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Painting of Saint John the Baptist with a halo reaching toward a branch in a wilderness, with a lamb and light rays.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Denys Calvaert, 1600

Painting of a kneeling friar holding the Christ Child as the Virgin and cherubs appear on clouds under a night sky.

The Vision of Saint Francis

Ludovico Carracci, 1602

Four panels of a 1478 altarpiece showing Christ, angels at an organ, a kneeling king, and a kneeling woman with a knight.

The Trinity Altarpiece panels

Hugo van der Goes, 1478

Gold-ground panel of the Madonna and Child with two angels and a kneeling donor by Giovanni di Paolo, 1445.

Madonna and Child with Two Angels and a Donor

Giovanni di Paolo, 1445

Panel painting of Saint Paul with a sword and book, haloed, in red mantle and blue robe against a gold background.

St Paul the Apostle

Taddeo di Bartolo

Painting of Saint John the Baptist in red robe and animal skin, holding a cross staff and scroll, on gold background.

Saint John the Baptist

Taddeo di Bartolo, 1390

Painting of Saint Jerome in red robes and hat holding a quill and book against a gold background.

Saint Jerome

Taddeo di Bartolo, 1390

Painting of haloed Christ in red robe carrying a wooden cross against a gold background, in a gabled panel.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Taddeo di Bartolo

Gold-ground altarpiece panel of the Virgin and Child in dark mantle, with red-winged angels and kneeling musicians below.

The Virgin and Child with Angels

Taddeo di Bartolo, 1418

Gold-ground panel of the Holy Trinity: God the Father holds the crucified Christ on a cross, with a dove and two angels.

The Holy Trinity (Seat of Mercy)

Taddeo di Bartolo

Painting of the Virgin Mary climbing a temple staircase while a priest waits above, with Saints Anne and Joachim kneeling bel

The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple with Saints Anne and Joachim

Pedro de Campaña, 1520

Painting of the Nativity with the infant Christ in a manger, Mary kneeling, shepherds, angels, an ox and a donkey.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Louis Le Nain, 1640

Painting of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by soldiers with poles beneath a stone niche and a Roman bust.

Christ Crowned with Thorns

Titian, 1542

Titian painting of the Virgin with a white rabbit, a standing woman, the infant Christ, and a shepherd in a landscape.

Madonna of the Rabbit

Titian, 1530

Painting of Christ bound to a column, bare-backed and bleeding, as several figures lash him with whips in a dim classical hal

The flagellation of Christ

Peter Paul Rubens, 1617

Painting of a kneeling friar receiving rays of light from a winged figure on a cross, with a companion, skull and book in a r

The stigmatisation of Saint Francis of Assisi

Peter Paul Rubens, 1633

Soldiers raise standards toward a glowing emblem in the sky while a laurel-crowned emperor in armor gestures from a pedestal.

The Emblem of Christ Appearing to Constantine

Peter Paul Rubens, 1622

Seated bound man with halo beside a column, a winged angel pointing and a kneeling child in blue, whips on the floor.

Christ contemplated by the Christian Soul

Diego Velázquez, 1625

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, both with golden halos, against a dark starry sky.

Virgin and Child

William Blake, 1825

Painting of a man with a moustache in a blue jacket beside a yellow crucifix figure against a bright landscape.

Portrait of the Artist with the Yellow Christ

Paul Gauguin, 1890

Painting of a bowed red-haired figure in a brown cloak beside a bare tree, with a blue landscape and two distant figures.

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Oil study by Ingres of figures with raised arms, pointing gestures, and studies of hands around a central pedestal.

Studies for "The Martyrdom of Saint Symphorien" (Saint, Mother, and Proconsul)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1833

Men carry a shrouded body down steps into a dark cave tomb as a torch-bearer and mourning woman look on.

Christ Carried Down to the Tomb

Eugène Delacroix, 1859

Painting of figures in a small boat struggling against stormy dark waves, with one figure's arms raised.

Christ on the Sea of Galilee

Eugène Delacroix, 1841

Painting of Christ on a cross at night with a grieving woman in red drapery at its base beneath a stormy sky.

Saint Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross

Eugène Delacroix, 1829

Black and white reproduction of a Virgin and Child painting with an open book and figures on stairs in the background.

Virgin and Child

Francesco Morandini

Dark painting of a dead nude body being lowered in a white shroud by mourners, one in a red cloak.

Entombment après Jusepe de Ribera (Grablegung Christi, nach Jusepe de Ribera)

Édouard Manet, 1850

Painting of rocky mountains, cypress trees, a river and a walled city under a pale sky, with small figures on the slopes.

Mountainous landscape with the temptations of Christ

Lucas van Valckenborch, 1540

Painting of a bound, crowned Jesus seated among mocking soldiers against a dark background, by Édouard Manet, 1865.

Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers

Édouard Manet, 1865

Painting of a bearded man wearing a crown of thorns with blood on his forehead, gazing upward against a dark background.

Head of Christ

Édouard Manet, 1865

Painting of a bound, nude Christ at a column with a crown of thorns, lit from above while executioners prepare to scourge him

The Flagellation of Christ

Caravaggio, 1607

Caravaggio's The Denial of Saint Peter: a soldier and veiled woman confront an elderly bearded man in candlelit shadow.

The Denial of Saint Peter

Caravaggio, 1610