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Gilded panel of Saint Michael in red-winged armor standing over a dragon, with a sword and halo against a gold background.

Saint Michael the Archangel

Blasco de Grañén, 1435

Gilded panel of a haloed rider on horseback cutting his red cloak to share with a barefoot beggar holding a staff.

Saint Martin Sharing his Cloak

Blasco de Grañén, 1450

Medieval painting of a haloed woman in black robes addressing a seated pope before a crowd and castle towers.

Saint Catherine of Siena before Pope Gregory XI

Blasco de Grañén

Standing saint with halo, pilgrim staff and red book against gold background, in a painted panel.

Saint James the Greater

Giovanni di Francesco

Painting of the dead Christ lying on a white cloth, mourned by three grieving women with haloes in a dark setting.

Lamentation of Christ

Annibale Carracci, 1606

Painting of Saint Mary of Egypt ascending on clouds, flanked by angels and putti, with a landscape below.

The Ascension of Saint Mary of Egypt

Holy Family with infant Christ, Virgin Mary and Joseph, beneath angels carrying a cross and a dove in clouds.

The Holy Family with a vision of the Arma Christi

Jan van Cleve, 1702

Painting of an angel descending to a kneeling bearded man in prayer beside a tree, with a white dog at the lower right.

Saint Roch and the Angel

Claude Simpol, 1650

Triptych with the Annunciation in the center and four saints on side panels, set against a blue sky and distant city.

Annunciation Triptych

Carlo Braccesco, 1490

Saint Jerome seated in red robes reading at a desk in a vaulted study, with a peacock, partridge and lion nearby.

Saint Jerome in his Study

Antonello da Messina, 1474

Virgin and Child with two angels holding a jeweled crown above Mary's head against a dark background.

The Virgin and Child

Antonello da Messina, 1460

Painting of Christ crucified on a tall cross, with a grieving woman in blue and a man in red beside a skull-strewn hill and d

Christ Crucified

Antonello da Messina, 1475

Painting of bearded Christ in red robe and blue cloak raising his hand in blessing against a dark background.

Christ blessing, detail Alternative title(s): Salvator mundi

Antonello da Messina, 1465

Painted folio of a crowded wedding procession in a walled city with temple spires, boats on a river, and an elephant.

Krishna's Marriage to Kalinda, page from a Dispersed Bhagavata Purana manuscript

Unknown artist, c. 1775

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, mourners in red and blue robes, and a walled city on a gold background.

The Crucifixion

Austrian or Bavarian, 1494

Painting of Christ falling under a cross, a man in yellow hauling a rope, soldiers and mourners behind, gold background.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Attributed to Hans Maler, c. 1510

Painting of an elderly bearded saint with a lion, open books, a skull and a hourglass in a wooded landscape.

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness

Workshop of Veronese, 1585-90

Painting of a haloed bishop in gold vestments writing at a lectern, with a study interior and figures visible through an arch

A Bishop Saint

Bartolomé Bermejo, c. 1480

Painting of the dead Christ held by the Virgin Mary with mourners gathered beneath a wooden cross.

Lamentation

Marco Tintoretto, 1580

Painting of an elderly bearded man in yellow and blue robes clasping his hands and looking upward in sorrow.

The Repentance of Saint Peter

Johannes Moreelse, 1630

Painting of a barefoot man with a straw hat and staff facing a seated woman in gold dress, in a dark wooded landscape.

Christ as the gardener and Mary Magdalene

Wenceslas Cobergher, 1650

Painting of Christ ascending above kneeling apostles and the Virgin Mary on a rocky hill, against a gold background.

The Ascension, German, c. 1420 - 1491

Johann Koerbecke, 1456

Christ kneels on a hillside gazing up at an angel offering a golden chalice, with sleeping disciples and putti in clouds.

Christ at the Mount of Olives

Peter Strudel, 1712

Ink drawing of a winged figure playing a harp on a canopied howdah atop a camel composed of animals and musicians.

Angel (Peri) Riding a Composite Camel

Unknown artist, c. 1700

Painting of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist, the Christ Child holding a small bird, against a dark background.

The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Perino del Vaga, 1524

Folding altarpiece with panels showing scenes from the life of Christ and the Virgin Mary, Latin inscriptions in gold.

Life of Christ and the Virgin Mary

Frans Francken I, 1580

Painting of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ, kneeling shepherds, cherubs above, and oxen in a barn.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesco Fontebasso

Painting of a sunlit cloister with arched vaults, columns, and brown-robed monks walking and reading in the arcade.

The Cloisters, San Lorenzo fuori le mura

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1824

Tibetan thangka of green Tara at center, surrounded by twenty-one smaller seated Tara figures on lotus thrones.

Buddhist Deity Green Tara and the Twenty-One Taras

Unknown artist, 18th century

Painting of the Virgin and Child with two female saints in gold robes, two winged putti above, dark background.

Virgin and Child with the Saints Catherine and Barbara

Lucas Cranach, 1510-1512

Dim interior of a synagogue with a congregation of men reading on benches beneath arches, lit candelabra, and a central domed

The Synagogue

Alessandro Magnasco, c. 1730

Painting of a young man with a halo seated by a tree beside a white lamb, holding a staff in a wild landscape.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Diego Velázquez, c. 1622