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Painting of Christ carrying the cross past armored soldiers, mounted riders, grieving women and ruined arches.

Christ Carrying the Cross

François-Alexandre Verdier, 1704

Gold-ground painting of the Virgin Mary in a blue starred mantle holding the Christ Child in a red robe.

Virgin and Child

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Painting of the Virgin in pink and blue presenting a Saint Dominic portrait to a kneeling friar among clouds and angels.

The Virgin Presenting the Portrait of Saint Dominic to the Friar of Soriano

Francesco de Mura

Study for the Head of the Virgin (in the Nativity)

John Singleton Copley, 1777

Gilded Gothic altarpiece with enthroned Virgin and Child, a Crucifixion, and the Coronation of the Virgin above.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints; Crucifixion; Coronation of the Virgin

Maestro Daddesco, 1340

Gothic altarpiece panel of the Presentation in the Temple with the Virgin, infant Christ, a priest and attendant figures.

Altarpiece of the Virgin

Jacques Daret, 1433

Painting of the Nativity: kneeling Virgin Mary in blue before the infant Christ, with angels, Joseph, a turbaned adorer and a

The nativity

Jacques Daret, 1434

Painting of three haloed saints in robes, a bishop with mitre on the left and two friars in brown and grey habits.

Saints Zenobius, Francis and Anthony of Padua

Zanobi Strozzi, 1445

Two standing saints with staves before gold brocade and a Gothic window; one holds an open book.

Saints Matthias and Matthew

Master of the Holy Kinship the Younger, 1480

Grayscale study of a bearded man in a wrapped turban and ruffled collar, painted in loose, tonal brushwork.

Study of a Hindu

Emil Otto Grundmann

Painting of a kneeling monk in black and white robes praying beside a crucifix under a dramatic stormy sky.

Saint Dominic in Prayer

Gilded Gothic panel with two haloed saints holding a book, and two prophets with scrolls in niches above.

Saint John the Evangelist and a Deacon Saint (right panel)

Niccolò di Ser Sozzo Tegliaccio

Nativity painting: Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child on a red bed, with an ox and donkey in a manger and a shepherd with she

Nativity

Conrad von Soest, 1404

Baroque painting of saints in a columned hall, with an angel holding a palm, a bishop seated, and cherubs in the clouds above

Saints Ippolito, Taurino, and Ercolano

Antonio González Velázquez, 1740

Painting of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds with arms outstretched, surrounded by angels and cherubs.

Assumption of the Virgin

Paolo de Matteis, 1707

Grisaille painting of a martyrdom scene with a kneeling woman, soldiers, onlookers and a winged putto above.

Martyrdom of Saint Marta

Antonio González Velázquez, 1740

Saint Peter Thomas

Francisco de Zurbarán, 1635

Black-and-white reproduction of a medieval painting showing a haloed nude martyr being flayed before a crowd of onlookers.

Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

Lorenzo di Niccolò di Martino, 1404

Painting of Christ in red and blue robes gesturing toward a bandaged paralytic man, with onlookers and a landscape behind.

Christ Healing the Paralytic

Anthony van Dyck, 1619

Dark interior painting of a woman gesturing at a laid table while a bearded man in red stands nearby and a servant tends a fi

Christ in the House of Martha and Mary

Pedro Orrente, 1605

Seated woman in a pale robe clasping her hands beside a white lily in a yellow urn, before a mosaic wall.

Saint Catherine

Mary L. Macomber, 1896

Robed mourners carry a pale nude body past columns and stones, with soldiers watching from a balcony above.

Devout Men Taking the Body of Saint Stephen

Benjamin West, 1776

Virgin Mary holds an open book while the Christ Child leans in to read beside her against a dark background.

The Virgin Teaching the Christ Child to Read

Painting of a winged angel in a white gown, arms crossed over chest, eyes lowered, against a muted green background.

The Angel

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1903

Painting of the Virgin, Saint Catherine and the infant Christ in a ring exchange against a dark background.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Painting of a nude bound Christ surrounded by soldiers and onlookers, with a raised whip in dim light.

The Scourging of Christ

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child against a gold background with haloes and a lettered scroll.

Virgin and Child

Sano di Pietro, 1447

Painting of the angel Gabriel with a lily and dove greeting the Virgin Mary seated before a book, by El Greco.

The Annunciation

Gilded panel of a saint in white veil and dark mantle holding a lily and red book against a gold ground.

Triptych: Saint Catherine of Siena

Sano di Pietro, 1450

Dark oil painting of the Virgin Mary, an older woman and two embracing children, with cherubs and angels above.

The Holy Family with Angels

Sebastiano Filippi, 1580

Painting of a man in red drapery whipping a haloed, nude bearded figure tied to a column in a dark interior.

The Flagellation of Christ

Monochrome painting of Mary Magdalene, half-nude with loose hair, leaning on a book and holding a skull, gazing upward.

Saint Mary Magdalen Penitent