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Musée du Louvre (Department of Paintings)

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Painting of women on a riverbank rescuing an infant from the water, with an arched bridge and pyramid in the background.

Moses Saved from the River

Nicolas Poussin, 1638

Painting of the Madonna in blue holding the nude Christ Child, with a white dove and open book on a ledge below.

Madonna and Child with a Dove - Piero di Cosimo - Louvre INV 817

Piero di Cosimo, 1490

Religious painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with a red-robed cardinal, a brown-robed friar, and two floating cherubs.

La Vierge à l'Enfant avec saint Charles et saint François

Tanzio da Varallo, 1628

Saint John the Baptist in a blue robe holds a lamb on a red book, with a riverside landscape behind him.

Saint Jean-Baptiste

Maître du retable d'Avila, 1510

Painting of Christ among a crowd of robed men beside a kneeling woman before classical stone buildings under blue sky.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Nicolas Poussin, 1653

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary presenting the infant Jesus to a high priest at a temple with columns and onlookers.

Presentation of Jesus Christ at the Temple

Luca Giordano, 1670

Gilded altarpiece panel of a bishop saint in pink robes and dark cape holding a crozier, book and gold balls.

Saint Nicolas

Antonio Aleotti, 1498

Painting of the dead Christ surrounded by mourners, with a skull, a basin, and a walled town in the background.

Retable de la Déploration du Christ : La Déploration

Joos van Cleve, 1520

Painting of an elderly bearded man offering grapes at a classical arched doorway to seated figures at a laden table.

Abraham and the Three Angels

Gerard de Lairesse, 1675

Gothic triptych with a Nativity scene in the centre, a kneeling figure, angels and two standing saints on gold grounds.

Saint Vittorino (?) (au-dessus : l'Ange de l'Annonciation)

Giovanni di Paolo, 1470

Painting of Christ crucified between two thieves on a hill, with mourners below and a light beam breaking through a dark sky.

The Last Sigh of Christ

Julien-Michel Gué, 2017

Monks in brown habits aid a woman and child on a snowy ledge as an avalanche sweeps down a mountain behind them.

Religieux de l'hospice du mont Saint Gothard

Louis Hersent, 1820

Painting of a kneeling bearded saint in brown habit with halo, hand on a skull, before a crucifix in a rocky landscape.

Saint François d'Assise en oraison devant un crucifix

Francesco Albani

Painting of the dead Christ supported by mourners beside a tall wooden cross, with a town and hills in the background.

The Lamentation over the dead Christ

Dieric Bouts, 1425

Gold-ground Nativity panel with the Virgin reclining, the Christ Child in a manger, angels above and attendants below.

Nativity

Guido of Siena, 1270

Painting of Saint Ambrose as a bishop holding a book and crozier before a gold background and Gothic railing.

Saint Ambrose

Master of Burgo de Osma, 1450

Painting of two saints on gold ground: John the Baptist pointing to a scroll, and a bishop in a jeweled mitre holding a crozi

Saint Jean Baptiste et saint Louis de Toulouse

Bartolomeo Vivarini, 1463

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with a kneeling saint at the cross base, grieving women left, and crowded figures right.

La Crucifixion avec saint François agenouillé portant les stigmates

Taddeo di Bartolo, 1400

Painting of a bare-chested preacher with a staff gesturing to a crowd and seated mothers with infants under large trees.

Predication of Saint John the Baptist

Francesco Albani, 1630

Painting of Christ carrying the cross through a crowd of soldiers, with a walled city and mountains behind.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Master of the Repudiation of Hagar, 1510

Painted Crucifixion scene with Christ between two thieves, grieving figures below, mounted soldiers and a hilly landscape wit

Crucifixion

Niccolò di Liberatore, 1487

Gilded panel painting of Saint John the Evangelist seated in a red robe with a halo, against a gold background.

Saint Jean l'Evangéliste

Pere Lembrí, 1400

Painting of the Virgin Mary in red and blue holding a child with a halo, against a rocky landscape with a hilltop building.

Madonna and Child

Sandro Botticelli, 1460

Gold-ground panel of the Madonna and Child enthroned, flanked by six winged angels in blue, pink and gold robes.

