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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,775 works

Painting of Christ gesturing to a crowd of men and armored soldiers around a woman in an orange dress, with a dark background

Christ and the Adulteress

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue seated and praying amid kneeling apostles in colorful robes in a colonnaded hall.

The Dormition of the Virgin

Carlo Saraceni, ca. 1612

Gilded panel painting of Saint George in ornate armor with a red and white lance, standing over a dragon.

Saint George

Carlo Crivelli, 1472

Painting of Christ blessing children surrounded by mothers, infants and elders, with a German Bible inscription across the to

Christ Blessing the Children

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Painting of the Virgin Mary kneeling at a lectern as a winged angel with a lily approaches, with a dove and putti above.

The Annunciation

Philippe de Champaigne, ca. 1644

Painting of the Virgin holding a book with the Christ Child and several saints gathered in a dark setting.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Ludovico Carracci, 1607

Painting of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist, the Christ Child holding a small bird, against a dark background.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Perino del Vaga, 1524

Painting of Saint John the Baptist with a cross, banner and lamb beside him, against a dramatic sunset sky.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching

Mattia Preti, ca. 1650

Full-length painting of an armored knight in red plumed hat holding a banner, with a sword, before a landscape with a castle.

Saint Maurice

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop, ca. 1520-25

Two saints in yellow and brown robes stand before a gold Gothic background, one holding an open red book.

Saints Matthew and Francis

Giovanni di Paolo, 1435

Sketch of saints ascending on clouds amid angels and putti in a bright sky, by Franz Anton Maulbertsch.

The Glorification of the Royal Hungarian Saints

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, ca. 1772-73

Painting of Christ with long hair and beard, raising his hand in blessing against a blue background in a gilded arched frame.

Christ Blessing

Gerard David, ca. 1500-1505

Painting of a kneeling saint in black and white robes exchanging a red heart with Christ in gold light above a town.

Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Painting of the dead Christ supported by grieving women, with an older man, cherubs, nails and a crown of thorns in the foreg

The Lamentation

Domenichino, 1603

Christ in a blue robe with a crown of thorns carries a heavy wooden cross past a walled city under a blue sky.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Jan Gossaert, ca. 1520-25

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi showing Mary and the Christ Child in a stable, kneeling king, horses, and mountain land

The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Painting of a beheading in a courtyard, with an executioner, a fallen figure, two women carrying a severed head on a platter,

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist

Bernard van Orley, ca. 1514-15

Painting of a kneeling haloed saint with a cord, white drapery, crucifix, flowers and hourglass in a dark interior.

Saint Dominic in Penitence

Filippo Tarchiani, ca. 1607

Gothic-style painting of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, with the Virgin, infant, priest and gilded halos in an arc

The presentation of Christ in the Temple

Giovanni di Paolo, 1440

Gold-ground painting of the crucified Christ with angels above and four mourning figures standing below on rocky ground.

The Crucifixion

Ugolino di Nerio, ca. 1315-20

Renaissance painting of the Holy Family with the infant Saint John, Christ holding a cherry and a bird.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Perino del Vaga, ca. 1524-26

Four gilded panels of standing female saints in robes, each holding a symbolic attribute against a gold background.

Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret

Giovanni di Paolo, 1470

Painting of a kneeling woman in a red cloak looking up at a winged angel in a yellow robe beside dark trees.

Hagar and the Angel

Francesco Maffei, ca. 1657

Oil painting of a woman in a white and blue turban and red robe, holding a green palm frond, gazing downward.

A Female Martyr Saint

Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, ca. 1650

Gold-ground panel of a haloed, bound figure at a column, struck by two flagellators in pink and green robes.

Saint Mary Magdalen Holding a Crucifix; (reverse) The Flagellation

Spinello Aretino, 1395

Angel Gabriel kneels on a cloud before the Virgin Mary in a pink dress, under a glowing dove and clouds.

The Annunciation

Peter Candid, ca. 1585

Painting of a domed church with brick apse and weathered buildings on the Via Sacra, with trees and a walking man in the fore

A Section of the Via Sacra, Rome (The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, ca. 1814-15

Gilded panel painting of Saint Mary Magdalen in a red mantle holding a small dark object, within a Gothic arched frame.

Saint Mary Magdalen

Bartolo di Fredi

Painting of the dead Christ supported by two angels against a dark background, with a glowing halo and white loincloth.

Dead Christ Supported by Angels

Francesco Trevisani, ca. 1710

Painting of a bearded elderly man in an orange robe kneeling and gazing upward in tears beside golden keys.

The Tears of Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, ca. 1612-13