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Painted wooden panel of Saint Anthony in a brown habit holding the Christ Child, both with halos, on a worn gold ground.

St. Anthony with the Christ Child

Arroyo Hondo Painter, 1825

Nude goddess with golden braids stands on a shell boat with two cherubs, doves and distant ships at sea.

Venus Guiding Eneas and the Trojans to the Latin Shore

William Page, 1860

Painting of a young woman with upturned gaze holding a white banner and an arrow, wearing blue and gold drapery.

Saint Ursula

Bernardo Cavallino, 1650

Painting of a young angel with large white wings and a white robe against a pale blue background.

Angel

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1887

Painting of a haloed bearded man in pink robe and green cloak gesturing, with robed figures and a hilly landscape behind.

Christ Addressing the People

Bonifazio di Pitati, 1400

Painting of a sunlit Paris-style street with a church facade, pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage in warm golden tones.

Saint Roche, Rue Saint Honore

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oil painting of the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a dove descending in light, and angels above a river.

Baptism of Christ

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1700

Painting of a young woman with downcast eyes and braided hair wearing a red dress and blue mantle against a grey background.

Head of the Madonna (from la Belle Jardiniere)

Painting of the Madonna holding the standing Christ Child, both with gold halos, framed by columns and gilded scrollwork.

Madonna and Child

Antonio da Correggio, 1800

Painting of the Virgin with the Christ Child and young John the Baptist kneeling before green curtains.

Madonna

Master of Serumido, 1500

Painting of a sunlit city street with a church facade, a horse-drawn carriage, and pedestrians under a pale sky.

Saint Roche Church

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Folk painting of Saint Anthony of Padua in blue habit holding the Christ Child and a white lily before red curtains.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Eighteenth-Century Novice, 1770

Painting of a young winged angel with white wings and a white gown against a pale blue background, gazing forward.

Angel

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1880

Painted wooden panel of St. Anthony in brown habit holding the Christ Child, both with halos, on a worn ochre ground.

St. Anthony with the Christ Child

Arroyo Hondo Painter, 1820

Painting of the Virgin Mary steadying the infant Christ as he reaches toward a white lamb against a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Bernardino Luini, 1530

Loose oil study of a haloed, bearded Christ figure with open arms in a red robe, set before a green landscape and cloudy sky.

Study for "Christ"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of a winged angel in a flowing white robe, gazing upward against a soft blue and cream background.

The Angel

William Baxter Closson, 1910

Painting of two bearded men in robes seated in a dim interior, one gesturing, beside a window with a green landscape.

Visit of Nicodemus to Christ

John La Farge, 1880

Painting of Christ with a halo, long brown hair and beard, red robe, and raised hand against a dark background.

Head of Christ

Palma il Vecchio, 1590

Painting of the Madonna in a red robe and dark veil holding a nude standing child on a draped ledge.

Madonna and Child

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Une Martyre (Saint Thechla)

Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson, 1890

Oval ceiling study of God the Father receiving the Madonna, surrounded by angels and putti in soft blue and rose tones.

God the Father Receiving the Madonna of the Immaculate Conception

Carlo Carlone, 1720

Loose painting of a reclining nymph with a wreath in her hair, set among garden trees, a stone balustrade and statues.

Nymph and Cupid

Carroll Beckwith, 1910

Pencil sketch of a woman in evening dress beside a classical statue figure, on aged yellowed paper.

Lady in Evening Dress with Figure of Venus de Milo

William Page, 1870

Pencil sketch of a winged angel in flight with one arm raised and billowing drapery, on pale paper.

Angel for Mercy's Dream

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a formal garden with terraced steps, conical trees, and figures by a pool.

Saint Cloud--4 Juin 1906

François Flameng, 1900

Pencil sketch of a female torso in outline on yellowed paper, with simple contour lines for breasts, waist and hips.

Venus Guiding Eneas and the Trojans to the Latin Shore (Torso of Venus)

William Page, 1850

Charcoal drawing of a haloed recording angel with an open book, two winged attendants, and many hands reaching up from below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Recording Angel

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall minaret with a decorated balcony and domed top beside a building with hanging laundry.

Es Saint

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a Venus flytrap with spiny snap traps and tall stalks of white flowers on a cream background.

Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910