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

Annunciation

Giorgio Vasari, 1563

Oval painting of Apollo chasing Daphne, who reaches for a laurel branch, with a river god and spilling urn below.

Apollo pursuing Daphne

René-Antoine Houasse, 1677

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

Painting of a sleeping nude nymph beside a stone well, watched by a satyr leaning over it, with a pink curtain and landscape.

A Sleeping Nymph with a Satyr

Giulio Carpioni, 1660

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 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

Painting of a nude woman beside a sea monster as a winged armored rider descends, with a harbor town behind.

Perseus Releases Andromeda

Joachim Wtewael, 1611

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

Nude woman seated on a bench with cherubs, a satyr at right, and a cat at lower left, against a green curtain.

Jupiter and Antiope

Vincent Sellaer, 1525

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

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

Painting of a nude woman with crescent moon descending toward a sleeping nude youth, with a cupid and blue drapery.

Diana and Endymion

Jérôme-Martin Langlois, 1822

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

Painting of winged Cupid kissing the forehead of seated Psyche in a hilly landscape, with a butterfly in the sky.

Cupid and Psyche

François Gérard, 1798

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

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

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