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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,775 works

Painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, blood on forehead, against a dark blue background with gold foliage.

Head of Christ

Petrus Christus, 1445

Medieval banquet scene with a crowned king, seated guests, a woman playing a viol, a servant with a cup, and a dog on a tiled

Salome Dancing before Herod

Spanish Painter

Painting of an angel stopping an old man from sacrificing a blindfolded, kneeling youth on a rocky ledge beside firewood.

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, mid-1750s

Triptych altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned center, kneeling donors below, and saints in side panels.

The Le Cellier Altarpiece

Jehan Bellegambe, 1509

Six haloed apostles in robes stand in Gothic arched niches against gold backgrounds, one holding a large wooden cross.

Six Apostles

Spanish Painter

Painting of a kneeling doge presented to the Redeemer by haloed saints, with a Venetian lagoon view behind.

Doge Alvise Mocenigo (1507-1577) Presented to the Redeemer

Jacopo Tintoretto, probably 1577

Medieval painting of a haloed preacher in a pulpit addressing a congregation, with Christ in a roundel above and a scribe at

Sermon of Saint Albertus Magnus

Friedrich Walther, 1430

Gilded panel of Saint Michael in red armor and wings stabbing a dragon with a sword against a gold background.

Saint Michael and the Dragon

Spanish Painter, ca. 1405

Painting of the Finding of Moses: two women beside a basket by a river, one nursing an infant under trees, with distant figur

The Finding of Moses

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1560s?

Painting of an angel kneeling before the Virgin Mary in an interior, with a dove of the Holy Spirit radiating light above.

The Annunciation

Peter Candid, 1585

Gold-ground Spanish altarpiece with a Crucifixion, enthroned Trinity, archangel and demons, and rows of saints.

The Trinity Adored by All Saints

Spanish Painter

Painting of Christ blessing loaves and fishes before a crowd of richly dressed figures in a wide green landscape.

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes

Jacopo Tintoretto, ca. 1545-50

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns, head bowed, flanked by bearded men in turbans and red hats.

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo)

Il Sodoma, 1540

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, with trees and a sea landscape behind them.

Madonna and Child

Titian, ca. 1508

Painting of a woman in black habit holding a crucifix, an angel in blue, a child, and a dog in a dim interior.

Saint Margaret of Cortona

Gaspare Traversi, ca. 1758

Black-and-white image of a seated Madonna in a dark veil and mantle holding the Christ Child, both with haloes, on an arched

Madonna and Child with Saints

Priamo della Quercia, 1442

Standing bishop saint in white mitre, grey robe and blue and red cape, holding a crozier before a gold arched niche.

Saint Louis of Toulouse

Cosimo Tura, 1484?

Icon of Christ carrying a wooden cross past armored soldiers, with a gold background, rocky cliffs, and a walled city behind.

Christ Bearing the Cross

Nicolaos Tzafouris

Painting of Christ crucified between a grieving Virgin Mary and Saint John, with a skull at the base of the cross.

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1625

Painting of a haloed figure in red and blue at a table with two companions, a bowl and fruit on a white cloth, dark backgroun

The Supper at Emmaus

Velázquez, 1622-23

Seated woman in blue dress beside a table with a crucifix, chalice and book, before a crucifixion painting and tapestry.

Allegory of the Catholic Faith

Johannes Vermeer, ca. 1670-72

Black-and-white image of a Madonna nursing the Christ Child, both with haloes, against a gilded background.

Madonna and Child

Antoniazzo Romano, 1452

Madonna and Child: Virgin in blue mantle and veil holds a standing red-haired Christ Child before a landscape, with cherries

Madonna and Child

Andrea del Verrocchio, ca. 1470

Painting of the Virgin's death with apostles mourning and Christ above in a blue mandorla surrounded by angels.

The Death of the Virgin

Bartolomeo Vivarini, 1484

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary and Joseph, Christ Child, ox and donkey, angels above, shepherds and a hilltop town.

The Nativity

Antoniazzo Romano, 1480

Painting of the Virgin and Child in clouds above a cavalry battle with soldiers and a standard bearer in a forest landscape.

Battle between Christians and Muslims at El Sotillo

Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1637-39

Painting of a bearded saint with a gold halo reading an ornate red book against a gold background.

A Saint (Mark?) Reading

Bartolomeo Vivarini, ca. 1470

Gilded devotional panel of the Virgin and Child with saints and angels, with a predella of small religious roundels below.

Madonna and Child with the Dead Christ, Saints Agnes and Catherine of Alexandria, and Two Angels

Sano di Pietro, 1470

Painting of a bald monk in a black habit holding a white jug, with a rocky landscape and small kneeling figure behind him.

Saint Benedict

Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1640-45

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns, bowed head and bare chest, surrounded by bearded onlookers in turbans and caps.

Christ Presented to the People (Ecce Homo)

Il Sodoma, ca. 1540-49