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Two gilded figures on red panels: an angel holding an inscribed scroll and the Virgin with a book beneath a dove.

Triptych of the Holy Face (closed): The Annunciation

Gilded Gothic altarpiece panel with Annunciation, Crucifixion, and saints under arches, painted by Francesc Comes.

Saint John the Baptist, Annunciation, Crucifixion and Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Francesc Comes, 1400

Gothic panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi with Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, horses, and gold leaf background.

The Adoration of the Magi

Cenni di Francesco, 1380

Painting of a Valkyrie on a galloping black horse, raising a spear amid clouds and ravens, with a golden sky.

Valkyrie

Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1865

Painting of the Madonna and Child with an older woman and kneeling young John the Baptist beside a brazier.

Madonna and Child with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

Jacopino del Conte, 1535

Woman reading beside a sleeping infant in a wicker cradle, with cherubs in the dark upper left corner.

The Holy Family, copy after Rembrandt

Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, 1892

Painting of the Virgin and Child with four female saints in a courtyard, with a distant gateway and landscape behind.

The Virgin and Child with Four Holy Virgines

Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, 1490

Annunciation panel: kneeling Virgin with book and angel Gabriel in a Gothic interior, a lily and dove between them, garden be

Annunciation

Master of the Virgo inter Virgines, 1470

Gothic church interior with a young Christ seated among robed doctors in red and green, one gesturing, a woman praying at rig

Christ among the Doctors

Master of the Catholic Kings, 1495

Miniature painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds with kneeling Virgin, infant Christ, angels and a star in the night sky.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Marmitta, 1500

Two bearded saints in colorful robes stand against a cloudy sky, one holding a sword and the other holding keys.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Painting of the Nativity with Mary and the Christ Child, kneeling shepherds, a sheep, and angels with a scroll above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Painting of Saint Francis of Assisi in a grey habit, gazing upward with outstretched hands beside a skull under a dramatic sk

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis of Assisi.

Painting of Christ being baptized by John the Baptist in a river, with a dove above and two angels kneeling at left.

The Baptism of Christ

Leonardo da Vinci, 1470

Annunciation painting: a kneeling winged angel offers a lily to the seated Virgin in a stone loggia with a garden and mountai

Annunciation

Leonardo da Vinci, 1472

Gold-ground panel of Archangel Michael spearing a dragon beside Saint Francis in brown habit with raised hands.

Michael the Archangel and Saint Francis

Juan de Flandes, 1505

Painted altarpiece wing showing a gift-bearing attendant, an open coin chest, horses and figures beside a stone archway.

Wing of an Altarpiece with Adoration of the Magi, on the reverse is Presentation in the Temple

Pieter Aertsen, 1560

Reclining nude woman with pearls on a terrace, with a fountain, peacock, and harbor city view behind her.

Venus Cythereia

Jan Matsys, 1561

Portrait of a bald man in red attire pointing beside a terracotta Hercules statue on a pedestal, holding gold calipers.

John Michael Rysbrack Modelling His Terra-Cotta Statue of Hercules

Andrea Soldi, 1753

Triptych altarpiece with the Virgin crowned in heaven, apostles below, and kneeling donors with coats of arms on the wings.

Heller Altarpiece

Jobst Harrich, 1508

Reclining nude youth with closed eyes, wounded thigh, red poppies and spear, in a stormy mountain landscape.

Dying Adonis.[1] Alternative title(s): The blood of the dead Adonis turns into an anemone (Ovid, Met. X 735).[2]

Hendrick Goltzius, 1609

Tall painting of a woman with long hair in a golden robe holding a white covered jar under a tree and cloudy sky.

Mary Magdalene

Moretto da Brescia, 1540-50

Fresco of a crowned woman embracing a large cross, flanked by a pope with a crosier and a praying crowned man.

Adorazione della Croce con i santi Costantino, Elena e Silvestro French: Adoration de la Croix avec les saints Consta…

Paolo da Caylina il Giovane, 1514

Painting of a kneeling woman in red with a flower crown, a child with a fruit basket, and armed men in a snowy landscape.

Beheading of Saint Dorothea

Hans Baldung Grien, 1516

Painting of a crucified Christ and an angel above a crowd of ecstatic worshippers with raised hands in a dim interior.

The Fanatics ; The Religious Fanatics

Tyko Sallinen, 1918

Religious painting of Saint Anne holding the Christ Child beside the Virgin Mary, with Saint John and a lamb in the foregroun

Saint Anne with the Christ Child, the Virgin, and Saint John the Baptist

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Reclining nude Bacchus raises a wine glass amid pumpkins, fruit and flowers, with a farm landscape behind him.

Bacchus raising a wine cup

tekijä ei tiedossa, 1600

Painting of a haloed Virgin on a pedestal under a dove, flanked by kneeling and standing saints in a landscape with palms.

Incarnation of Jesus

Piero di Cosimo, 1485

Painting of a hero standing on a sea monster beside a chained nude woman, with a flying figure above and crowds below.

Andromeda freed by Perseus

Piero di Cosimo, 1510

Painting of a mythological music contest between Apollo and Pan in a forest, with nymphs, satyrs and flying cherubs.

The contest between Apollo and Pan

Denis van Alsloot, 1620