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Painting of richly dressed nobles greeting robed clergy in a Gothic church, with a crowd watching from draped balconies.

François I and Charles V Visiting the Church of Saint Denis

Antoine-Jean Gros, 1812

Gold-ground panel of a haloed saint kneeling at a post while men beat him, with spearmen and robed onlookers behind.

The Flagellation of Saint George

Bernat Martorell, 1430

Christ with a cross banner appears on a cloud before the kneeling Virgin Mary against a gold background.

L'Apparition du Christ à la Vierge

Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1490

Painting of women on a riverbank lifting an infant from a basket, with an Egyptian-style architectural backdrop and palm tree

Moses found by Pharaoh's daughter (Exodus 2:5-6)

Adriaen van der Werff, 1722

Gold-ground panel of Christ carrying the cross through a walled city, with soldiers, weeping women and haloed figures.

Orsini-Altar, Szene: Kreuztragung

Simone Martini, 1333

Rubens painting of a richly dressed woman arriving by gilded barge, with sea nymphs and tritons in the waves below.

The Disembarkation at Marseilles

Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Saint Jerome kneels in prayer beside a lion in a rocky wooded landscape with a castle on a hill.

Saint Jérôme pénitent dans un paysage avec l'épisode du lion qu'il guérit

Simon Bening, 1550

Painting of Christ as Salvator Mundi holding a jeweled globe with a cross and a ship, against a gold background.

Christ as Salvator Mundi

Joos van Cleve, 1512

Gilded panel painting of a standing saint with a palm frond and sword, with two serpents at his feet.

Saint Julien de Rimini ?

Vittore Crivelli, 1492

Baroque painting of a seated woman with an infant, allegorical figures, a sky chariot, and red drapery under a tree.

The Birth of the Dauphin at Fountainebleau

Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Painting of Christ bound to a column while tormentors in colorful clothing beat him in an arched tiled interior.

Flagellation of Christ

Master L. Cz, 1475

Dark painting of the dead Christ on a white slab, with angels holding a shroud and a woman in red washing at a basin.

De graflegging van Christus

Quentin Varin, 1575

Painting of a woman in a white dress and feathered hat seated with two children, one in a dark cap, beside a red chair.

Portrait of Helena Fourment (1614-1673) with Clara-Johanna (1632-1689) and Frans Rubens (1614-1673)

Peter Paul Rubens, 1636

Oil painting of a man in a blue robe studying a celestial globe by a window, with an open book on a draped table.

The Astronomer

Johannes Vermeer, 1668

Oil painting of a woman with dark hair gazing upward, wrapped in a golden shawl over a red garment.

Étude de tête de femme

Ubaldo Gandolfi, 1780

Panel painting of the Madonna and Child surrounded by six crowned female saints in a garden landscape with angels above.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Hans Memling, 1490

Painting of a young artist in a red cloak among Renaissance-dressed figures in an arched courtyard, beside a woman holding a

Raphael at the Vatican

Horace Vernet, 1832

Half-length portrait of a man in a dark military coat with red epaulettes, wind-blown hair, and a smoky battle backdrop.

Bonaparte au pont d'Arcole

Antoine-Jean Gros, 1796

Painting of a seated woman in silver silk gown gesturing to a standing man in a red coat with a cane, in an elegant interior.

Portrait du marquis de Marigny et de sa femme, née Marie-Françoise Constance Julie Filleul

Louis-Michel van Loo, 1769

Young shepherd with bare chest holds a lamb up beside his face, seated against a dark background with a wooden staff.

Saint Jean-Baptiste tenant un mouton

Bartolomeo Manfredi

Kneeling man in white robe looks up at a woman holding a scroll reading HIC TE MAIOR ES, classical courtyard behind.

Auguste et la Sibylle de Tibur

Jean Cousin, 1530

Seated woman in white gown receives a gold scepter from a young man in blue fleur-de-lis robe, watched by courtiers.

Saint Louis Handing Over the Regency to His Mother

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1773

Bust portrait of a young girl in a black dress with a pearl-edged white collar against a dark background.

Portrait de l'Infante Marguerite en buste (anciennement Marie-Anne d'Autriche)

Diego Velázquez, 1660

Painting of a stone staircase seen through a dark archway, rising toward a bright cloudy sky with trees and small figures.

À la villa Farnèse: l'escalier; dit aussi: villa Farnese-intérieur

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1775

Oil painting of two men in greatcoats and a woman in a white gown examining a print against a dark background.

Les amateurs d'estampes

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1800

Painting of an angel with blue wings holding an olive branch against a gold background.

Angel with an Olive Branch

Hans Memling, 1475

Standing friar in brown habit holding a red book and flame before a gold background, in a Gothic frame.

St. Anthony of Padua

Oil portrait of a young woman in white headdress and dark gown reading a small book against a red background.

Young Woman in Orison Reading a Book of Hours

Ambrosius Benson, 1532

Virgin in red and blue robes gazes upward, holding the nude infant Jesus on a white cloth against a dark background.

La Vierge et l'Enfant Jésus

Giovanni Do, 1630

Painting of the Circumcision of Christ with the infant on an altar, a robed priest, the Virgin, Joseph, and attendants under

Circumcision of Christ

Painting of a woman in a pink gown and a man in a red coat talking on a bench in a park with a classical rotunda.

Conversation in a Park

Thomas Gainsborough, 1746

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white dress and blue drape, with a veil and a small fire beside her.

