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Yale University Art Gallery

246 works

Painting of a woman in white and blue playing a keyboard instrument while gazing upward, with red drapery behind her.

Saint Cecilia

Charles de La Fosse, 1700

Damaged gold-ground panel showing a kneeling haloed woman in green and the Christ Child in a red mandorla below.

Saint Bridget’s Vision of the Nativity

Niccolò di Tommaso, 1375

Painting of the Nativity with kneeling Mary and Joseph, the infant Christ, three angels above, and a town in the background.

The Nativity

Ambrosius Benson, 1525

Painting of Moses raising a bronze serpent on a staff above a crowd of figures on a rocky hill under a stormy sky.

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Pieter de Grebber, 1625

Painting of the Annunciation: a winged angel kneels before the seated Virgin in an arched, columned interior with gold haloes

The Annunciation

Apollonio di Giovanni, 1455

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

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel on a cloud gestures toward a kneeling Virgin beneath a glowing dove and cherubs.

The Annunciation

Corrado Giaquinto, 1753

Painting of a bald monk in a white habit holding a golden crozier against a dark background.

Saint Bernard; Virgin and Child

Jehan Bellegambe, 1525

Gilded arched panel of the Virgin and Child flanked by two saints, one in grey and one in red robes.

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome and Bartholomew

Giovanni di Paolo, 1445

Painting of the crucifixion with Christ on a cross under a dark sky, and two grieving women at the base in pale and red robes

The Crucifixion

Francesco Trevisani, 1715

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ as an angel offers a bowl of food, with Joseph beneath a cherry tree.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, known as the Madonna della Pappa

Francesco Vanni, 1599

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned between two bishop saints in gold halos, with a kneeling donor at left.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Martin of Tours and Blaise

Neri di Bicci, 1476

Painting of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Siena, with a dove and ruins behind.

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Siena

Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti, 1608

Brown monochrome study of the Virgin and Child with two female saints beneath a draped canopy, with a lamb at right.

Study for the Virgin and Child with Saints Cecilia and Agne

Francesco Vanni, 1605

Gilded arched altarpiece frame with God the Father above red seraphim and two kneeling angels, with an Ave Maria inscription

God the Father with Adoring Angels and Seraphim

Neri di Bicci, 1472

Arched panel painting of the Virgin and Child with three saints against a gold background, Matteo di Giovanni, 1470.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Three Saint

Matteo di Giovanni, 1470

Painting of Saint Jerome kneeling with a stone before a crucifix, a lion beside him, rocky cliffs and a distant town behind.

Penitent Saint Jerome

Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, 1485

Medieval tempera painting of an arched interior with figures in red and blue robes, gold coins on the floor, and a red-curtai

A Scene from the Legend of Saint Nicholas of Bari

Neri di Bicci, 1460

Gilded Gothic altarpiece panel showing Christ and the Virgin enthroned in blue robes, with angels below and scenes in the pin

Christ and the Virgin Enthroned, with Allegories of the Old and New Testament

Giovanni del Biondo, 1365

Medieval panel painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child against a gold background, in a wooden Gothic frame.

Virgin and Child

Jacopo del Casentino, 1340

Gothic panel of the Virgin and Child under a pointed arch, with gold haloes, worn blue and white robes, and a red brocade bac

Virgin and Child

Jacopo di Cione, 1370

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

Gold-ground panel with two saints in pink and gray robes, Resurrection and Crucifixion scenes above, in a pointed arch frame.

Saint James Major and Resurrection, Saint John the Baptist and Crucifixion

Giovanni dal Ponte, 1410

Three seated robed figures on a plain brown silk background, each on a carved wooden stool, with red shoes visible.

The Three Religions: Confucius, Laozi and Buddha

Gilded panel of a bearded bishop saint with a staff and book, with a small monk in the gable above.

Episcopal Saint and Franciscan Monk (gable)

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Painting of the Virgin and infant Jesus with angels and two kneeling saints against a gold background.

Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus with Saints and Angel

Lorenzo d'Alessandro, 1480

Arched panel painting of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, an elderly man with a staff, and an ox.

The Nativity

Girolamo di Benvenuto, 1510

Gilded Gothic panel of a crowned saint holding a palm and wheel, with a small deacon saint in the pinnacle above.

Saint Catherine and Deacon Saint

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

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

Renaissance painting of the Virgin and Child with two angels, gilded haloes and gold-bordered robes against a dark background

Virgin and Child with Two Angel

Zanobi Machiavelli, 1460

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

Gold-ground Crucifixion panel with Christ on the cross, angels, and haloed mourners and saints below.

The Crucifixion

Cenni di Francesco, 1400

Gilded Gothic panel of the Holy Trinity with a crucified Christ, the Virgin, Mary Magdalen and two Saint Johns on a red groun

Holy Trinity with the Virgin and Saints Mary Magdalen, John the Baptist, and John the Evangelist

Master of the Ashmolean Predella, 1390

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

Circular fragment of a painted winged angel in a red robe with a patterned gold halo on a weathered orange ground.

Annunciatory Angel

Cenni di Francesco

Renaissance panel painting of a seated woman in red with attendants, a friar on stairs, and an infant on a rug in a courtyard

The Birth of Saint Thomas Aquina

Bartolomeo degli Erri, 1470

Gilded panel of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, both with haloes, in an ornate gothic frame.

Virgin and Child

Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, 1380

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a dark robe writing in a book beside a skull, cross, and inkpot in a cave.

Saint Jerome

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

Round panel of the Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and two angels before a distant landscape with a church.

Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Master of the Borghese Tondo, 1500

Engraving of Christ carrying the cross, crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers with spears and a kneeling figure.

Christ Carrying the Cross, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

Etching of a gnarled pollard willow with a kneeling bearded man on the right and a lion's head at the lower left.

Saint Jerome beside a Pollard Willow

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1648

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

Woodcut of a Gothic hall with an ornate fountain, winged figures, children and a bearded old man with a staff.

The Holy Family on the flight into Egypt at a Fountain

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1520

Engraving of the Virgin and Child seated under a tree, with a bridge and tower in the background, dated 1511.

The Virgin and Child with the Pear

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Etching of Saint Jerome reclining on rocks, embraced by a winged angel, with a putto holding a book in the clouds above.

Saint Jerome and the Angel

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1764

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

Woodcut of a Holy Family group gathered beneath a large tree, with an infant held by an older woman, dated 1511.

Holy Family with Joachim and Anne Under a Tree

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored archangel with a sword above falling rebel angels in clouds.

Fall of the Rebel Angels

or copy after? Domenico Piola

Pencil drawing of a nude woman with head tilted back in front of a shaded bearded male head, with a dedication inscription.

Woman and Head of Christ

Kahlil Gibran, 1921

Engraving of Christ on the cross with mourners and a soldier, skull at the base, by Albrecht Dürer, 1511.

Christ on the Cross, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

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)

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

Engraving of Saint Gregory kneeling at an altar before a vision of the suffering Christ, with an angel holding Passion instru

The Mass of Saint Gregory

Albrecht Dürer, 1511

Ink and wash drawing of Mary Magdalene praying with a rosary, beside a skull, book, and cross under rays of light.

Saint Mary Magdalen in Prayer

Claude Mellan, 1621

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 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

Pen and ink study sheet with multiple sketched figures, including a central standing nude and a figure with outstretched arms

Studies for the Resurrection

called Il Cigoli ( Ludovico Cardi, 1590

Engraving of the risen Christ holding a banner atop a tomb as armored soldiers recoil below, with a landscape behind.

The Resurrection, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1512

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

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 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

Engraving of a bound long-haired man before a seated judge on a dais, with soldiers and onlookers and a town visible through

Christ Before Pilate, plate 5 from the series The Passion of Christ

Hendrick Goltzius, 1596