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Gilded Gothic panel painting of the Crucifixion with Christ, mourning figures, a kneeling donor and two bearded prophets.

Crucifixion

Renaissance painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, with a muscular man holding a cross and a bearded man in a

The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist

Nosadella, 1550

Painting of a bearded man raising a staff as a crowd gathers to drink water, with a child in a basin in the foreground.

Moses Striking the Rock

Gioacchino Assereto, 1630

Oil portrait of a woman in a jeweled crown and golden dress holding a palm frond beside a wheel, dark background.

Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Virginia Vezzi, 1624

Oil painting of the Holy Family with a seated mother, bearded man, two children and a woman in gold drapery.

Holy Family

John Trumbull, 1826

Painting of the crucified Christ with a crown of thorns, a skull at the base of the cross, and a city on the horizon.

The Crucifixion (La crucifixión)

Nicolás Enríquez, 1790

Night scene of an angel with a torch leading a bearded man past sleeping guards on a prison floor.

The Liberation of Saint Peter

Leonaert Bramer, 1625

Baroque altarpiece: Virgin in glory, archangel with lily, bishop, bound saint pierced by arrows, kneeling man and dog.

A Glory of the Virgin with the Archangel Gabriel and Saints Eusebius, Roch, and Sebastian

Sebastiano Ricci, 1724

Two robed men at a stone tomb ledge with a white cloth, one gesturing, an open sky and landscape beyond.

St. John and St. Peter at Christ's Tomb

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, 1640

Painting of a dying king on a bed surrounded by mourners in red, yellow and dark robes, with a sea and rocky coast behind.

The Death of Saint Louis

Ary Scheffer, 1817

Renaissance painting of the Holy Family with Saint Catherine holding a wheel and palm, the Christ Child reaching toward her.

The Holy Family with Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Lavinia Fontana, 1581

Painted scene of robed figures gesturing toward a crucifix, with a kneeling man in the foreground inside a scrolled frame.

Scenes from the Life of Saint Arianus

Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner, 1755

Gilded altarpiece panel of the Virgin and Child flanked by two saints and two angels on a gold background.

Virgin and Child with Sts. Louis of Toulouse and Michael

Luca di Tommè, 1362

Winged archangel with raised sword stands on a fallen demon while rebel angels tumble into darkness below.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Luca Giordano, 1666

Gilded panel of the crucified Christ with Mary and John beside the cross, and an enthroned Madonna and Child above.

Christus aan het kruis, met Maria en Johannes

Unknown artist, c. 1250

Painting of a haloed seated figure gazing up at a man reaching into a tree on a rocky hillside, with a distant city.

Landscape with the Temptation of Christ

Alessandro Magnasco, 1715

Painting of a bearded man bound to an X-shaped cross surrounded by a crowd, soldiers, mothers and children under a stormy sky

The Crucifixion of St. Andrew

Frans Francken the Younger, 1620

Gilded triptych with the Virgin and Child enthroned, flanked by angels and saints, with Annunciation scenes above.

The Virgin and Child with Saints and the Annunciation

Giovanni di Paolo, 1427

Oval devotional painting on metal of the Nativity with Mary, Joseph, the infant Christ, God the Father, angels and a dove.

Badge with Adoration of the Shepherds (Escudo con la adoración de los pastores)

José de Páez, 1770

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising to heaven on clouds with angels, while robed figures below look up in awe.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Gaspare Diziani, 1734

Stylized frontal face in pastel planes of turquoise, pink and yellow with large black almond eyes and striped lips.

The Young Christ

Alexej von Jawlensky, 1920

Painting of Saint Augustine in gold vestments holding a flaming heart and quill beside an open Bible in a study.

Saint Augustine

Philippe de Champaigne, 1645

Candlelit painting of Christ wearing a crown of thorns, surrounded by mocking men holding a torch and a reed staff.

The Mocking of Christ

Gerard van Honthorst, 1617

Painting of a seated man with a staff and dog, gazing up at a winged angel on a cloud offering a glass.

Saint Roch and the Angel

Guy François, 1610

Painting of a robed figure with raised arms beneath swirling clouds, with nude figures reaching upward beside green and yello

The Vision of Saint John, or The Opening of the Fifth Seal

Painting of the Annunciation: the Virgin Mary at a lectern in blue robes faces an angel in yellow with a dove and cherubs abo

Annunciation

Christ with a whip drives merchants from a columned temple while a crowd reacts, painted by El Greco around 1570.

Christ driving the money-changers from the Temple

Painting of a haloed kneeling saint gazing up at angels in clouds, with a man in black holding buckets at left.

Study for an Altarpiece

Mariano Salvador Maella, 1800

Renaissance painting of the Madonna and Christ child with angels and kneeling saints in a church interior.

Madonna and child with saints

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1512

Painting of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple with a kneeling woman in blue and a priest holding an infant.

Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Vicente López Portaña

Baroque painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with a kneeling saint, surrounded by angels and cherubs on clouded steps.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, 1680

Painting of the dead Christ on a shroud on a tomb, with grieving angels, a torch-bearing angel, and small putti in a dark set

Dead Christ with Lamenting Angels

Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, 1650