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Circular painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a crowd, horses, arches and a peacock.

Adoration of the Magi

Sandro Botticelli, 1470

Saint Jerome with a lion in a rocky landscape, with a bird on a branch and a river valley beyond under a cloudy sky.

Saint Jerome in a Landscape

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1500

Oil painting of the Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ, her head bowed, against a dark background with a golden curtain.

The Virgin suckling the Infant Christ

Titian, 1565

Venus reclines in a white gown while sleeping Mars lies nude beside her, with putti playing with armor and a spear.

Venus and Mars

Sandro Botticelli, 1485

Painting of Christ in a red cloak handing keys to a kneeling Saint Peter among apostles on a wooded path.

The Sacrament of Ordination (Christ presenting the Keys to Saint Peter)

Nicolas Poussin, 1636

Painting of Saint Jerome kneeling bare-chested, raising a stone, with an owl in a tree and a red hat on the grass.

Saint Jerome

Cosimo Tura, 1474

Saint Francis in brown habit holding a cross, surrounded by winged angels playing instruments against a gold background.

Saint Francis of Assisi with Angels

Sandro Botticelli, 1475

Painting of women gathered on a riverbank around an infant, with classical buildings, palms and an obelisk behind them.

The Finding of Moses

Nicolas Poussin, 1651

Painting of the Annunciation: a kneeling winged angel with a lily faces the Virgin Mary reading in a tiled room, with a dove

Annunciation

Filippo Lippi, 1448

Three saints with golden haloes stand before a gilded background, with an angel, eagle, chalice and sword in the scene.

Saints Matthew, Catherine of Alexandria and John the Evangelist

Stefan Lochner, 1450

Turner painting of a golden ship with sails and banners on the sea, a rocky arch and a glowing sunset behind it.

Ulysses deriding Polyphemus

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1829

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's foot in a basin, with apostles in a dim interior and a checkered floor.

Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet

Jacopo Tintoretto, 1575

Painting of an angel offering a white lily to a seated red-haired woman with halo, in a room with blue curtain.

The Annunciation

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1849

Painting of Saint Michael in jeweled armor with wings and halo, holding a sword and standing on a serpent.

Saint Michael

Piero della Francesca, 1469

Bearded saint in red tunic and blue cloak holding a book and quill in a stone niche with a shell motif.

Saint Mark (?)

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1500

Kneeling Saint Francis in a brown hooded habit holds a skull and looks upward against a dark background.

Saint Francis in Meditation

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1635

Two bearded men in brown robes, one pointing toward a fish on a table, against a dark background.

Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1627

Painting of Saint Sebastian, a nude young man with curly hair, pierced by arrows, standing in a stone niche.

Saint Sebastian

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1500

Woman in pink gown rests head on hand beside stone ledge while winged cherubs carry a cross overhead.

The Dream of Saint Helena

Paolo Veronese, 1570

Painting of a woman with a halo and crown holding a palm frond beside a spiked wheel, against a dark background.

Self portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1654) as Saint Catherine

Artemisia Gentileschi, 1616

Old bearded man in blue robe reading a book on rocks, with a lion at right and a town and lake in the distance.

Saint Jerome reading in a Landscape

Giovanni Bellini, 1480

Painting of a bishop being consecrated as an angel descends with a mitre and crozier, surrounded by clergy and kneeling atten

The Consecration of Saint Nicholas

Paolo Veronese, 1562

Painted panel of a bishop handing stones to young men beside a brick wall, with two shielded men walking toward mountains at

A Legend of Saints Justus and Clement of Volterra

Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1479

Crowded Venetian square with canvas awnings, a classical church facade, figures in red robes, and paintings for sale.

Venice: The Feast Day of Saint Roch

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1735

Painting of the Virgin and Child with two angels, Virgin in blue mantle, cypress trees behind a stone balustrade.

The Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Andrea del Verrocchio, 1467

Painting of the Archangel Raphael with a young boy in black holding a fish, standing in a grassy landscape.

The Archangel Raphael with Tobias

Pietro Perugino, 1500

Gabriel gestures toward the Virgin Mary in an arched interior with gold haloes and a vase of white lilies.

The Annunciation

Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1307

Renaissance painting of the Madonna, Christ child, an elderly woman and young John the Baptist in a rocky landscape.

The Madonna and Child with Saints

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis, with two angels holding a crown above, by Perugino, 1507.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Francis

Pietro Perugino, 1507

Painting of clergy in a Gothic church attending a reclining bishop beside a gilded reliquary on an altar.

The Exhumation of Saint Hubert

Rogier van der Weyden, 1440

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin and Child enthroned between two winged angels, with haloes and a red cushion.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child with young Saint John the Baptist beside them, in a landscape, within an arch

The Virgin and Child with Saint John

Pietro Perugino, 1480

Nude Venus stands by a tree as winged Cupid holds a honeycomb while bees swarm him, with a castle on a hill behind.

Venus and Cupid stealing honey

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529

Painting of an elderly bearded man with bare chest and red cloth holding a wooden cross beside a skull.

