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Virgin Mary kneels in prayer beside the infant Christ, with angels, an ox and a donkey, against a gold background.

The Nativity

Master of Pulkau, 1507-10

Virgin and Child on a cloud above a kneeling Saint Francis, with two angels and a distant landscape under an orange sky.

Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Francis

Francesco Albani, c. 1606

Painting of a haloed bearded man in animal skins seated under a tree beside a lamb, with light breaking through the foliage.

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Denys Calvaert, c. 1610

Angel in Adoration

Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, 1510

Painting of a bearded man in a green cloak holding a white lamb, standing on a checkered floor between stone columns.

Saint John the Baptist

Master of the Morrison Triptych, c. 1490

Gold-ground panel of a haloed saint praying beside a crowned king, with an angel above a spiked wheel and a kneeling figure b

Saint Catherine Delivered from the Wheel

Unknown artist, c. 1395

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a brown robe, gazing upward with one arm raised against a dark background.

Penitent Saint Peter

Jusepe de Ribera, c. 1630

Painting of Mary and the Christ Child on a donkey led by Joseph, with an angel, palms, and a walled city behind.

The Flight into Egypt

Bernardino Butinone, c. 1485

Painting of the Descent from the Cross: a man on a ladder lowers Christ's body while mourners in red and green robes look on.

The Descent from the Cross

Bernardino Butinone, c. 1485

Painting of a Renaissance banquet with seated men at a table, servants with gold dishes, and a building with arcades.

Salome Asking Herod for the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni di Paolo, 1455-60

Painting of the Virgin and Child on a gilded throne, with two angels holding a crown above them.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels Holding a Crown

Attributed to Ansano Ciampanti, c. 1510

Grisaille image of a bishop saint enthroned with a mitre, raised hand and book, with a small kneeling figure at lower left.

Bishop Saint Enthroned

Allegretto Nuzi, 1360-70

Gold-ground panel of the Virgin and Child flanked by two saints and a row of haloed angels.

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome, Bernardino of Siena, and Angels

Sano di Pietro, c. 1455

Painting of a haloed friar kneeling before a seated pope while monks and cardinals look on in a gilded setting.

Saint Francis before the Pope (The Approval of the Franciscan Rule)

Spinello Aretino, 1390-1400

Panel painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, both with gold haloes, against a red and gold background.

Virgin and Child

Unknown artist, c. 1270

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ on a stone tomb, with crosses and figures on a rocky hill behind.

Pietà

After Cosimo Tura, 1475/1500

Virgin nursing the infant Christ with an older man reading behind them, a vase of flowers and a lemon on the table.

Holy Family

Workshop of Joos van Cleve, c. 1525

Painting of a bishop with a flaming heart and crozier beside a kneeling veiled nun in prayer, before a green landscape.

Saint Augustine and an Augustinian Canoness

Unknown artist, c. 1530

Two women in religious dress in a wooded landscape: one holds a golden crozier and book, the other kneels in prayer.

Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and an Augustinian Canoness

Unknown artist, c. 1530

Painting of a kneeling donor in dark robes with a young saint in red holding a chalice above him in a Gothic interior.

Saint John the Evangelist and Donor

Master of the Morrison Triptych, c. 1490

Medieval painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child in a red mantle, with Saint Joseph seated beside a Gothic windo

Holy Family

Unknown artist, c. 1450

Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ before a landscape with a castle, rocks, trees and travelers on a path.

Virgin and Child

Workshop of Adriaen Isenbrant, c. 1520

Virgin and Child in blue mantle and red brocade gown with gold halos before a Gothic canopy, late 15th-century panel.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Virgin and Child

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Saint John the Baptist in red mantle points to a lamb on a book beneath carved Gothic relief scenes.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint John the Baptist

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Painting of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles around a table in a tiled Gothic interior with golden hanging.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: The Last Supper

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Panel painting of Christ ascending above a golden mound as kneeling apostles gaze upward in a landscape with a distant city.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: The Ascension

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Gothic painting of Pentecost: robed apostles and the Virgin kneel and gaze up at a dove with golden rays in a gilded frame.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Pentecost

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Gilded panel painting of a haloed bishop saint in green vestment and red cope, holding a crozier, under a gothic canopy.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Honoré

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Painting of a bishop saint with a swan, holding a golden chalice with an infant, against a red Gothic background.

Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint Hugh of Lincoln

French; Picardy, c. 1495

Religious panel of Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, a armored saint with banner, and a kneeling donor before gold curtain.

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, Saint Gereon, and a Donor

Bartholomäus Bruyn the Elder, c. 1520

Oval painting of the Virgin and Child with young John the Baptist, Saint Cecilia, and angels against a dark background.

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, Saint Cecilia, and Angels

Piero di Cosimo, c. 1505

Saint Augustine in gold vestments writes at a desk, gazing up, as figures sprawl beneath him in a dim study.

Saint Augustine in his Study Trampling the Heretics

Philippe de Champaigne, about 1642