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Painting of Saint Francis of Assisi in a brown habit with a rope belt, gazing upward against a dark background.

Saint Francis of Assisi according to Pope Nicholas V's Vision

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1640

Painting of a soldier in armor pointing at a woman in a white turban while an old man gestures beside them in dim light.

Denial of Saint Peter

Dirck van Baburen

Painting of the Holy Family with a woman in teal, an elderly woman in yellow, a nude infant, and winged putti above.

The Holy Family

Rosso Fiorentino, 1520

Nude women bathe in a rocky cave with hunting dogs, a statue and a bow, opening onto a distant landscape.

Diana and Actaeon

Abraham van Cuylenborch, 1644

Painting of Saint Francis of Assisi in brown habit with arms outstretched, surrounded by cherubs and clouds, with a skull and

Saint Francis of Assisi

Philip Fruytiers, 1650

Nude women bathe in a wooded landscape while a hunter watches from behind a rock at the upper right.

Diana and Actaeon

Christoph Gertner, 1610

Painting of nude nymphs bathing by a forest pool, with hunting dogs, a path, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Diana entdeckt den Fehltritt der Kallisto

Hendrick de Clerck, 1610

Painting of a haloed friar dying on a bier while two kneeling monks pray beside him, with candles lit in a dark room.

Death of Saint Didacus

Gilded panel of Saint Francis espousing a woman in white with haloed companions, a walled town and blue sky behind.

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Anthony the Abbot with halo and staff on a rocky path in a barren landscape with a church, deer, and rabbit.

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

Master of the Osservanza, 1435

The Virgin Crowned by Angels

The Virgin Crowned by Angels

Stefan Lochner, c. 1450

Painting of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes in a columned hall, with a plumed helmet, shield and jewelry box.

Achilles discovered among the daughters of Lycomedes

Sébastien Leclerc II, 1700

Gilded Gothic altarpiece panels: a saint with a crozier and deer on the right, Christ over Satan and apostles on the left.

Saint Giles with Christ Triumphant over Satan and the Mission of the Apostles

Miguel Alcañiz the Elder, 1408

Painted fragment of the crucified Christ with bowed head, red halo and blue cross arm against a red ground.

Crucifixion - Fragment of a Croce Dipinta

Paolo Veneziano, 1331

Gilded panel painting of Saint Apollonia in red robe and dark gown, holding a palm frond, with a haloed nimbus.

Saint Apollonia

Gold-ground panel of Saint Margaret in red gown and dark mantle, holding a red cross staff, standing on a black dragon.

Saint Margaret

Two young women in folk dress peer through tall reeds under a tree, with a crescent moon in a dusky sky.

Water Nymphs

Witold Pruszkowski, 1877

Adoration of the Magi

Adoration of the Magi

Konrad Laib, early 1440s

Painting of a saint with a ladder toppling a pagan statue on a carved column, watched by a crowd in Renaissance dress.

Saint Apollonia Destroys a Pagan Idol

Giovanni d'Alemagna, 1442

Illuminated initial with haloed saints, a praying woman in blue, and bearded men beneath a teal arch, framed by gold and foli

All Saints in an Initial E or O

Master of the Osservanza, 1430

Two haloed saints embrace on a rocky path before a cave, with forest, hills, a skeletal figure and gold sky behind.

The Meeting of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul

Master of the Osservanza, 1430

Women playing musical instruments in a mountain landscape, with a helmeted figure, a winged white horse and a waterfall.

Minerva Visits the Muses

Jan Brueghel the Elder

Haloed saint in a fur robe gives alms to poor figures in a pink Gothic arcaded hall with a dog.

Saint Anthony Distributing His Wealth to the Poor,

Master of the Osservanza, 1430

Arched gold-ground panel of Saint John the Baptist with a haloed bearded figure in red mantle holding a staff.

Saint John the Baptist

Ugolino di Nerio, 1295

Painting of a haloed saint with a staff leaving a green monastery doorway as monks look on, cypress trees behind.

Saint Anthony Leaving His Monastery,

Master of the Osservanza, 1430

Painting of Christ calmly confronted by armored soldiers with torches and spears at night beneath a tree.

The Betrayal of Christ

Anthony van Dyck, 1618

Drawing of the Madonna and Child seated on a pedestal, with a standing bearded man at left and a kneeling nude figure at righ

Madonna and Child with Saints Roch and Sebastian

Michele da Verona, 1550

Endymion

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Oil sketch of the Adoration of the Shepherds with Mary, the infant Christ, shepherds, angels and animals.

The adoration of the shepherds (Luke 2:8-20)

Jacob Jordaens, 1608

Painting of the Nativity with the infant Christ in a manger, Mary and Joseph, shepherd, ox, donkey, and an arched stone inter

The Nativity

Juan González, 1660