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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

196 works

Circular painting of the Madonna praying beside the Christ Child, infant John the Baptist and a red-robed angel, with a lands

Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel

Lorenzo di Credi, early 1490s

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned with six saints against a gold background, including a bishop and an armored saint

Mary with Child and six saints

Francesco Pesellino, 1450

Three saints in a painting: Saint Roch with staff, Saint Anthony Abbot with bell and dog, Saint Lucy holding a palm.

Three Saints: Roch, Anthony Abbot, and Lucy

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, ca. 1513

Nativity painting with the Virgin resting, the Christ Child in a manger, crowned Magi, angels and animals on gold ground.

The Adoration of the Magi

Giotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320

Circular painting of kneeling Madonna in blue mantle adoring the Christ Child, with infant John the Baptist and an angel.

Madonna Adoring the Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel

Lorenzo di Credi, 1490

Medieval painting of a banquet where a severed head is served on a platter while guests watch and an executioner stands nearb

The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist

Giovanni Baronzio, ca. 1330-35

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

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

The Le Cellier Altarpiece

Jehan Bellegambe, 1509

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

Painted head of a bearded man with closed eyes and curly dark hair, set within a round gilded frame.

Head of Saint John the Baptist on a Charger

Aelbert Bouts, ca. 1500

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

Byzantine icon of the Presentation in the Temple with robed figures, gold background, and an arched canopy over an altar.

The Presentation in the Temple

Byzantine Painter

Painting of the dead Christ held by the grieving Virgin, with mourning figures and a gold arched background.

Pietà

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Circular gold-ground panel of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, who holds a small bird, in blue and red robes.

Madonna and Child

Sano di Pietro, 1450

Painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a kneeling king with a golden gift, attendants in rich robes, a dog, and a castle

The Adoration of the Magi

Gerard David, ca. 1520

Annunciation panel: an angel with green wings kneels left before Mary seated in blue beside a lily and open book.

The Annunciation

South Netherlandish Painter

Illuminated initial D with gilded border showing haloed Saint Agatha, tongs, a soldier with an SPQR shield, and a seated judg

Martyrdom of Saint Agatha in an Initial D

Sano di Pietro, 1470

Gold-ground panel of a saint pointing at a cracking pagan temple as a kneeling man prays beside it.

Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse

Francescuccio Ghissi, ca. 1370

Nativity scene with kneeling Mary, Christ Child, Joseph in red cloak, standing woman in green, ox and donkey, gold background

The Nativity

South Netherlandish Painter

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 Virgin and Child with kneeling king and attendants, gold vessels, and a stone arcade behind them.

The Adoration of the Magi

Hugo van der Goes

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in white and green gestures to the Virgin Mary reading in a tiled room with a dove abo

The Annunciation

Joos van Cleve, ca. 1525

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

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

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

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

Gilded triptych with Madonna and Child enthroned among angels and saints, flanked by scenes of the Passion.

Madonna and Child Enthroned

Master of Monte Oliveto, ca. 1315-20

Painting of a bearded bishop saint with a gold halo, mitre, and crozier, raising one hand before a dark blue background.

A Bishop Saint

Fra Angelico, 1425

Two altarpiece wings showing a messenger before a crowned king and a queen bringing gifts, with kneeling donors below.

Abner's Messenger before David; The Queen of Sheba Bringing Gifts to Solomon; The Annunciation

Master of the Saint Barbara Legend, ca. 1480