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Painting of the Crucifixion with mourners in red and orange robes, a skull and chalice at the base, against a dark sky.

Crucifixion

Gabriel Metsu, 1660

Painting of two bearded apostles leaning together at a table with bread and a wine glass, against a dark background.

Two Apostles

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1567

Painting of a boy seated under a red canopy among robed elders, with a woman in blue at left in a Gothic interior.

Master of Hoogstraeten - Christ's Dispute with the Doctors, 1510-1520, 385

Master of Hoogstraeten

Three loosely painted figures with pale faces and a red-pink drapery in the foreground, in muted greens and pinks.

Angel Fragment, after El Greco

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1928

Folk painting of Saint Joseph with a crown and halo, holding a flowering staff and the Christ child, in red and green robes.

Saint Joseph the Patriarch (San José Patriarca)

José Aragon, 1830

Painted panel of a standing female saint in red robe, crowned with flowers, holding a skull and a cross staff.

Saint Rosalia of Palermo (Santa Rosalia de Palermo)

The A. J. Santero, 1825

Full-length oil portrait of a standing man in red turban and white robes, with domed buildings and palms behind him.

Hindu Man

Antonio Zeno Shindler, 1890

Painting of five nude women dancing together in a dark, autumnal forest clearing with loose brushwork.

Nymphs in the Forest

Hippolyte Boulenger, 1865

Winged archangel Michael with a raised sword standing on a clawed beast amid flames, painted on a red-framed panel.

Archangel Saint Michael (San Miguel)

José Rafael Aragón, 1840

The Miracles of Saint James the Greater

The Miracles of Saint James the Greater

Noël Nicolas Coypel, 1726

Veronese painting of the Virgin and Child with saints and a Venetian family group on a marble terrace.

The Madonna of the Cuccina family

Paolo Veronese, 1571

Loose painting of a haloed woman holding a child beside a draped figure, in warm reds and browns.

The Holy Family

Robert Loftin Newman, 1910

Painting of a kneeling woman in a pink gown with an executioner behind her, watched by richly dressed men beside classical co

The Martyrdom of Saint Justina

Paolo Veronese, 1555

Altarpiece with The Passion of Christ

Altarpiece with The Passion of Christ

Master of the Schlägl Altarpiece, c. 1440s

Painted wooden panel of a standing saint in a red robe beneath a decorative arched canopy with a blue cross.

Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo)

José Rafael Aragón, 1850

Diana seated under a tree with two nymphs in yellow and pink robes, a hunting dog, bow and arrows, and a distant bear.

Diana with nymphs

Felice Torelli, 1700

Folk painting of a bearded saint in a red robe holding a yellow cross, with a skull and a lion-like figure below.

Saint Jerome (San Geronimo)

José Rafael Aragón, 1840

Painting of a guardian angel with wings watching over a sleeping child on a bed while a seated woman rests beside them.

guardian Angel

Henri Decaisne, 1836

Painting of the Virgin with the Christ Child and young John the Baptist kneeling before green curtains.

Madonna

Master of Serumido, 1500

Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry, and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy

Charles Meynier, 1798

Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry

Charles Meynier, 1798

Oil painting of nude women beside a shield and helmet, with a clothed man with clasped hands under a cloudy sky.

Mythological Scene

Painting of a winged angel and a boy on a rural road overlooking a village, fields, and a river.

Angel with Tobias

Jacek Malczewski, 1902

Painting of a sunlit city street with a church facade, a horse-drawn carriage, and pedestrians under a pale sky.

Saint Roche Church

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Loose painting of a reclining nude woman on white drapery beside a seated figure, with red curtains and scattered gold coins.

Payment of Zeus

Carl Marr, 1930

Loose painting of a helmeted woman with spear standing in a chariot pulled by dark horses under a pale, cloudy sky.

Minerva in a Chariot

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Nativity scene with infant in straw, shepherds, a donkey, and angels in clouds above a dark landscape.

Nativity

Antonio da Correggio, 1528

Virgin Mary on a cloud with angels, shielding kneeling men in black robes beside open books, in a golden heavenly light.

The Madonna with the Seven Founders of the Servite Order

Agostino Masucci, 1728

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a red robe nursing an infant, with a dark background and a hand holding white cloth.

Virgin Mary Nursing

Bartolomeo Schedoni

Panel painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a gilded casket from a kneeling king, with soldiers and a landscape behind.

Adoration of the Kings

Flemish Bernard van Orley, 1400