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Yale University Art Gallery

74 works

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

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

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

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 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

Painting of a haloed nun kneeling before a pope and cardinals, with blessed bread on a table in a blue-walled room.

Saint Clare of Assisi Blessing the Bread before Pope Innocent IV

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455

Dark Gothic church interior with a ceremony at a raised altar, columns, stained glass, and small figures in the foreground.

The Circumcision of Christ

François de Nomé, 1623

Gilded tympanum panel showing the Nativity on the left and the Resurrection with an angel and sleeping soldiers on the right.

The Nativity and Resurrection of Christ

Cenni di Francesco, 1390

Gold-ground altarpiece panel of the Annunciation: angel Gabriel in yellow points to the Virgin in blue beside a lily and a do

The Annunciation

Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, 1380

Painting of three winged archangels with halos, a young boy in blue, and a kneeling veiled donor in a shallow stage-like spac

Archangels Gabriel, Michael, and Raphael with Tobias and a Female Donor

Maestro di Serumido, 1520

Gold-ground panel showing a haloed saint in red, a kneeling man in blue, a black horse, and a crucifix in an arcaded loggia.

Scene From the Legend of Saint Giovanni Gualberto

Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, 1410

Pencil sketch of an arched interior with a balustrade and a mural above, including a lion figure.

Drawing after John Singer Sargent's "Prophets" mural in Boston

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of the Holy Family on a donkey led by Joseph, attended by two winged angels on a rocky hill near the sea.

The Holy Family Between Two Angels, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of the Old Saint Anthony's Gate in Amsterdam with a round tower, boats on the canal and a distant church spire.

D'oude St. Anthonis Poorte, t' Amsterdam (The Old Saint Anthony's Gate, Amsterdam)

Pen and brown ink sketch of winged angels and cupids in dynamic poses arranged around a central arch.

Studies of Angels and Cupids (Recto); Architectural Studies (verso)

Alessandro Casolani

Etching of Saint Joseph kneeling before the Holy Family under a palm tree, with a donkey and two angels nearby.

Saint Joseph Adoring the Infant Jesus, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1752

Red chalk study sheet with a nude male figure, a seated draped woman, and a kneeling mother with infant, on a grid.

Studies for "Hercules at the Crossroads" and for the "Nativity"

Pompeo Batoni, 1748

Woodcut of a haloed seated figure refusing stones offered by a bearded figure, with a serpent on rocky ground.

The Temptation of Christ, by the Devil

Christoffel Jegher, 1633

Etching of the Holy Family with a donkey passing a pyramid, with an angel and cherubs in the sky above.

The Holy Family Passing a Pyramid, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Watercolor of a river town with church spires, a paddle steamer, and a log raft under a pale sky.

Saint Paul M.T. (Montana Territory)

John Mix Stanley, 1855

Chiaroscuro woodcut in an oval of a draped reclining woman among flowers and foliage, with a second figure at right.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Antonio da Trento, 1527

Etching of the Holy Family arriving at a town gate, with a donkey, a crowd in turbans, and an arched colonnade with a hanging

The Arrival of the Holy Family at the Gate of a Town, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Fligh…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Lithograph of a stern schoolmaster at a desk ignoring a pupil with raised hand, other students behind, from Daumier's Profess

M'sieu . . . . M'sieu . . . . . M'siiieu . . . . . christi que c'est tannant d'avoir la colique quand le Pion pionse!…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Etching of the nave of Saint Peter's Basilica with colonnades, coffered vaults, distant altar and small figures on the floor.

Veduta interna della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano (Interior View of the Basilica of Saint Peter's in the Vatican…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Etching of the Holy Family passing under a stone arch with a donkey, watched by a crowd beside a wall with a relief medallion

The Holy Family Passing under an Arch, Leaving by a City Gate, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egit…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Hand-colored lithograph of a rocky canyon with tall pines, rock walls and distant hazy mountains, with a mule train at lower

Can(y)on Jesus Maria

Charles Gildemeister, 1851

Pen and brown ink drawing of a striding man with a tall staff in a sketched landscape with trees.

Saint Christopher (or Saint Roch?) in a Landscape

Ludovico Carracci, 1600

Etching of a man leading a donkey carrying a woman and child past a statue on a pedestal in a wooded landscape.

The Holy Family Passing Near a Statue, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Pencil sketch of a draped female figure with arms raised overhead and flowing hair on tan paper.

An angel

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of St. Peter's Basilica and square with obelisk, colonnades, carriages and figures in the foreground.

Veduta della Basilica, e Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano (View of the Basilica, and Piazza of Saint Peter’s in the Va…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748