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Gold-ground panel of Saint Christopher in red robe wading through fish-filled water, carrying the child Christ on his shoulde

Saint Christopher (Trinity Altarpiece)

Bartolo di Fredi, 1300

Oil painting of Minerva guiding a winged nude youth upward toward light and clouds, with cherubs below.

Minerva Leading the Genius of the Arts to Immortality

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1800

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ child, surrounded by many nude cherubs among clouds.

The Virgin and Child surrounded by the Holy Innocents

Peter Paul Rubens, 1618

Oval painting of a winged goddess descending to a helmeted warrior, with a river god, nymph, swan and cherub below.

Iris Sent to Turnus by Juno

Claudio Francesco Beaumont, 1738

Painting of Christ crucified on a cross against a dark sky, with a distant city on a hill at lower right.

Christ on the Cross

Jacques-Louis David, 1782

Painting of a fortified stone monastery with a dome on rocky cliffs, with camels and travelers on the path below.

The Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai

Painting of Christ crucified between two thieves, with grieving women at the foot of the cross under a stormy sky.

Christ's death on the cross at Gogotha

Anthony van Dyck, 1629

Full-length painting of Saint Dominic in black cloak and white habit, holding a red book against a gold background.

Saint Dominic (Trinity Altarpiece)

Bartolo di Fredi, 1300

Woman in red velvet robe with mirror and gilded jar before a marble ledge and mountain landscape.

Saint Mary Magdalene

Quinten Metsys, 1520

Painting of Christ ascending in a rainbow mandorla above apostles and the Virgin, with musical angels and cherubs in the sky.

Ascension of Christ

Pietro Perugino, 1495

Painting of the Virgin and Child receiving a kneeling king in red robes, with angels and a star above.

Adoration of the Magi

Abraham Bloemaert, 1624

Painting of a woman in red velvet and black sleeves reading a book by a window with a town view.

Saint Mary Magdalene Reading

Master of the Female Half-Lengths, 1500

Christ in a red robe gestures upward as Mary Magdalene kneels before him in a wooded landscape with a tomb.

Apparition of Christ to Mary Magdalene

Eustache Le Sueur, 1651

Night scene of Christ's arrest: armed soldiers with torches, a figure in red embracing Christ, and a distant city under a sta

The Arrest of Christ

Master of Dreux Budé, 1450

Oval painting of Apollo seated with a lyre beside Mercury, who kneels offering a bow, under a large tree.

Story of Apollo - Apollo and Mercury

Noël Coypel, 1688

Oval painting of a woman in a red mantle and floral wreath playing a harp beneath a tree.

The Muse Calliope

Eustache Le Sueur, 1646

Painting of a headless saint holding his severed head, supported by two men beside ruined arches and distant horsemen.

The Miracle of Saint Justus

Peter Paul Rubens, 1640

Painting of the Virgin Mary praying as Christ in a red robe blesses her, seated beneath a gothic arch with a landscape behind

Le Christ bénissant la Vierge

School of Early Netherlandish painting, 1550

Painting of Apollo standing nude with golden drape as Minerva above offers a laurel wreath, with a kneeling figure below.

Apollo Crowned by Minerva

Noël Coypel, 1667

Painting of Christ gesturing to a shrouded figure beneath a tree while kneeling women and onlookers watch.

The Resurrection of Lazarus

Peter Paul Rubens, 1620

Black and white image of a medieval panel showing a bound, crowned figure flanked by richly dressed onlookers and a townscape

Christ before Pilate

Master of Monte Oliveto, 1480

Woman in white and red drapery with a celestial globe and compass beneath a tree, stars in her hair, oval painting.

The Muse Urania

Eustache Le Sueur, 1646

Oil painting of a seated muscular bearded man being tended by a woman in white beside a lion skin, with onlookers.

Hercules and Omphale

Peter Paul Rubens, 1602

Apollo seated with a lyre, crowned by a winged Victory figure, with putti and a slain serpent in a classical landscape.

Story of Apollo - Apollo Crowned by Victory after Having Slayed Python

Noël Coypel, 1688

Fresco-style painting of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin and Christ Child, kneeling king, and distant riders.

Adoration of the Magi

Bernardino Luini

Painting of Apollo and Diana shooting arrows from clouds at a mother shielding a child among fallen figures.

Niobe's children are killed by Apollo and Diana

Pierre Charles Jombert, 1772

Painting of a woman with pearls and a golden spear, with a small cupid touching her cheek against red drapery.

Venus and Cupid

Lavinia Fontana, 1592

Two standing saints with halos in a landscape: a bishop in a mitre praying, and a barefoot saint holding a book and staff.

Saint Herculanus and Saint James the Great

Pietro Perugino, 1505

Painting of the risen Christ holding a banner above a tomb, with angels overhead and startled soldiers below.

Resurrection of Christ

Gerard Seghers, 1620

Painted head of a bearded man wearing a laurel wreath against a blue background, with a wooden staff at left.

Tête de Jupiter

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1850