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17,960 works

Loose painted sketch of a muscular nude man struggling as armored soldiers advance, beside a reclining woman in pink drapery.

The Capture of Samson

Peter Paul Rubens, 1609-10

Painting of Christ's head with a gold halo, long auburn hair, beard, and red gold-embroidered garment against a dark backgrou

Head of Christ

Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, 1506

Virgin and Child with two angels, Madonna in blue robe before red curtains and a hilly landscape, by Lorenzo di Credi.

The Virgin and Child with Two Angels

Lorenzo di Credi, 1476

Painting of the Adoration of the Kings: Mary holds the infant Christ as a kneeling king offers a gift amid a crowd of soldier

The Adoration of the Kings

Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1564

Painting of a nude body being lowered in a burial scene with mourners in red, pink and green robes against a rocky landscape.

The Entombment

Michelangelo, 1510

Renaissance painting of the Virgin and infant Christ with young John the Baptist and two angels, with an unfinished nude at l

Manchester Madonna

Michelangelo, 1494

Medieval triptych with Crucifixion at center and saints Anthony, Christopher, James and George on the wings, gold background.

Triptych of the Crucifixion with Saints Anthony, Christopher, James and George

Netherlandish or German; possibly Rhenish, c. 1400

Bearded saint in black robes surrounded by grotesque winged demons and beasts, with a river and distant town below.

The Torment of Saint Anthony

Michelangelo, 1487

Painting of a preacher in a pulpit addressing a crowd in an arched church interior, with a street scene at right.

The Calling of Saint Anthony

Aertgen van Leyden, 1530

Saint Jerome dozes beside a candle, holding a skull, with a red cardinal's hat and open book nearby.

Saint Jerome

Aertgen van Leyden, 1520

Painting of Christ with halo and disciples in red, yellow and green robes on a stone platform before a colonnade.

Christ Instructing Peter and John to Prepare for the Passover

Vincenzo Civerchio, 1504

Painting of the Adoration of the Kings under a ruined arch, with angel musicians and God the Father in clouds above.

The Adoration of the Kings

Girolamo da Treviso the Younger, 1524

Madonna and Child enthroned with angels playing lutes, saints, and a kneeling donor before a hilltop town.

The Madonna and Child with Angels, Saints and a Donor

Girolamo da Treviso the Younger, 1529

Oval painting of angels, cherubs and a central female figure rising through clouds toward light, with kneeling figures below.

Le Triomphe de la Religion

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1780

Painting of Mary holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a kneeling woman, with an elderly man and a landscape behind.

The Mystical marriage of Saint Catherine

Lorenzo Lotto, 1506

Renaissance painting of the Nativity with the infant Christ, Mary, Joseph, an angel, kneeling shepherds, and a rocky landscap

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, 1509

Painting of a haloed white-robed Christ descending stone steps as a crowd and soldiers gather, a man carrying a cross on the

Christ Leaving the Praetorium

Gustave Doré, 1867

Painting of Christ tied to a column being whipped by two men, with soldiers and onlookers in an arched interior.

Flagellation of Christ

Pere Serafí, 1543

Painting of Saint Sebastian tied to a tree, pierced by arrows, with two grieving women and a helmet at lower left.

Saint Sebastian

Eugenio Caxés, 1615-1620

Manuscript page with a haloed seated figure receiving an offering from a kneeling attendant, beside columns of black Sanskrit

Mahavira Gives Away his Possessions, from a copy of the Kalpasutra

Unknown artist, c. 1480-1490

Painting of a haloed saint kneeling in prayer in a rocky clearing, with a monk digging nearby and a chapel in the background.

Saint Hymer in Solitude

After Jean Restout, c. 1735

Painted saint in grey friar's habit with halo, pointing to an IHS monogram disc against a gold damask background.

Saint Bernardino of Siena

Miguel Esteve, 1510-1530

Oval painting of Moses reacting to an angel beside a burning bush, with a serpent on rocks and a stormy sky.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Nicolas Poussin, 1641

Painted miniature of Krishna and Radha seated on a pavilion platform with three attendant women, framed by red border and gar

Krishna and Radha in a Pavilion, from a copy of the Seven Hundred Verses (Sat Sai) of Bihari

Unknown artist, 1719

Moses in a red robe raises his staff toward storm clouds above the sea while a crowd of people gathers on rocks.

Moses causes the Red Sea to recede and Pharaoh's army to be flooded

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1815

Saint Simon

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Oil painting of an elderly bearded man in a green robe and red cloak reading an open book against a dark background.

Saint Thomas

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of a bearded man in a red robe gesturing toward a diagonal cross against a dark background.

Saint Andrew

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of a long-haired man in a red cloak gazing down at a gold chalice he holds in both hands.

Saint John

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Painting of a bearded older man with grey hair looking down, wearing a pale cloth over a dark robe, against a dark background

Saint Bartholomew

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Saint James the Less

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660

Oil painting of a bearded man in a brown cloak holding a staff, with a dark background, after Van Dyck.

Saint James

after Sir Anthony van Dyck, after 1660