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Painting of Christ being baptized in a river by John the Baptist, with a dove, bearded God in clouds, and cherubs above.

The Baptism of Christ

Antoine Coypel, 1690

Painting of a green crucifix with three hooded women, a kneeling woman in blue in front, and a coastal landscape with sea.

The Green Christ

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue mantle holding the Christ Child in pink against a gold patterned background.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Bargello Tondo, 1425

Painting of a sleeping friar in brown robes with a winged angel playing violin above him, beside a skull on rocks.

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis

Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, 1615

Ink and wash drawing of a bearded man seated on an ox, painting a Virgin figure on an easel.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin

Georg Anton Urlaub, 1750

Knight on a white horse with a lance faces a dragon beside a nude woman on rocks, with black dogs nearby.

St. George and the Dragon (Saint Georges et le monstre)

Gustave Surand, 1888

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary holds the infant Jesus while kneeling kings offer gifts beneath a star and cherub

The Adoration of the Magi

Charles André van Loo, 1760

Painting of Christ in a crown of thorns and pink robe carrying a cross, with a grimacing man peering from behind the beam.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Girolamo Romanino, 1542

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, who holds a pomegranate, beneath a canopy with carnations and a finch.

Virgin and Child

Bernardino di Mariotto

Painting of the bearded Apostle St. Andrew holding a large diagonal cross, wearing a green cloak against a dark background.

The Apostle St. Andrew

School of El Greco, 1600

Painting of an angel descending in clouds toward a kneeling woman in yellow and pink robes, with a child and trees in a rocky

An angel appears and reveals a well of water to Hagar (Genesis 21:14-21)

Pieter Lastman, 1614

Painting of the Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints Francis and Carlo Borromeo kneeling beside the Virgin and infant Chris

Adoration of the Shepherds with Saints Francis and Carlo Borromeo

Tanzio da Varallo, 1628

Painting of a dying king receiving communion from a priest in a tent, with kneeling attendants and mourning knights around hi

The Last Communion of Saint Louis

Ary Scheffer, 1823

Painting of Saint Christopher carrying the Christ Child across a fantastical landscape with a severed head and demons.

Saint Christopher and the Christ Child

Jan Mandijn, 1550

Painting of a nude saint with halo beside an angel and cherub, with men recoiling and a fallen figure in red on a dark ground

Saint Agnes Protected by an Angel

Alessandro Turchi, 1620

Painting of the Virgin, Christ Child and an elderly man beside a stone pedestal, with a landscape of a castle and figures.

Holy Family

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1497

Gold-ground arched panel of Saint Stephen holding a palm frond and a book, wearing a blue mantle over red.

Saint Stephen

Gherardo Starnina, 1410

Painting of the prophet Isaiah seated with a scroll between two haloed angels against a gold background.

Isaiah with Two Angels

Gherardo Starnina, 1410

Gold-ground panel of a bearded prophet with a scroll flanked by two haloed winged angels in red and green robes.

Jeremiah with Two Angels

Gherardo Starnina, 1410

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with an elderly man and a friar holding a cross, set in a landscape with a temple.

Holy Family with Saint Francis in a Landscape

Giorgio Vasari, 1542

Baroque painting of a friar with a crucifix healing a crowd, with the Virgin and Child in clouds above a mountain landscape.

Miracles of Saint Salvador de Horta (Milagros del beato Salvador de Horta)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez, 1720

Gilded panel showing a bishop saint with crozier and a haloed saint with palm and gridiron, both kneeling against gold.

A Bishop Saint and Saint Lawrence

Gherardo Starnina, 1404

Gothic altarpiece of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, angels, and gilded arches, with narrative scenes below.

The Virgin and Child with Saints

Gold-ground painting of the Madonna and Child with two angels holding a crown above, in a pointed Gothic frame.

Madonna and Child with Angels

Oil painting of the Adoration of the Kings with the Virgin and Child, ruins, soldiers and a star above the shelter.

The Adoration of the Kings with Viceroy Pedro de Castro y Figueroa, Duke of La Conquista (La adoración de los reyes c…

Nicolás Enríquez, 1741

Painting of the Virgin Mary, Christ Child and Saint Joseph with golden halos and rays against a dark background.

The Holy Family (La sagrada familia)

Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, 1650

Gilded panel of Christ ascending above haloed apostles and the Virgin Mary in blue, in a pointed gothic frame.

Ascension of Christ

Andrea Vanni, 1355

Gold-ground triptych showing the Crucifixion with mourning figures, a kneeling donor, saints on side wings, and Christ blessi

The Crucifixion, with Saints

Andrea Vanni, 1353

Painting of the Virgin in red and white holding the Christ Child in green, both with gold halos, on a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Jacopo Bellini, 1450

Grayscale painting of a bearded saint with a patterned halo holding an open book and quill pen.

Saint Mark

Painting of Saint Francis kneeling in prayer as a seraph and angels appear in the sky above a rocky landscape.

Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1787

Gilded Gothic arch panel with rows of winged angels in haloes and robes, hands raised in prayer, against gold.

Worshipping Angels

Ugolino di Nerio, 1325