The Madonna and Child in Majesty Surrounded by Angels

Painting of two haloed saints, a bishop with a crozier and a bearded man with a staff and book, on gold ground.

Saint Pétrone et saint Jacques

Antonio Vivarini, 1463

Painting of Christ with a halo on a rock, raising his hand as a winged, nude tempter reaches toward him against a blue sky.

La tentation du Christ

Ary Scheffer, 1850

Tintoretto painting of the Virgin and Child with four saints, including a bishop, a palm-bearing saint, and John the Baptist

Virgin and Child, with Saint Catherine, Saint Augustin, Saint Marc and Saint John the Baptist

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1549

Gold-ground triptych with Virgin and Child in center, Saint John the Baptist left, and Saint Michael slaying a dragon right.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entre saint Jean Baptiste et saint Michel

Barnaba da Modena, 1370

Painting of Saint Stephen being stoned by a crowd while Christ and angels with a crown and palm appear above.

La Lapidation de saint Étienne by Charles Le Brun

Charles Le Brun, 1651

Saint Luke painting at an easel as the Virgin and Christ Child appear above him, surrounded by cherubs.

Saint Lucas painting the Virgin

Luca Giordano, 1650

Elderly bearded man in red cloth holds a stone, with a skull and book beside him, against a dark background.

Saint Jérôme

Jusepe de Ribera, 1633

Virgin and Child enthroned in glory between Saint Ambrose and Saint Francis, with kneeling monk, angels, and river landscape.

La Vierge en gloire entre saint François et saint Ambroise

Bartolommeo Bononi, 1507

Panel painting of two saints on gold ground: a robed man with a red hat and a bearded man carrying a child with a staff.

Homme bon et saint Christophe

Pietro di Giovanni Lianori, 1400

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin seated with the Christ Child reaching for a pink rose, under a Gothic canopy.

Madonna and Child

Lorenzo Veneziano, 1372

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and infant St. John in a wooded landscape with blue robes.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and the infant St. John

Painting of the Annunciation: Mary seated with a book, kneeling angel offering a lily, dove descending above a green curtain.

Annunciation

Giorgio Vasari, 1563

Panel painting of Saint Jerome seated with a lion at his side, a red hat nearby, a Gothic church and gold sky behind.

Saint Jérôme guérissant le lion

Ottaviano Nelli, 1415

Oil painting of a barefoot man in red robes before a turbaned ruler on a throne, with soldiers and a scribe nearby.

Le Christ devant Pilate

Gold-ground predella panel: a sleeping haloed saint in bed beside a vision of a nude soul carried to heaven by an angel.

Le Songe de saint Jérôme (élément de la prédelle du Retable Rinieri)

Francesco di Antonio di Bartolomeo, 1430

Painting of a seated nude young man with a staff and grapes, pointing skyward, in a wooded landscape with mountains and a lak

Saint John the Baptist, known as Bacchus

Francesco Melzi, 1510

Two winged angels in blue and gold robes hold up a framed Latin inscription scroll against a pink landscape.

Two Angels Bearing a Scroll

Niccolò di Liberatore, 1475

Madonna nursing the Christ Child in a rocky landscape, with young Saint John the Baptist holding a cross staff at left.

Madonna and Child with Saint Jean-Baptiste

Francesco Granacci, 1500

Painting of Saint Anthony confronted by a nude woman, witches and demons, with a burning city and bridge behind.

The temptation of Saint Anthony Abbot

Pieter Huys, 1547

Painting of Saint Sebastian, nude and pierced by arrows, tied to a column beneath a carved arcade with a landscape behind.

Saint Sebastian

Pietro Perugino, 1490

Angel kneeling before the seated Virgin Mary in an arcaded loggia, with a gardener and mountain landscape beyond.

L'Annonciation / The Annunciation / Verkündigung

Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1815

Gilded arched panel of the Virgin and Child with saints and three musician angels, by Mariotto di Nardo.

La Vierge et l'Enfant avec quatre saints et trois anges musiciens

Mariotto di Nardo, 1385

Triangular gilded panel showing a winged angel with a halo and blue patterned robe, holding a Latin greeting scroll.

