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Yale University Art Gallery

157 works

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

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

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

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

Saint Cecilia

Marco Palmezzano, 1530

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

Saint Bernard; Virgin and Child

Jean Bellegambe, 1525

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Annunciation

Corrado Giaquinto, 1753