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Yale University Art Gallery

246 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

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