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Yale University Art Gallery

246 works

Crucifixion scene with three figures on crosses and an armored rider on a white horse in the foreground.

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1538

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the nude Christ Child on a ledge, with two angels and a gold brocade canopy behind.

Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Zanobi Machiavelli, 1465

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin and Child surrounded by fourteen saints, with Annunciation medallions above.

Virgin and Child with Fourteen Saints; The Annunciation

Andrea di Bartolo, 1420

Oval painting of the Virgin Mary in red and blue holding the infant Christ on a red cushion against a dark background.

Virgin and Child, known as the Madonna del Libro

Predella panel with two scenes: a winged angel above figures by water, and a crowd gathered before a rocky mountain and town.

Predella: Two Scenes from the Legend of Saint Michael

Fra Angelico, 1418

Kneeling saint in white veil and black habit beside putti, with a flying red-robed figure in light above a columned arcade.

The Ecstasy of Saint Catherine of Siena

Il Sodoma, 1530

Angel in Adoration

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1510

Painting of a kneeling winged angel in a red robe holding a leafy branch against a teal background with gold border.

Annunciatory Angel

Bernardino Fungai, 1495

Panel painting of the Virgin kneeling in prayer while the Christ Child, with a gold halo, reaches up to touch her veil.

Virgin and Child

Neri di Bicci, 1460

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: a kneeling king before the Virgin and Christ Child, with attendants, oxen and a stable

Adoration of the Magi

Luca Signorelli, 1508

Painted panel of two gilded-haloed saints under gothic arches, a veiled woman with roses and a friar holding a blue book.

Saints Elizabeth of Hungary and Anthony of Padua

Lippo d' Andrea, 1400

Gold-ground panel of a haloed saint enthroned with a sword, flanked by winged angels, two of whom play a harp and a viol.

Saint Lucy Enthroned

Giovanni di Bartolomeo Cristiani, 1375

Painting of the crucified Christ with a crown of thorns, a skull and bones at the base of the cross, and a dark landscape beh

The Crucifixion

Annibale Carracci, 1587

Painted panel of the Virgin and Child with gold halos, blue mantle, and a dark background of fruit-bearing branches, in a Got

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Gentile da Fabriano, 1419

Painted panel of the grieving Virgin with bowed head and clasped hands, dark blue mantle, gold halo and gold background.

Mourning Virgin, Fragment of a Crucifix

Pietro Nelli, 1360

Painting of a garden alley under a vine-covered arch with cypress trees and two kneeling figures in pale robes.

Annunciation

Maurice Denis, 1907

Faded painting of a robed angel with red wings against a gold leaf background, with a small gold ornament at left.

Figure Study of an Angel

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Gold-ground panel of Saint John the Evangelist in blue tunic and red mantle, holding a book and quill under a Gothic arch.

Saint John the Evangelist

Lippo Memmi, 1330

Panel painting of a haloed rider on a brown horse sharing a red cloak with a barefoot beggar on a cobbled street.

Saint Martin of Tours Dividing His Cloak with a Beggar

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1340

Painted panel of the Virgin and Child flanked by two haloed female saints against a gold background.

Virgin and Child with Saints Margaret and Catherine of Siena

Guidoccio Cozzarelli, 1490

Panel painting of Saint Flora in a black veil and white wimple against a gold background, with angels in the frame corners.

Saint Flora, One of Two Panels from an Altarpiece

Master of Saints Flora and Lucilla, 1310

Dark cave scene with demons, monsters and a bearded hermit reading beside a nude woman, with a burning city under a moonlit s

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1594

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin in blue mantle seated on a throne, holding the Christ Child who touches her cheek.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Taddeo Gaddi, 1345

Narrow predella panel with gold-ground painted saints, a crucifixion scene, and geometric red and blue medallions between fig

Predella: Saint Francis, the Mourning Virgin Mary, Christ on the Cross, the Mourning Saint John the Evangelist, and S…

Luca di Tommè, 1350

Arched panel painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a cloud, with three angels around them.

Virgin and Child with Angels Seated on Cloud

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1485

Painting of the Virgin and Child with two angels in a gilded arched frame, set against a background of flowers.

Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Pseudo-Pier Francesco Fiorentino, 1455

Gilded panel of an enthroned God in a fiery ring of angels, with armored saints above and falling demons and dragons below.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Miguel Ximénez, 1490

Renaissance painting of the Nativity with the Virgin kneeling by the infant Christ, an ox, a donkey, angels and robed saints.

The Mystical Nativity

Jacopo da Sellaio, 1490

Tall gilded panel painting of Saint Peter with papal tiara, holding keys and a staff against a gold background.

Saint Peter

Vittore Crivelli, 1480

Half-length gold-ground panel painting of Saint Peter with halo, holding a red book and gesturing with one hand.

Saint Peter

Master of Città di Castello, 1310

Gilded Gothic triptych with Virgin and Child in center, crucifixion and saints on wings, gold backgrounds.

Saints with Angel Annunciate

Spinello Aretino, 1400

Gilded altarpiece panel with the Virgin and Child seated between two saints under Gothic arches, worn with flaking paint.

