a dark night sky.

Le Christ au jardin des oliviers

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1650

Painting of an enthroned crowned figure holding an orb and scepter, flanked by six singing winged angels against gold.

God the Father with singing angels

Hans Memling, 1485

Painting of Saint Anthony Abbot, an elderly bearded monk with a staff and a small animal, against a gold background.

Saint Antoine abbé

Matteo Giovanetti, 1345