Saint Jerome

Guido Reni, 1625

Painting of women in a colonnaded hall, one raising a sword as a bearded man points, with a helmet and lyre on the floor.

Achilles discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes - Angelica Kauffmann (National Gallery NG6710)

Angelica Kauffmann, 1787

Landscape painting of a winged angel and a seated woman in blue beside a river, bridge, and hilltop town.

Landscape with Hagar and the Angel

Claude Lorrain, 1646

Nativity scene at night with Mary, infant Christ, Joseph, kneeling shepherds, an ox, and angels holding a banner in the sky.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Guido Reni, 1640

Painting of Saint George on a white horse spearing a dragon while a crowned princess watches from a rocky cliff.

Saint George and the Dragon

Gustave Moreau, 1889

Painting of a nude young woman lying dead in snow in a colonnaded Roman square, with doves and soldiers nearby.

Saint Eulalia

John William Waterhouse, 1885

Painting of the Adoration of the Kings: Madonna and Child in a ruined stable, kneeling kings, attendants, horses, and rocky h

The Adoration of the Kings

Filippino Lippi

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit reclining on a tiger skin, with a blue and white vase nearby.

Algeron Moses Marsden

James Tissot, 1877

Painting of a bishop in gold robes blocking a laureled ruler in a red cloak at a church entrance, with soldiers watching.

Saint Ambrose barring Theodosius I from Milan Cathedral

Anthony van Dyck, 1619

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, grieving women at the base, a castle and landscape behind.

The Crucifixion

Quinten Metsys, 1515

Jesus kneels to wash the feet of a bearded man in a basin while onlookers gather at a table in a dim room.

Jesus Washing Peter’s Feet

Ford Madox Brown, 1852

Painting of the Madonna nursing an infant beside a child holding a goldfinch, an older man, and a cat in an interior.

Madonna of the Cat

Federico Barocci, 1575

Virgin Mary enthroned with Christ Child, two angels crowning her, and two angels playing lute and harp in a Gothic setting.

The Virgin and Child Enthroned, with Four Angels

Quinten Metsys, 1493

Painting of the Madonna and Child with saints, a cross-bearing figure, and a kneeling donor in a dark robe.

The Madonna and Child with Saints and a Donor

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1517

Painted saint in a red robe and gold brocade holds a book and palm frond before a gilded background with halo.

St. Stephen from The Demidoff Altarpiece

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ in a stone niche, in red and purple robes, with a Latin inscription on

The Virgin and Child

Jan Gossaert, 1527

Painting of a woman with a gold halo and white veil holding a palm frond, in a green velvet dress against a dark background.

Portrait of a Lady with the Attributes of Saint Agatha

Sebastiano del Piombo, 1540

Renaissance altarpiece of the Madonna and Child enthroned between two saints, with a swallow, fruit garlands and a lion.

La Madonna della Rondine

Carlo Crivelli, 1490

Painting of the Baptism of Christ: two nude men in a river, an angel and cherubs above, and a wooded landscape with onlookers

The Baptism of Christ

Adam Elsheimer, 1599

Two seated figures in white and brown robes gaze upward toward a blue sky above a calm sea.

Saints Augustine and Monica

Ary Scheffer, 1854

Full-length painting of Saint Lucy with a halo, holding a palm frond and a dish with eyes, against a gold background.

Saint Lucy

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Night scene of castaways warming by a bonfire on a rocky coast beside a stormy sea, with a wrecked ship in the surf.

Saint Paul on Malta

Adam Elsheimer, 1600

Painting of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, Saint Joseph, God the Father, a dove and cherubs in clouds.

The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Ghost

Giambattista Pittoni, 1740

Painting of Saint John the Baptist with a red staff and scroll, standing before a gold background under a Gothic arch.

Saint John the Baptist

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Painting of a winged angel above a youth in white robes, with turbaned onlookers, a fire, and a marble statue.

Saint Lawrence prepared for Martyrdom

Adam Elsheimer, 1600

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child receiving gifts from kneeling kings beneath a bright star and angels.

The Adoration of the Kings

Carlo Dolci, 1649

Painted saint in black habit with halo holds open book and miniature church against gold patterned background.

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Panel painting showing a haloed saint giving a cloak to a knight on a road, and a winged angel above a sleeping man beneath a

Saint Francis meets a Knight Poorer than Himself and Saint Francis's Vision of the Founding of the Franciscan Order

Painting of a wooded landscape with an angel and a young man walking by a river under a cloudy sky.

A Landscape with Tobias and the Angel

Jan Lievens, 1640

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping infant Christ on a gilded throne, with fruit and a golden halo.

The Virgin and Child

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Painting of the grieving Virgin in white veil seated beside a standing young man in green cloak against a red background.

The Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1540

Painting of Saint Veronica holding a white veil with Christ's face, both haloed in gold against a gold background.