The Angel of the Annunciation

Matteo Giovanetti, 1340

Gilded Gothic panel showing Christ enthroned above angels and falling dark demons tumbling toward a dark mass below.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Master of the Rebel Angels, 1340

Gothic altarpiece panel of the Crucifixion with Mary, saints, a crowned king and a city landscape in a gilded frame.

Paris Parliament Crucifixion

André d’Ypres, 1449

Painting of a bearded central figure blessing a crowd of children and richly dressed women against a dark blue sky.

Christ Blessing Children

master HB of the Griffon's Head, 1528

Gold-ground religious panel of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, set in a Gothic townscape with onlookers.

Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Gentile da Fabriano, 1423

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, flanked by four haloed angels in flower crowns against gold.

Madonna and Child with Four Angels

Master of the Nativity of Castello, 1450

Painting of the Virgin and Child flanked by two saints with gold halos against a dark background.

Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria

Pietro Perugino, 1495

Annunciation panel: the Virgin Mary in a canopied bed on a gold ground, with two kneeling angels and rays of light.

Annunciation

Bernardo Daddi, 1330

Painting of Christ handing keys to a kneeling Saint Peter on steps, with angels and cherubs in clouds above.

Le Christ donnant les clefs du Paradis à saint Pierre

Giambattista Pittoni, 1730

Renaissance painting of the Madonna and Child on a throne with armored saints, a kneeling donor, and a garland of fruit.

Madonna della Vittoria

Andrea Mantegna, 1495

Painted gilded crucifix with Christ crucified, mourning figures on each side, and an inscription above the head.

Crucifix by the Master of San Francesco, Louvre

Master of Saint Francis, 1250

Baroque painting of a chaotic cavalry battle with armored riders, white horses, banners, and fallen soldiers under a hazy sky

Moses' Battle

Jacques Courtois, 1625

Painting of an angel with a staff pointing to a kneeling young man holding a fish by a river under a dark, stormy sky.

Tobias and the Angel

Salvator Rosa, 1650

Renaissance painting of the Madonna and Child with St Elisabeth, infant St John, and two angels in a dark setting.

Madonna and Child with St Elisabeth, the Infant St John, and Two Angels

Andrea del Sarto, 1515

Gilded panel painting of the Madonna and Child on a throne, surrounded by haloed angels playing instruments and offering flow

Madonna and Child Enthroned Surrounded by Angels

Gonzalo Pérez, 1450

Painting of Christ on the cross surrounded by angels and kneeling Dominican saints beneath stormy grey clouds.

Christ on the Cross Adored by Eight Saints of the Dominican Order

Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1652

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with five angels behind them against a dark patterned background.

Madonna and Child with Five Angels

Sandro Botticelli

Painting of Christ's body laid on a slab, surrounded by haloed mourners in red and pink robes, with a city in the background.

The Lamentation of Christ

Jaume Huguet, 1440

Gilded panel showing an enthroned crowned ruler with a red sword, surrounded by courtiers and kneeling figures under a Gothic

The Judgement of Saint George

Bernat Martorell, 1430

Painting of a bearded saint with halo, red mantle and knife, in a gilded Gothic frame with twisted columns.

Saint Barthelemy

Antonio Aleotti, 1498

Risen Christ in red mantle blessing from a tomb as an angel lifts the lid and armored soldiers sleep nearby.

Resurrection of Jesus

Hans Memling, 1450

Winged angel in armor spears a fallen demon on rocky ground beneath a cloudy sky with distant hills.

Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan

Holy Family painting: Mary and Joseph watch a sleeping infant Christ while young Saint John stands beside them.

Sainte Famille avec le petit saint Jean

Possibly Benedetto Caliari, 1550

Religious allegory with a bearded man holding a sword, a crowned woman with a dove, a blue globe, a lamb and a radiant eye.

Religious allegory

Jan Provoost, 1510

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising in red and blue robes with outstretched arms, supported by angels in clouds.

Assumption of the Virgin

Guido Reni, 1637

Painting of two standing saints in green and red robes, one holding a staff and book, before a gilded architectural backdrop.

