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Renaissance altarpiece of the Madonna and Child surrounded by saints, angels with instruments, and a kneeling donor.

Madonna and Child with Saints

Luca Signorelli

Painting of a crowd gathered under large trees in a forest, with a preacher, drummer and rustic house in the distance.

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist

Abraham Bloemaert, 1590

Dark painting of the crucified Christ with mourners kneeling and standing at the foot of the cross in shadow.

Crucifixion

Leonaert Bramer, 1620

Painting of an elderly bearded man with clasped hands praying upward in dark light, with a crown on a stone ledge.

Saint Onuphrius

Jusepe de Ribera

Black-and-white image of a standing saint with halo, dark veil and mantle, holding a palm frond and a flaming dish, on an arc

Saint Lucy

Jacopo del Casentino, 1340

Oil painting of an elderly man with hand on chest, a woman in a green headscarf, and a robed figure in a dim interior.

St. Peter Denying Christ

Benjamin West, 1778

Circular painting of the Virgin kneeling in prayer, Saint Joseph with a staff, and the Christ Child before a classical arcade

Adoration of the Christ Child

Mariotto Albertinelli, 1515

Elderly bearded man writing with a quill beside a lion, with a skull and open book on a stone ledge.

Saint Jerome

Willem Key, 1550

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child adored by a bishop, a saint with a tower, and a bearded man with a staff.

Adoration of the Christ Child, with Sts Barbara and Martin

Raffaello Botticini, 1512

Gilded altarpiece panel of the Madonna and Child with a bishop, Saint John the Baptist, angels and Christ blessing above.

Madonna and Child, with a Bishop, St John The Baptist and Angels

Antonio da Firenze, 1400

Painting of Saint Michael the Archangel in armor and red cloak, standing on a fallen dragon and raising a sword.

Saint Michael the Archangel Slaying the Dragon

Joshua Reynolds, 1750

Painting of a seated crowned woman handing a book to a kneeling turbaned man, with a standing officer and onlookers behind.

Queen Victoria Giving the Bible to an African Chief (The Secret of England’s Greatness)

Thomas Jones Barker, 1861

Painting of Saint Mary of Egypt with long hair, a wooden cross, and bread loaves beside a tree under a cloudy sky.

Saint Mary of Egypt

Domenico Fetti, 1613

Painting of a kneeling bearded man in red greeting three winged angels beneath a tree, with a peacock at left.

Abraham and the Three Angels

Pieter Lastman, 1623

Oil painting of the Madonna holding the Christ Child, flanked by four angels playing lutes, with a Mater Dei inscription abov

Madonna and Child with Four Angels

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1514

Painting of St. John the Evangelist, an elderly bearded saint in a red robe with a halo, reading an open book.

St. John the Evangelist

Piero della Francesca, 1455

Painting of a nun in a dark habit writing in a book at a red-draped table, with cherubs and a lily in the scene.

Saint Teresa of Avila

Juan Antonio de Frías y Escalante

Painting of the Madonna and Child with two angels in a grey Renaissance interior, the Child holding a white flower.

Madonna di Senigallia

Piero della Francesca, 1474

Painting of Saint Michael in jeweled armor with wings and halo, holding a sword and standing on a serpent.

Saint Michael

Piero della Francesca, 1469

Full-length painting of a bishop with a mitre, crozier and red book, wearing a cope decorated with small scenes.

Saint Augustin

Piero della Francesca, 1455

Painting of an emaciated elderly bearded man holding a wooden cross, with a skull on a ledge beside him, against a dark backg

Saint Onophrius

Jusepe de Ribera, 1642

Baroque painting of the Madonna and Child with Saint Anne above a crowd of kneeling saints, kings and an armored warrior.

Madonna and Child with Saint Anne

Peter Paul Rubens, 1625

Four nude putti, two winged, with a lamb, grapes and a fruit basket in a dark vine-covered setting.

Christ and John the Baptist as children and two angels

Peter Paul Rubens, 1615

Nativity scene with kneeling Virgin Mary, newborn Christ on light, angels, Saint Joseph, animals and a landscape beyond ruine

The Birth of Christ

Joos van Cleve, 1520

Painting of the Madonna and Child with saints and a kneeling woman in prayer, in a dark background with cherubs.

Madonna mit Heiligen

Painting of the dead Christ supported from behind by an angel against a dark background, with a white loincloth.

Dead Christ Supported by an Angel

Palma il Giovane, 1612

Painting of a nun in black habit and white wimple holding a scroll against a gold background.

An Augustinian Nun (Saint Monica)

Piero della Francesca, 1455

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with saints and two donors before a hilly landscape with a bridge and town.

Holy Family with John the Baptist and two donors

Andrea Previtali, 1508

Saint James the Great of Compostella

Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece, 1480

Fresco of a kneeling praying man before a bearded saint, with a white dog, columns, a garland and a city view.

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta before Saint Sigismund

Piero della Francesca, 1451

Renaissance painting of the Madonna and Child seated in a classical apse with saints, angels and a kneeling armored knight.

Madonna and Child with Saints, Angels and Federico da Montefeltro (San Bernardino Altarpiece)

Piero della Francesca, 1472

Painting of John the Baptist baptizing Christ in a river as a dove descends, with two angels and a landscape behind.

Altarpiece of the Guild of the Fur Workers

Maerten de Vos, 1574