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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

Paulus the Apostle defending himself at the Trial in Caesarea

Paulus the Apostle defending himself at the Trial in Caesarea

Nikolaus Knüpfer, 1648-1652

Tibetan thangka of Amitayus Buddha at center, surrounded by rows of one hundred smaller seated Buddhas against blue sky.

Amitayus Buddha Surrounded by One Hundred Buddhas

Unknown artist, 18th-19th century

Painting of an angel and a young man with a fish beside ruined stone arches, a donkey and a woman in a hazy landscape.

Tobiah and the Angel

Toussaint Gelton, 1645-1680

Painting of a saint lying on straw holding a crucifix, surrounded by angels and cherubs in a glowing orange sky.

The Death of St. Francis Xavier

Attributed to Veronica Stern, c. 1750

Watercolor of the Virgin and Child appearing to a kneeling haloed saint, with angels and putti in a golden sky.

Madonna and Child Appearing to Saint Louis Gonzaga

Attributed to Veronica Stern, c. 1750

Christ victoring over Sin and Death

Christ victoring over Sin and Death

Maarten van Heemskerck, 1513-1574

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a pink carnation against a dark background.

The Madonna of the Carnation

Bernardino Luini, 1515

Nativity scene with the infant Christ in a manger, Mary and kneeling shepherds in prayer, an ox, a donkey, and an angel.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Ercole de' Roberti, 1490

Parmigianino painting of the Madonna seated on clouds with the Christ Child, above a kneeling saint and a reclining old man i

The Madonna and Child with Saints (The Vision of St Jerome)

Parmigianino, 1526

Painting of a mystic marriage scene: a seated woman in yellow reaches toward a nude infant held by a woman in white, with a g

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Parmigianino, 1527

Painting of the Virgin Mary with a gold halo holding a rosary beside the standing Christ child in a gold tunic.

Madonna and Child

Ambrogio Bergognone, 1488

Painting of the Virgin and Child seated on a gilded throne between two saints, one holding a palm and one a lily.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Ambrogio Bergognone, 1490

Black-and-white image of the Holy Family with infant St. John, the Virgin holding a sleeping Christ child, Joseph behind with

Holy Family with the Infant St. John

Francesco Trevisani, c. 1700

Christ with halo and billowing white shroud raises a hand and holds a banner staff, standing before blue mountains.

Christ rising from the Tomb

Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1530

Painting of a bearded saint in a red mantle holding a large wooden X-shaped cross, with a landscape behind him.

Saint Andrew (?)

Gaudenzio Ferrari, 1530

Religious painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with infant John the Baptist, a lamb, a bishop, and onlookers under a dove.

Allegory of the Christ Child as the Lamb of God

Frans Francken the Younger, 1616

Painted full-length bishop saint with halo, red cape, gold trim, crosier and book against a gold background.

A Bishop Saint

Cecco di Pietro

Candlelit scene of a bearded elder gesturing at a standing robed man before a table with an open book and onlookers.

Christ before the High Priest

Gerard van Honthorst, 1617

Painting of an elderly man startled by a winged angel opening a prison door in a dim, candlelit cell.

St. Peter's release from prison by the angel

Gerard van Honthorst, 1617

Standing female saint in straw hat and blue cloak holds a book and staff, with a dragon at her bare feet.

Saint Margaret of Antioch

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1631

Painting of the Virgin and Child enthroned under gilded architecture, flanked by Saint Luke and a bishop saint, with a landsc

Madonna with Saints Lukas and Eligius

Lancelot Blondeel, 1545

Painting of Christ driving money changers from a columned temple, with a glowing central figure and a chaotic crowd on steps.

Christ expulses the money changers out of the temple

Hubert Robert, 1760

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling kings, attendants, a stable and a distant walled to

The Adoration of the Magi

Giovanni Boccati, 1440

Painting of Christ gesturing to a crowd of men and armored soldiers around a woman in an orange dress, with a dark background

Christ and the Adulteress

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Painting of Christ blessing children surrounded by mothers, infants and elders, with a German Bible inscription across the to

Christ Blessing the Children

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1545

Painting of nude women on a wooded riverbank, one reaching toward a basket with an infant among reeds, under a cloudy sky.

Pharaoh's daughter discovers Moses in the rush basket

Ferdinand Bol, 1660

Painting of an elderly man kneeling before three winged angels at a table beneath a large autumn tree, 1660.

Abraham Receiving the Three Angels

Ferdinand Bol, 1660

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash a disciple's feet in an arcaded hall, with apostles and a dining table behind.

Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples

Nicolas Bertin, 1720-30

Painting of a bishop with a gold-trimmed mitre, holding a book and crozier before a cloudy blue sky.

Saint Gaudioso

Girolamo Romanino, 1524

Painting of a bearded old man with a halo holding a stone and staff, with a lion resting beside him under a cloudy sky.

Saint Jerome

Girolamo Romanino, 1524