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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Painting of the Annunciation: Mary in blue before a book, an angel in red brocade, a dove above, in a tiled room.

The Annunciation

Hans Memling, 1480-89

Two panels showing Christ carrying the cross with soldiers, and the risen Christ beside an open tomb with a sleeping soldier.

Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Gerard David, ca. 1510

Painting of bearded Christ in a crown of thorns gazing upward while carrying a wooden cross, wearing a blue mantle and red ro

Christ Carrying the Cross

El Greco, ca. 1577-87

Medieval panel painting of the Last Supper with Christ and twelve apostles at a long table, gold haloes, red and green robes.

The Last Supper

Ugolino di Nerio, ca. 1325

Two panels showing the angel Gabriel gesturing toward the Virgin Mary, who raises her hand beneath a dove in arched niches.

Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate

Gerard David, ca. 1510

Elderly bearded man in a red cloak with hands resting on an open book against a dark background.

Saint Jerome as Scholar

El Greco, ca. 1610

Madonna and Child: Virgin in dark blue mantle holds red-robed Christ Child before a gold leaf background with halo.

Madonna and Child

Simone Martini, ca. 1326

Illuminated scene of the Virgin and infant Christ with shepherds, angels, a stable arch and a star in a blue sky.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco di Marco Marmitta da Parma, ca. 1500

Painting of mourners lowering the body of Christ into a stone sarcophagus, with the Virgin Mary praying nearby.

The Entombment of Christ

Juan Rodríguez Juárez, ca. 1702

Painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe with golden rays, green star-patterned mantle, and four framed scenes of her apparitions

The Virgin of Guadalupe with the Four Apparitions

Nicolás Enríquez, 1773

Painting of the Marriage of the Virgin with a bearded priest, a couple joining hands, angels with flowers, and onlookers unde

The Marriage of the Virgin

José Sánchez, ca. 1690

Virgin Mary with crowned Christ child among clouds and angels, saints beside her, and souls burning in flames below.

The Virgin of Carmen and the Souls of Purgatory with St. Joseph and the Prophet Elijah

Juan Francisco de Aguilera, ca. 1720

Gold-ground altarpiece panels: a robed saint with crozier and deer at right, Christ and Satan above, apostles below.

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

Miguel Alcañiz, ca. 1408

Gold-ground painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses, two angels, mounted soldiers, and grieving figures in the foregro

The Crucifixion

Andrea di Bartolo

Painting of a bishop saint with a gold halo and mitre, blessing with one hand, set against blue in a gilded circular frame.

Saint Alexander

Fra Angelico, ca. 1425

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, and a row of haloed angels above.

The Nativity

Zanobi Strozzi, ca. 1433-34

Black-and-white image of a painted Madonna nursing the Christ Child, both with patterned haloes, on a cracked panel surface.

Madonna and Child

Antoniazzo Romano

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross over a gold background, flanked by haloed saints and mourners.

The Crucifixion

Fra Angelico, possibly ca. 1440

Painting of the Virgin with red robe and green mantle holding the nude Christ Child against a rocky background with roses.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Bacchiacca, possibly early 1520s

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, an ox and donkey, angels, shepherds and a hilltown

The Nativity

Antoniazzo Romano, 1480s

Triptych with Madonna and Child in center, Saint Philip with book and staff at left, Saint Agnes with lamb at right, gold bac

Madonna and Child with Saints Philip and Agnes

Donato de' Bardi, ca. 1425-30

Gold-ground panel with eight painted scenes of Christ's life and saints, including a Coronation of the Virgin and an Ascensio

Scenes from the Life of Christ

Giovanni Baronzio, mid-1340s

Madonna holds the Christ Child before windows showing landscapes, with the young Saint John the Baptist at lower right.

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

Fra' Bartolomeo, ca. 1497

Painting of a haloed saint kneeling by a fallen child in a pink city street, with a white horse and crowd of robed onlookers.

Saint Dominic Resuscitating Napoleone Orsini

Bartolomeo degli Erri, 1467-74

Tempera panel of the Betrayal of Christ with armored soldiers, haloed figures, red hills and hilltop towns on a dark sky.

The Betrayal of Christ

Bartolomeo di Tommaso, ca. 1445-50

Triptych altarpiece with the Virgin and Child enthroned in the center, kneeling donors below, and saints with monks on the wi

The Cellier Altarpiece

Jean Bellegambe, 1511-12

Painting of Saint Thomas Aquinas in black habit beside Saints Peter and Paul at a lectern in a pink arcaded interior with boo

Saint Thomas Aquinas Aided by Saints Peter and Paul

Bartolomeo degli Erri

Painting of the Madonna with clasped hands gazing at a sleeping naked infant on a white cloth, with a landscape behind.

Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child

Giovanni Bellini, early 1460s

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, both with gold halos, against a gold background in a carved frame.

Madonna and Child

Jacopo Bellini, probably 1440s

Painting of the dead Christ held by three mourners before a cross, with a crown of thorns and nails in the foreground and a t

The Lamentation

Ambrosius Benson, ca. 1520-25