Portrait de Mme Henriette en Vestale, dit autrefois à tort Portrait de Mme Dupin

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1750

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel offers a white lily to the kneeling Virgin Mary, with cherubs and a dove above.

L’Annonciation

Eustache Le Sueur, 1625

Gilded panel painting of a bishop saint with a jeweled mitre, holding a crozier, against a gold leaf background.

St. Louis of Toulouse

Antonio Vivarini, 1450

Oil self-portrait of a young man in a black coat beside a painter's palette, hand resting on a book over red cloth.

Self-portrait

Théodore Chassériau, 1835

Two women in a dusky landscape, one in blue with a white veil and one in pink with a yellow headscarf, facing each other.

Ruth et Noemi, 1855

Ary Scheffer, 1850

Painting of the Madonna nursing the Christ child, crowned, surrounded by musical angels and a lemon branch frame.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Marco Zoppo, 1453

Oil painting of a nude woman seated by a garden terrace, covering herself with a cloth, with a shadowy face among foliage.

Susanna

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1636

Young woman seated before an easel in a studio, painting on canvas, with framed works and sculptures on the walls.

L'Atelier de l'artiste : Jeune femme assise devant un chevalet

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1865

Painting of the Annunciation: the Virgin in gold and black before a lectern, an angel with a lily flying in from above.

L'Annonciation

Carlo Braccesco, 1400

Full-length painting of a young man in a green coat raising a top hat, with a sword and a cloudy landscape behind him.

Antoine Philippe de la Trémoille, prince de Talmond, général vendéen

Léon Cogniet, 1826

Painting of armored Saint Michael with raised sword and shield, standing over a demon amid grotesque creatures and a burning

Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan

Painting of a cavalry officer in fur shako on a rearing grey horse with leopard-skin saddle, sabre raised, smoky battlefield

The Charging Chasseur

Théodore Géricault, 1812

Crowned Virgin hands a golden chasuble to a kneeling cleric while angels and saints watch in a Gothic setting.

The Imposition of the Chasuble on Saint Ildephonsus

Master of San Ildefonso, 1450

Gilded panel of a haloed saint dragged by rope behind a horse, surrounded by armed riders and spearmen under a red banner.

Saint George dragged through the city of Diospolis

Bernat Martorell, 1430

Painting of the Crucifixion with three crosses, angels above, mourners and mounted soldiers below, against dark sky and mount

Crucifixion

Giotto, 1330

Painting of a young woman with long hair, hands crossed on her chest, gazing upward against a glowing orange background.

L'Immaculée Conception

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1770

Full-length portrait of a cardinal in red silk robes holding a red hat, against a dark patterned curtain.

Le Cardinal de Richelieu

Philippe de Champaigne, 1639

Portrait of Francis I

Titian, 1538

Virgin Mary in red and blue robes with the infant Christ and young John the Baptist in a landscape with a town.

Madonna with Child and St John

Painting of a kneeling friar gazing up at a violin-playing angel and putti in clouds, with a skull and open book in the foreg

St. Francis in Extasy

Filippo Lauri, 1650

Half-length portrait of a man with curly hair, lace collar and dark cloak, one hand resting on a hat, against a grey backgrou

Portrait d'homme

Eustache Le Sueur, 1600

Painting of a gutted theatre with smoke rising, firefighters spraying water, and onlookers gathered among ruined arched walls

La fin de l'incendie du théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris, deuxième salle du Palais-Royal, le 8 juin 1781

Hubert Robert, 1758

Oil portrait of a young man with a white turban, red vest and yellow shirt against a dark background.

Portrait présumé de Hassan, gardien de la girafe de Charles X

Claude-Marie Dubufe, 1826

Nativity painting: Virgin Mary kneels before newborn Christ with Joseph, an ox and donkey, and angels above.

Nativity

Juan Correa de Vivar, 1530

Painting of the Giralda tower beside a Gothic cathedral facade, with orange trees and figures in a sunlit courtyard.

La Giralda de Séville

Adrien Dauzats, 1839

Gold-ground altarpiece panel of the Presentation at the Temple with the Virgin, Christ Child, high priest and attendant figur

The Presentation at the Temple

Bartolo di Fredi, 1388

Allegorical ceiling-style painting of winged figures, a warrior and cherubs in the sky above soldiers gathered at stone steps

Allégorie de la vie militaire

Gregorio Guglielmi, 1760

Oil study of a nude man bending forward, one foot raised on a wooden block, against a dark brownish background.

Study of a man

Achille Etna Michallon, 1803

Full-length painting of a figure in white costume and wide hat standing before a landscape, with companions and a donkey near

Pierrot, formerly known as Gilles

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718

Portrait of a woman in black dress with gold embroidered bodice, white lace collar and cap, beside a wooden chair.

Portrait of Catharina Both van der Eem (1589-1666)

Frans Hals, 1620

Medieval panel of the Madonna holding the Christ Child against a gold background, wearing a dark blue mantle and white veil.

Madonna and Child

Ugolino di Nerio, 1315

Gilded panel of Christ on a blue cross above a kneeling haloed saint in a rocky landscape, framed in gold.

Le Christ en croix adoré par saint François d'Assise

Giovanni di Tommasino Crivelli, 1400

Religious panel painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned with two saints and two angels beneath a fruit garland.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entre saint Jean Évangéliste, sainte Brigitte de Suède et deux anges

Ansano di Michele Ciampanti, 1450