Saint Veronica with the Sudarium

Master of Saint Veronica, 1420

Painting of Saint Peter with papal tiara, holding keys and a crucifix staff, in gold and red robes against a gilded backgroun

Saint Peter

Carlo Crivelli, 1476

Kneeling elderly donor in white robe with hands clasped, touched by a woman in red gown holding a gold jar against a blue sky

The Donor and Saint Mary Magdalene

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1540

Painting of a violin-playing figure beside a waterfall, surrounded by lions, horses, deer, birds and an elephant in a forest.

Orpheus

Roelant Savery, 1628

Painting of Bacchus approaching sleeping Ariadne in a wooded landscape with satyrs, putti, a tiger and a flying cupid.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Sebastiano Ricci, 1713

Painting of Christ reaching toward a kneeling saint in a dim prison, with two angels bearing a ewer and cloth nearby.

Christ baptising Saint John Martyr

Paris Bordone, 1565

Painting of the seated Virgin and Child surrounded by richly robed men in an arcaded architectural setting with rocky hills.

The Adoration of the Kings

Bramantino, 1500

Christ appears to the kneeling Virgin Mary beside a pink canopy bed, with scrolls, onlookers and doves in an arched interior.

Christ appearing to the Virgin

Juan de Flandes, 1497

Painting of a winged angel in a rose wreath and golden tunic, hands clasped in prayer, standing on a stone ledge.

An Adoring Angel

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Virgin Mary in blue mantle embracing the Christ Child, with a green drape and a landscape with a tree through an arch.

The Virgin and Child Embracing

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, 1660

Painting of a wooded landscape with bathing nymphs by a stream and waterfall, a hunter with dogs in the distance.

Diana and Callisto

Paul Bril, 1620

Elderly bearded man in red robe and hat reading a book in white gloves, labeled S HIERONOMVS, against a blue sky.

Saint Jerome

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Painting of grieving women in veils embracing in a dark forest, with a figure in red at the right edge.

Christ taking leave of his Mother

Wolf Huber, 1520

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue and red robes holding a standing nude Christ Child against a green backdrop and landscape

The Virgin and Child

Full-length painting of Saint Joseph in a white turban and green robe, holding a flowering staff and a book.

Saint Joseph

Moretto da Brescia, 1540

Virgin and Child enthroned with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena in black and white habits, before a landscape.

The Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Siena

Benvenuto Tisi, 1550

Panel painting of a severed bearded head on a gold platter, surrounded by putti and angels against a gilded background.

The Head of Saint John the Baptist

Jan Mostaert, 1510

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the standing infant Christ, with a young Saint John and a mountain landscape behind.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1490

Painting of a sleeping nude woman on white drapery as a winged Cupid kneels beside her with a drawn bow, in a wooded landscap

Cupid and Psyche

Alphonse Legros, 1867

Painting of a winged angel in green robes playing a vielle inside a stone niche.

An Angel in green with a vielle, part of S. Francesco Altarpiece, Milan

Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, 1490

Two winged angels with halos flank a pointed arch against a gold background in a 1322 religious panel painting.

Two Angels

Ugolino di Nerio, 1322

Gold altarpiece panel with the Virgin and Child at center flanked by ten saints in arched niches.

The Virgin and Child with Ten Saints

Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365

Painting of Saint John the Baptist in a rocky landscape, leaving a walled city gate and climbing toward the desert.

Saint John the Baptist retiring to the Desert

Giovanni di Paolo, 1454

Gold-ground panel of the Deposition: figures lower Christ's body from the cross while mourners in red and blue robes stand am

The Deposition

Ugolino di Nerio, 1324

Painting of Christ carrying the cross as the Virgin Mary swoons among women, with a mounted knight and coastal landscape behi

Christ carrying the Cross and the Virgin Mary swooning

Boccaccio Boccaccino, 1501

Painting of a pope in gold vestments beside a nude saint pierced with arrows, against a gold background.

Saints Fabian and Sebastian

Giovanni di Paolo, 1475

Gold-background painting of Christ surrounded by armored soldiers and robed figures on a rocky hillside, with a man drawing a

The Betrayal of Christ

Ugolino di Nerio, 1325

Painting of Diana leaning over the sleeping Endymion in a dark forest, with cupids above and hunting dogs resting nearby.

Diana and Endymion

Pierre Subleyras, 1740

Painting of the Baptism of Christ with John pouring water on a nude Christ, surrounded by angels against a gold and blue sky.

The Baptism of Christ: Predella Panel

Giovanni di Paolo, 1454

Painting of the risen Christ in an open tomb holding a banner, with four sleeping soldiers below against a gold rocky backgro

The Resurrection

Ugolino di Nerio, 1324

Gilded panel of a bearded elder in pink robe and blue tunic holding a star-filled globe and golden keys, gothic frame.

Christ of the Apocalypse: Central Pinnacle Panel

Giovanni da Milano, 1362

Gilded panel of the Virgin Mary seated among musical angels, with God above and a kneeling figure below by a tomb.

Matteo di Giovanni - The Assumption of the Virgin - 1474

Matteo di Giovanni, 1474