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18,062 works

Four-panel altarpiece showing Christ's Passion: prayer on the Mount of Olives, arrest with torches, and two scenes in a colum

Saint Sebastian altar by Albrecht Altdorfer

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1509

Painting of a mitred bishop and an armored haloed saint meeting, with attendants and soldiers behind them against a dark back

Meeting of St Erasm and Saint Maurice

Matthias Grünewald, 1520

Painting of the crucifixion of Christ with three mourners at the foot of the cross under a dark night sky.

The Small Crucifixion

Matthias Grünewald, 1511

Pontormo's Virgin and Child: Mary in red and green gazes down at the nude infant Christ leaning on her, beside an open book.

Virgin and Child

Oval painting of the Virgin Mary in red and blue holding the infant Christ on a red cushion against a dark background.

Virgin and Child, known as the Madonna del Libro

Tall panel painting of armored archangel Michael in red cloak with halo, pinning a crouching horned demon below.

Archangel Michael

Painting of a princess on a gilded barge on the Nile, attendants lifting a basket with an infant, blue flowers in foreground.

The finding of Moses

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1904

Painting of a church interior with a golden cross, sculpted saints, and a procession of figures on a mosaic floor.

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice

David Dalhoff Neal, 1869

Circular painting of an elderly bearded man with a knife above a reclining youth as an angel descends from the clouds.

Sacrifice of Isaac

School of Johann Liss, the younger, 1600-50

Circular painting of an elderly bearded man with two women, one pouring wine into a cup, against a cloudy sky.

Lot and his Daughters

School of Johann Liss, the younger, 1600-50

Nativity painting with Mary kneeling by the Christ Child, angels playing instruments, and a pastoral landscape behind.

The Adoration of the Christ Child

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, c. 1515

Painting of Saint Catherine, crowned, holding a sword, beside a marble column with a cherub, under a cloudy landscape.

Saint Catherine

Jean Bellegambe, c. 1520

Painting of Saint Barbara in red and green robes holding a palm frond and book, with a tower behind her.

Saint Barbara

Jean Bellegambe, c. 1520

Saint Peter Martyr in black robes exorcizes a woman in pink as a winged devil rises above her, with onlookers and buildings b

Saint Peter Martyr Exorcizing a Woman Possessed by a Devil

Antonio Vivarini, c. 1450

Painting of the Virgin Holding the Christ Child against a gold arched background with stars, both with haloes.

Virgin and Child

Central Italian, c. 1450

Painting of a battle with mounted knights, a cannon, and two saints appearing on a hilltop above a fortified city.

Appearance of Saints Faustinus and Jovita in the Defense of Brescia

Grazio Cossali, 1603

Painting of a haloed severed head on a platter held by a woman, with an executioner, armored guards and a kneeling body in a

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Master of Palanquinos, c. 1490-c. 1500

Oil sketch of Saint John the Baptist preaching in the desert, pointing skyward while a crowd listens below.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Desert

Jean-Baptiste Deshays, c. 1758-64

Shepherds with cattle and sheep on a hillside, with an angel descending through stormy clouds above.

Annunciation to the Shepherds

After Jacobo Bassano, c. 1710

Painting of the Circumcision of Christ in a dim temple with priests, a kneeling Virgin in blue, and golden vessels.

Circumcision of Christ

Leonaert Bramer, 1640

Medieval painting of Christ in a crown of thorns carrying a cross through a crowd of soldiers and onlookers, with crucifixion

Christ Carrying the Cross

Master of the Freising Visitation, c. 1490

Painting of the Virgin Mary with the infant Christ against a golden halo, in a blue robe and red mantle.

Virgin and Child

Jan Gossaert, c. 1520

Dark painting of a robed figure raising his arm over a man rising from a tomb, with startled onlookers at left.

The Raising of Lazarus

Follower of Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1630

Armored rider carrying a wooden cross before a city wall, with a trumpeter, soldiers, a white dog, and a flying angel.

Emperor Heraclius Denied Entry into Jerusalem

Unknown artist, c. 1470

Crucifixion painting: Christ on a cross with a skull below, grieving figures with halos on either side, and a rocky landscape

The Crucifixion

Carlo Crivelli, c. 1487

Arched altarpiece: Madonna and Child in clouds with two angels above, four saints standing on a shore below.

Madonna and child in heaven with four saints

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, 1524

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with haloed saints, a golden chalice, and a kneeling female donor in prayer.

The Holy Family with Four Saints and a Female Donor

Antonio Rimpatta, c. 1510

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, kneeling king, attendants and a star over a stone archway.

Adoration of the Magi

Martin Schaffner, 1515

Two haloed saints, a man with a branch and a crowned woman in blue, stand before a tower in a late medieval painting.

Diptych of Saints Achatius, Barbara, Apollonia, and Sebald

German; Franconia, c. 1490

Painting of the dead Christ with a crown of thorns supported by a grieving woman, with mourners in red and dark clothing.

The Lamentation of Christ

Colijn de Coter, 1510

Panel painting with two scenes: Saint Christopher facing demons on a rocky path, and before a king with armored soldiers belo

Saint Christopher Meets Satan; Saint Christopher before the King of Lycia

Martín de Soria, 1480-85

Medieval panel painting with two scenes of a haloed saint at a royal banquet and preaching to a crowd with a baptism.

Saint Christopher Taking Leave of the King Who Feared Satan; Saint Christopher and His Converts

Martín de Soria, 1480-85