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Yale University Art Gallery

157 works

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Crucifixion

Cenni di Francesco, 1400

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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