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Gold-ground style painting of the Nativity with angels, ox, donkey, and shepherds in a rocky landscape.

The Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds

Bernardo Daddi, 1336

Painting of a bearded man in green and yellow robes praying with clasped hands, gazing upward, holding a staff.

The Apostle James the Greater

Guido Reni, 1618

Painting of a dead man on a white shroud with two grieving women behind him and a candle at right.

Lamentation

Peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Painting of the Virgin Mary being crowned by Christ under a dove, with angels and musicians on clouds.

The Coronation of virgin Mary

Girolamo da Santacroce, 1545

Saint Peter lies chained in a dark cell as a winged angel appears beside him, light falling through a barred window.

Liberation of Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, 1639

Painting of Saint Rosalia with a rose crown and lily branch, gazing upward against a dark brown background.

Saint Rosalia

Luca Giordano, 1697

Painting of seated Christ blessing, flanked by saints, an angel and the four evangelist symbols in a gilded Gothic frame.

Christ Blessing

Fernando Gallego, 1500

Circular painting of the Holy Trinity: God the Father holds the cross with crucified Christ, a dove above, surrounded by cher

The Holy Trinity (Seat of mercy)

Francesco Granacci, 1515

Christ crucified on a cross against a stormy sky, with a town and river valley visible in the landscape below.

Christ on the Cross

Federico Barocci, 1604

Painting of a bearded saint in white habit and black cloak holding a quill and a model church, with a halo.

Saint Dominic of Guzmán

Juan Bautista Maíno, 1612

Madonna and Child painting: Virgin in red robe holds haloed infant holding a cherry, with a landscape behind.

Madonna and Child

Lorenzo di Credi

Triptych painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kings, and two female saints in side panels.

Adoration of the Magi with Sigismund I of Poland

Joos van Cleve, 1520

Painting of a woman in red holding a nude infant, with a river landscape and hills behind them.

Madonna with Child

Giampietrino, 1520

Saint Anthony reads in a cave while demons, monsters and nude figures tempt him across a rocky landscape.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony

Jan Mandijn, 1530

Mary holds blackberries and a nude infant Christ on her lap, with gold Latin inscriptions framing the panel.

Mary with the Christ-child

Jan Gossaert, 1525

Painting of the dead Christ with closed eyes and outstretched arms rising behind a tomb ledge against a dark background.

Christ in the tomb

Pietro Perugino, 1500

Half-length painting of Christ in a red cloak holding a triangle symbol of the Trinity against a dark background.

Christ with the Symbol of the Trinity

Giampietrino, 1550

Half-length painting of the Madonna in a green robe and white headdress holding a nude infant against a dark background.

Madonna and Child

Giampietrino, 1520

Painting of Christ's Ascension: his feet rise into clouds as kneeling disciples and onlookers gaze upward from a rocky hill.

The Ascension

Juan de Flandes, 1514

Circular painting of the Holy Family with young St. John adoring the infant Christ, ruined arches and a stable behind.

The Holy Family with Young St. John, Adoring the Child

Lorenzo di Credi

Painting of the Virgin nursing the infant Christ in a rose garden, with a walled town and cathedral spire behind.

Virgin and Child in a Landscape

Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy, 1480

Rembrandt's Crucifixion: pale Christ on a cross against a dark sky, with a shadowy crowd and a rider below.

Crucifixion

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Half-length painting of a bare-chested, haloed male saint gazing upward against a dark background.

Saint Sebastian

Pietro Perugino, 1495

Three angels and a boy with a fish walk across a rocky hillside in a painting of rich colours and detailed clothing.

The Three Archangels and Tobias

Francesco Botticini, 1470

Painting of Christ being baptized by John the Baptist in a river, with angels, a descending dove, and cherubs above.

The Baptism of Christ

Alessandro Turchi, 1630

Painting of the dead Christ seated on a tomb, supported by two bearded men in red, green and blue robes against a dark backgr

Pieta with Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea

Pietro Perugino, 1495

Painting of an aged bearded saint with a quill, gazing up at a small angel, beside a lion, skull and scrolls.

St Jerome and the Angel

Jusepe de Ribera, 1626

Painting of Saint Sebastian bound to a tree, pierced by arrows, with a red-robed angel above in a rocky landscape.

Saint Sebastian

Francesco Botticini, 1470

Painting of shepherds adoring the infant Jesus in a manger, with Mary, Joseph, and cherubs in a glowing light.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Carlo Maratta, 1690

Painting of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, with a landscape of a castle, river and horsemen at left.

The Virgin and Child

Bartolomeo Veneto, 1515

Painting of the risen Christ in a tomb with a cross banner, two soldiers beside him, and a hilly landscape behind.

The Resurrection

Francesco Botticini, 1480

Painting of Christ offering bread to kneeling apostles in a columned hall, with a table of bread and wine at right.

The Communion of the Apostles

Luca Giordano, 1705