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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Gilded panel of Saint Philip in red and white robes holding a green book under a Gothic arch with a gold halo.

Saint Philip

Spinello Aretino, 1384

Painting of a kneeling figure reaching toward an angel in clouds, with sleeping figures in the dark foreground below.

The Agony in the Garden

Nicolas Poussin, 1626-27

Haloed monk in a dark habit holding a red book, with a robed figure and an angel above on a gold panel.

Saint Silvester Gozzolini

Segna di Buonaventura, 1320s

Gold-ground panel of a standing saint in pink robe holding a staff and red book, within a gothic arch.

A Saint, Possibly James the Greater

Spinello Aretino, 1384

Painting of Saint Francis kneeling on rocks, clasping a wooden cross, with a skull and open book beside him under a stormy sk

Saint Francis in Ecstasy

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1650

Gilded panel showing a bald bearded monk holding a red book, with an angel and a bearded saint in arched niches above.

Saint Benedict

Segna di Buonaventura, 1320s

Medieval painting of a haloed figure fallen on the ground, surrounded by armored soldiers with spears under a fruit tree.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Spinello Aretino, 1391

Painting of the Crucifixion with three figures on crosses, a ladder, kneeling soldiers, grieving women and a dog under a teal

The Crucifixion

Pedro Orrente, ca. 1625-30

Painting of the dead Christ supported by mourners in a landscape with a hilltop castle and a distant crucifixion.

The Lamentation

Ludovico Mazzolino, ca. 1514-16

Painting of Christ's head with a gold halo, long auburn hair, beard, and red gold-embroidered garment against a dark backgrou

Head of Christ

Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, 1506

Painting of an executioner with a sword beside a slumped figure, with a bearded God and angels in clouds above.

The Execution of Saint John the Baptist

Ubaldo Gandolfi, ca. 1770

Painting of the dead Christ held by the grieving Virgin Mary, with two mourners beside them against a dark background.

The Lamentation

Luis de Morales, ca. 1560

Botticelli's Annunciation: an angel with a lily kneels in a colonnade while Mary kneels in a curtained room on the right.

The Annunciation

Sandro Botticelli, 1485

Standing saint in grey friar's habit with gold halo, holding a crucifix and red book, with wounds on hands and feet.

Saint Francis of Assisi

Antoniazzo Romano, ca. 1480-81

Painting of a bowed man with bare shoulder and white cloth in his hands, lit against a dark background.

Bust of a Man (Saint Matthias?)

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, ca. 1715-20

Panel painting of a veiled woman in black kneeling before a priest in gold vestments, with Christ in glory above a Gothic int

The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena

Giovanni di Paolo, 1450

Painting of Christ seated at a well speaking with a woman holding a jug, with a column and distant town behind them.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Benedetto Luti, 1715-20

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black biretta and white collar against a dark background.

Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)

Carlo Dolci, 1645 or 1646

Gold-ground religious panel of a kneeling saint in black reaching toward the Virgin and Christ Child, with haloed saints behi

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena

Giovanni di Paolo, 1460

Dark interior painting of a bearded man pointing at a man counting coins at a table, with onlookers in red and gold robes.

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, ca. 1625-30

Oil sketch of a bearded friar levitating a boy above steps while kneeling and standing onlookers gesture in awe.

A Miracle of Saint Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663)

Placido Costanzi, 1750

Nativity scene with infant Christ on straw, Mary, Joseph, angels with a banner, shepherds, an ox and donkey under a star.

The Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Cigoli, 1599

Nativity scene with the Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ, shepherds approaching, an ox and donkey, and a glowing star ove

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Girolamo da Carpi, ca. 1535-40

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with Christ, grieving figures below, and angels above the cross.

The Crucifixion

Stefano da Verona, ca. 1400

Black and white reproduction of a 1495 Annunciation: an angel with a scroll faces the Virgin beside a canopy and lily vase.

The Annunciation

Master of Budapest, 1495

Painting of a woman in a golden gown holding a platter with a severed haloed head, a sword and candle nearby.

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Gustave Moreau, ca. 1876

Madonna and Child with infant Saint John the Baptist and a lamb under trees, with a blue hilly landscape behind.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Orsola Maddalena Caccia, ca. 1645

Gothic gilded altarpiece with enthroned Madonna and Child at center, flanked by saints in arched niches.

Altar von San Domenico in Ascoli, Polyptychon, Gesamtansicht, Mitteltafel: Thronende Madonna, linke und rechte Tafeln…

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Painting of the Virgin and Child crossing a stream with Joseph, cherubs with flowers above, and a palm tree.

The Flight into Egypt

Carlo Maratti, ca. 1664

Painting of a woman with a skull leaning toward a man holding a palm frond, with a turbaned figure in shadow behind.

The Temptation of Saint Mary Magdalen

Johann Liss, ca. 1626