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National Gallery of Art

2,569 works

Painting of Christ carrying the cross past a stone building, with a mounted soldier, a crowd, and a distant landscape.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1620

Painting of a gold-robed bishop before a Gothic cathedral while a kneeling turbaned man and a crowd of townspeople look on.

Episodes from the Life of a Bishop Saint

Master of Saint Giles, c. 1500

Painting of a bishop saint in red cope and white mitre, holding a crosier and blessing, against a blue sky.

Saint Louis of Toulouse

Cosimo Tura, c. 1470/1480

Painting of a bearded prophet in red robes with a kneeling woman and child among Roman ruins under a cloudy sky.

The Prophet Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1630

Madonna and Child with Virgin in blue mantle holding nude infant before red curtain and landscape with castle.

Madonna and Child [obverse]

Albrecht Dürer, c. 1496/1499

Panoramic landscape with a storm over a bay on the left, a harbor town with boats and rocky cliffs on the right.

The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine

Antwerp 16th Century, c. 1540

Oval flower garland framing an octagonal panel of the Adoration of the Shepherds with the Virgin and infant Christ.

Garland of Flowers with Adoration of the Shepherds

Frans Francken the Younger, 1625

Painting of risen Christ holding a red-and-white cross banner, raising one hand, against a golden radiating halo.

Christ Risen from the Tomb

Ambrogio Bergognone, c. 1490

Panel painting of two haloed saints healing a woman in bed beside a scene of a saint receiving an object at a doorway.

The Healing of Palladia by Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian

Fra Angelico, c. 1438/1440

Painting of a bald friar with a halo holding an open book in a gilded arch, with a tree and landscape behind him.

Saint Bernardino of Siena

Vincenzo Foppa, 1495

Circular painting of the Crucifixion on gold ground, with Mary in a dark cloak and John in a red cloak beside Christ.

The Crucifixion

Francesco del Cossa, c. 1473/1474

Virgin and Christ Child enthroned in an arched niche with fruit garland, a kneeling donor and jeweled crown at lower left.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Donor

Carlo Crivelli, 1470

Painting of a mounted knight cutting his red cloak to share with a kneeling beggar under a stone archway.

Saint Martin Dividing His Cloak

Jan Boeckhorst, 1640

Painting of saints in a red arcade and a wooded lake scene, one haloed figure reaching toward a figure rising from water.

Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus

Lippi, Filippo, Fra, c. 1445/1450

Frontal Byzantine-style panel of the Madonna and Child enthroned with four saints on a gold background.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Four Saints

Margaritone d'Arezzo, c. 1240/1245

Painting of a bound nude figure at a column between two whipping tormentors in an arcaded classical loggia with landscape.

The Flagellation of Christ

Francesco Bacchiacca, 1512

Painting of a grieving Virgin in blue and purple robes with bowed head against a gold background.

The Mourning Madonna

Master of the Franciscan Crucifixes, c. 1270/1275

Painting of a bearded saint in blue mantle and pink robe holding a book, set against a gold background and arched frame.

Saint James Minor

Master of Saint Francis, c. 1272

Painting of a seated woman with a nude infant, haloed children, two men in period dress, and a child playing with a dog.

Saint Mary Cleophas and Her Family

Bernhard Strigel, 1520

Painting of a grieving saint with a halo, head resting on his hand, in blue and gray robes against gold.

The Mourning Saint John the Evangelist

Master of the Franciscan Crucifixes, c. 1270/1275

Standing bearded saint in red and blue robes holds a book against a gold background within a painted arch.

Saint John the Evangelist

Master of Saint Francis, c. 1272

Painting of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, surrounded by angels with golden halos against a gold background.

Madonna and Child with Angels and Cherubim, Italian,

Matteo di Giovanni, 1460

Renaissance painting of the Madonna and Child with two saints, a bearded monk with a bell staff and a crowned youth, on gold

Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Sigismund

Neroccio di Bartolomeo de’ Landi, c. 1490/1495

Gilded altarpiece of Madonna and Child with God the Father blessing above and angels in prayer on both sides.

Madonna and Child with God the Father Blessing and Angels

Jacopo di Cione, c. 1370/1375

Panel painting of Madonna and Child with saints and angels against a gold background, by Matteo di Giovanni.

Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, and Angels, Italian,

Matteo di Giovanni, 1465

Painting of Saint Apollonia in a red cloak and blue gown holding pincers against a cracked gold background.

Saint Apollonia

Piero della Francesca, c. 1455/1460

Half-length painting of Saint Matthew with a gold halo, holding a quill and inkwell over an open book, on a gold ground.

Saint Matthew

Simone Martini, c. 1315/1320

Gold-ground Gothic triptych with enthroned Madonna and Child, angels, and saints; left panel shows Saint Anthony Abbot with s

Saint Anthony Abbot [left panel]

Allegretto Nuzi, 1354

Painting of the Madonna seated in a garden holding the Christ Child, with gilded frame and angels in the top corners.

Madonna and Child in a Garden

Cosimo Tura, c. 1460/1470

Panel painting of Saint Simon with a gilded halo, green robe, and closed book, on a gold ground in an arched frame.

Saint Simon

Simone Martini, c. 1315/1320