Saint Léonard et saint Jacques

Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere, 1475

Oil painting of the Holy Family with Virgin Mary, infant Christ, young John the Baptist, an angel with flowers, and Saint Jos

The Holy Family of Francis I

Painting of Christ blessing children on a stone terrace, surrounded by adults and classical architecture under a cloudy sky.

Christ Blessing the Children

Sébastien Bourdon, 1625

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, a kneeling woman in white, and angels drawing a green curtain overhea

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Siena

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1511

Saint George on a white horse raising a sword against a winged dragon, with broken lances on the grass and a woman in red bey

Saint George fighting the dragon

Kneeling angel in a pink robe with a blue wing, hands clasped in prayer, against a gold leaf background with a halo.

Adoring Angel, Looking Right

Fra Angelico, 1425

Kneeling bearded man in blue robe praying while an angel offers him a chalice against a dark night sky.

Le Christ au jardin des oliviers

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1650

Painting of Saint Anthony Abbot, an elderly bearded monk with a staff and a small animal, against a gold background.

Saint Antoine abbé

Matteo Giovanetti, 1345

Painting of Christ on the cross with a gold halo and crown of thorns against a red and gold patterned background.

Christ on the Cross

Barthélémy d' Eyck, 1440

Gilded triptych with the Madonna and Child enthroned center and four standing saints on the side panels.

Madonna and Child, Saints Francis, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and Anthony of Padua

Paolo Veneziano, 1354

Virgin and Child on a rock beside a stream as a kneeling Dominican monk offers his heart, with a landscape of castle and vill

Madonna and Child with a Dominican Offering His Heart

Joos van Cleve, 1510

Madonna and Child: Virgin in red dress and blue mantle holds the Christ Child, who reaches for a goldfinch, under a green arc

Madonna and Child

Master of the Nativity of Castello, 1450

Madonna and Child enthroned between angels, with two kneeling saints holding crosiers in a gilded Renaissance altarpiece.

Madonna and Child with Angels and St Fredianus and St Augustine

Filippo Lippi, 1437

Gilded panel painting of bearded Saint Anthony Abbot seated among red rocks, holding a staff and a book, with a halo.

Saint Antoine abbé

Pere Lembrí, 1400

Oil painting of the Virgin and Child above a ledge, with a knight in red and a kneeling friar in grey, and cherubs.

La Vierge à l'Enfant avec saint Guy et saint François

Marco Benefial, 1740

Painting of the Nativity with Mary and infant Christ, kneeling shepherds, and angels bearing vessels in clouds above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Painting of Saint John the Baptist in green and red robes holding a book with a lamb, among rocks and trees on gold ground.

Saint John the Baptist

Gonzalo Pérez, 1450

Madonna and Child enthroned with Mary Magdalene, St. Bernard, and angels in clouds, painted with gold halos and red and blue

Madonna and Child with St. Mary Magdalene, St. Bernard, Angels, Cherubim and Seraphim

Francesco Botticini, 1480

Painting of a sickbed scene with a bearded man gesturing to a pale reclining woman, attendants, and a small dog in a red-drap

Saint Francis of Paola Prophesying the Birth of a Son to Louise of Savoy

Theodoor van Thulden, 1640

Painting of the Virgin holding the nude infant Christ on a green cushion, with trees and a distant lake landscape behind.

Madonna of the Green Cushion

Andrea Solari, 1507

Painted angel in pink robe with blue and red wings, hands clasped in prayer, against gold leaf background on an arched wooden

Adoring Angel, Looking Left

Fra Angelico, 1430

Renaissance painting of the Virgin and Child with five saints in an arched interior under a blue sky with trees.

La Vierge et l'Enfant entre saint Zénobe (?), saint Jean-Baptiste, saint Antoine abbé et saint François d'Assise

Francesco Pesellino, 1455

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with two angels, white lilies and a distant landscape with trees.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels

Filippino Lippi, 1470

Fra Diamante's 1470 Nativity: kneeling Virgin, Saint Joseph, infant Christ, angels, ox, donkey and shepherd in a landscape.

The Nativity

Fra Diamante, 1470

Night nativity scene with the Virgin, infant Christ, kneeling shepherds and an ox under a thatched shelter.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Cornelio Brusco, 1650