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Oil study of a nude young male figure with raised arm against a dark brown wash background.

Study of the Amor Figure to the Painting "Wedding Procession of Amor and Psyche"

Painting of an elderly writer at a desk with a quill, guided by a winged angel leaning over a ledge above.

Lucas van Leyden - Saint Matthew, na 1518, 206

Lucas van Leyden

Painting of a woman with curly hair embracing a white swan against a dark background, with red and blue drapery.

Leda and the Swan

Jan Wincenty Kopff, 1810

The Crucifixion with a Carthusian Monk

The Crucifixion with a Carthusian Monk

Rogier van der Weyden, 1460

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet in a golden basin, surrounded by robed companions in a columned hall.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Benvenuto Tisi, 1520

Oil painting of a betrothal scene with a bride in white, an elder in red robes, onlookers, columns, and cherubs above.

The Betrothal of the Virgin Mary

Peter Paul Rubens, 1620

Painting of a crowned king and daughter at a saint's tomb, with healed and freed figures and a bright heavenly cloud above.

Henry IV of Castile and his daughter find healing at the tomb of Saint Didacus

Maerten de Vos, 1591

Painting of a haloed saint with a quill, open book, inkwell and eagle, with angels above against a gold background.

Saint John the Baptist

János Rombauer, 1810

Painting of Saints Cosmas and Damian: men in red and pink robes tend a severed leg while an interior workshop scene appears a

The charity of Saints Cosmas and Damian

Ambrosius Francken I, 1573

Painting of Saint John the Evangelist holding a golden chalice with a serpent, a book, and an eagle beside him.

Saint John the Evangelist

Jozef Božetech Klemens, 1874

Candlelit painting of Saint Joseph holding the infant Christ beside Mary in a blue mantle, with a child watching from the lef

Saint Joseph with Family

Franz Xavier Karl Palko, 1760

The Trinity

The Trinity

Hendrick van Balen the Elder, c. 1620

Crucifixion scene with Christ on a central cross, mourners, mounted soldiers, and two other crucified figures under a stormy

Crucifixion

Johann Carl von Reslfeld, 1501

Half-length portrait of a man in a curled wig and black robe, one hand on his chest, against a dark background with gold drap

Gregorius Martens, Mayor of Antwerp and Dean of the Guild of Saint Luke

Jacob Denys, 1650

Painting of Saint Peter receiving or handing over keys amid kneeling figures, angels in clouds, and ruined architecture.

Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter

Josef Anton Zoller, 1785

Virgin nursing the infant Christ in a red mantle and blue dress, with a landscape of hills, village and travelers behind.

Madonna lactans

Gerard David, 1510

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping infant Christ, with an older man in a red turban and fruit on a ledge.

Holy Family

Quinten Metsys, 1500

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel kneels before the Virgin Mary beside a red bed, with a dove of light above.

The Annunciation

Bernard van Orley, 1518

Painting of the Madonna nursing the Christ child, who holds a fig, beside a white ewer and dark green drapery.

Madonna and Child

Lucas van Leyden, 1528

Virgin Mary with long hair holds the infant Christ, who reaches for an apple, before a landscape with a castle and river.

The Virgin and Child

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1516

Bishop in gold cope helps a crippled beggar while figures bury the dead in a hillside landscape behind him.

Saint Eligius helps the crippled and buries the dead

Ambrosius Francken I, 1588

Gilded Gothic altarpiece showing the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin, Christ Child, kneeling king and rich retinue.

Adoration of the Magi

Gentile da Fabriano, 1423

Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus

Hermes Ordering Calypso to Release Odysseus

Gérard de Lairesse, c. 1670

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin and Child seated on a throne, flanked by musician angels, with an inscribed scroll below.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Gentile da Fabriano, 1410

Gilded panel of the Madonna in red mantle holding the blue-robed Christ Child against a gold arched background.

Madonna

Gentile da Fabriano, 1420

Small painting of Saint Jerome reading in a wide landscape with a monastery, rocky arch, travelers and distant castle.

Landscape with Saint Jerome

Cornelis Massijs, 1547

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin in blue holding the infant Christ, with haloes, pomegranate branches and a gothic frame.

Virgin and Child

Gentile da Fabriano, 1425

Oil painting of a woman with a rose crown gazing upward, wearing a green embroidered gown beside a stone pedestal and red dra

Saint Cecilia

Onorio Marinari, 1783

Painting of a bound white-robed saint with closed eyes, arms tied overhead against a dark background, with a paper label.

Saint Serapius

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1628

Adoration of the Shepherds

Adoration of the Shepherds

Bernardo Cavallino, c. 1650