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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

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

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

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

Saint Thomas Aquinas

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

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 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 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

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 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 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

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

The Virgin and Child

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

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

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 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-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