Virgin and Child with Saints Peter and Paul

Marchigian School, 1415

Painting of a bald saint in white robes holding a golden crozier against a dark background.

Saint Bernard; Virgin and Child

Jean Bellegambe, 1525

Painting of a kneeling saint in white veil and black habit, surrounded by winged putti and angels against a distant landscape

The Ecstasy of Saint Catherine of Siena

Il Sodoma, 1530

Panel painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned between two angels under a gilded arch on a red patterned ground.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

Bartolommeo Bulgarini, 1355

Painting of the Crucifixion with Mary and John beside the cross, a skull at the base, and a distant landscape with a city and

The Crucifixion

The Master of the Risen Magdalen, 1500

Circular painting of the head of the dead Christ with closed eyes, crown of thorns, and long hair against a dark background.

Dead Christ

Quinten Metsys, 1530

Painting of the risen Christ with a banner in a tomb, flanked by two sleeping and watching soldiers in a green landscape.

The Resurrection

Florentine School, 1480

Painting of a standing angel in a pale blue robe with red wings against a gold leaf background.

Figure study: an Angel

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1871

Painting of Saint Paul with a sword and red book against a red background, with a banner reading PAVLVS.

Saint Paul

Lucas van Leyden, 1520

Painting of Saint Cecilia with halo playing a bowed viol, seated before a stone balustrade and green landscape.

Saint Cecilia

Marco Palmezzano, 1530

Tempera painting of the dead Christ held by a grieving woman and a companion, with two mourning angels against a gold backgro

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Taddeo Gaddi, 1335

Gold-ground panel of Saint John the Baptist in red and blue robes holding a cross staff, within a carved Gothic frame.

Saint John the Baptist

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin seated with the Christ Child, flanked by musician angels, in a gilded frame.

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Antonio Vivarini, 1462

The Holy Family in a dark forest: Mary holds the infant Christ, who reaches for a cherry branch offered by Joseph.

The Holy Family

Cornelis van Haarlem, 1590

Gilded panel of the Crucifixion with Mary and John kneeling at the cross and God above in blue clouds.

The Crucifixion

Lorenzo Monaco, 1415

Painting of the Virgin and Child flanked by Saint Catherine with a palm frond and Saint Nicholas in bishop's robes.

Cima da Conegliano, Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine and Nicholas

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano

Damaged arched panel of the Virgin and Child in blue and gold against a gilded background, paint flaking.

Virgin and Child

Bernardo Daddi, 1345

Study by Carlo Maratta showing an angel with a sword above a reclining woman and onlookers beneath a stormy sky.

Study for the altarpiece of Saint Rosalie among the Plague-Stricken

Carlo Maratta, 1657

Virgin Mary holding the nude infant Christ, who reaches for fruit, with a lake and city landscape behind them.

Virgin and Child: The Gambaro Madonna

Francesco Francia, 1495

Arched gold-ground panel showing a kneeling haloed monk in black reaching toward two descending angels in green and blue.

The Vocation of Saint Dominic

Bernardo Daddi, 1338

Three haloed saints on gold ground: one with a sword, one with a book and staff, one with a cross and gilded disc.

Saints Julian, James, and Michael

Agnolo Gaddi, 1390

Painting of John the Baptist baptizing Christ in a river, with a dove descending in light and two angels at left.

The Baptism of Christ

Andrea Sacchi, 1650

Painting of the dead Christ seated on a tomb, supported by a grieving woman in blue, with a yellow cross behind them.

The Entombment

Andrea Solari, 1510

Circular painting of a man in a red cap and gold stole reading a large open book, one hand raised holding a pen.

Saint Gregory the Great

Sebastiano Ricci, 1700

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, and classical ruins under a blue sky.

The Adoration of the Magi

Bernard van Orley, 1533

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown robe holding a book and pen against a pale sky background.

Saint Peter

Francisco Herrera the Elder, 1630

Gold-ground panel of the Crucifixion with Christ at center, mourning women at left and onlookers at right.

The Crucifixion

Guido of Siena, 1270

Painting of a kneeling bearded man in a grey robe carrying a large wooden cross against a dark background.

Christ Carrying the Cro

Luis de Morales, 1546

Panel painting of Christ's body being lowered from a cross, with grieving figures, a ladder, and a rocky landscape behind.

The Deposition

Cornelis Engebrechtsz, 1510

Painting of a fallen rider and rearing white horse under an angel in clouds, with a walled town in a valley behind.

The Conversion of Saint Paul

Benvenuto Tisi, 1525

Gold-ground panel painting of a standing female saint in red mantle and blue robe holding a blue jar.

Saints Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist

Paolo Veneziano, 1350

Painting of a haloed saint holding a staff and red book, wearing a pink robe and teal mantle against a gold ground.

Saint Jame

Niccolò di Tommaso, 1365

Gabled panel painting of the Virgin nursing the Christ Child on a throne, with small saints in niches and a gold background.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Saint

Ugolino di Nerio, 1305