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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

3,775 works

Apostles and a kneeling woman gaze up at Christ's bare feet and red robe rising into clouds above them.

The Ascension of Christ

Hans von Kulmbach, 1513

Painting of the Virgin Mary reading a book with the infant Christ holding a peach, beside a fruit still life and a landscape.

Virgin and Child

Joos van Cleve, ca. 1525

Painting of Christ's body being lowered from the cross by men on ladders, with mourners and a skull in the foreground.

The Descent from the Cross

Filippino Lippi

Painting of the Madonna holding the Christ Child on a marble throne, flanked by two angels in green robes against a gold-halo

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Filippo Lippi, ca. 1440

Virgin nursing the infant Christ beside Saint Joseph reading, with a lily, lemon, knife and cherries on a table.

The Holy Family

Joos van Cleve, ca. 1525

Painting of the Virgin in a white veil and green mantle, hands clasped in prayer, with a faint gold halo.

The Virgin of the Nativity

Filippino Lippi, probably ca. 1500

Gold-ground altarpiece with an enthroned haloed saint, two standing saints and three kneeling donors in red and pink.

Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors

Filippo Lippi, 1440s

Monochrome brown painting of people gathering manna in a desert camp, with angels above and two bearded prophets in the upper

The Gathering of Manna

Seated bearded figure with halo holding two inscribed stone tablets against a gold background, in blue and pink robes.

Moses

Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1408-10

Fresco-like painting of four haloed saints, a bishop with crozier and a kneeling bearded monk in dark robes.

Saints Augustine and Francis, a Bishop Saint, and Saint Benedict

Black-and-white view of a seated Madonna holding the Christ Child, with a scroll and patterned gold background under a Gothic

Madonna and Child

Luca di Tommè di Nuto, ca. 1360-65

Painting of a crowded city square with a crowned, nearly nude figure presented on a platform before soldiers and onlookers.

Christ Presented to the People

Lucas van Leyden

Fra Filippo Lippi's Annunciation: kneeling angel Gabriel with red wings faces the Virgin in blue across a central column.

The Annunciation

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child with two saints in red robes, gold haloes, and oranges behind them.

The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1495-1500

Painting of Saint Anthony of Padua in brown habit holding a green book, with a gold halo and arched gold background.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Maso di Banco, ca. 1340

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving a kneeling king and attendants bearing gold vessels, with a crowd behind.

The Adoration of the Magi

Quinten Metsys, 1526

Arched panel of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, with a gold halo and rows of red winged cherubim behind them.

Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim

Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1454

Virgin Mary holds a child who reaches for grapes, with a fruit basket and a wide landscape of cliffs and a river behind.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Jan Matsys, 1537-40

Panel painting of a haloed nude saint bound on a grill, surrounded by robed onlookers against a gold background.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence; (reverse) Giving Drink to the Thirsty

Master of the Acts of Mercy

Medieval painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, mourning women on the left, a saint with a book on the right,

The Crucifixion

Master of the Berswordt Altar, ca. 1400

Two haloed saints on a gold background: a bishop with mitre and crozier, and a figure in black robe with red cap and book.

Saint Adalbert and Saint Procopius

Master of Eggenburg, ca. 1490-1500

Gold-ground painting of Christ on the cross with angels, grieving women kneeling below, and soldiers on horseback at right.

The Crucifixion

Fra Angelico, ca. 1420-23

Triptych of the Descent from the Cross with grieving figures around Christ's body, flanked by two saints in landscapes.

The Descent from the Cross

Master of the Holy Blood

Painted scene of men lowering a haloed figure in red robes into a stone tomb within a Gothic church interior.

The Burial of Saint Wenceslas

Master of Eggenburg, ca. 1490-1500

Panoramic landscape with travelers and a donkey, red bridges over a river, a walled town, and a rocky peak under a luminous s

The Arrival in Bethlehem

Master of the Brussels Calling of Saint Matthew, ca. 1540-50

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in an arched niche, she wears a pink gown and teal cloak with gold halo.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Lanckoronski Annunciation

Medieval-style painting of the Virgin Mary nursing the Christ child, in a blue mantle against a gold background with Latin in

Virgin and Child

Netherlandish Painter

Medieval panel of Madonna and Child with a bishop presenting a kneeling donor, with gold throne and flowers.

Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas

Master G.Z., ca. 1420-30

Half-length Madonna in dark veil and gold halo, with one hand raised to her chest, painted on a fragment of panel.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Magdalen, ca. 1280

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding and kissing the Christ Child, with a red mantle and a blue hilly landscape behind them.

Virgin and Child

Master of the Mansi Magdalen