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Two tall altarpiece doors with stacked painted scenes of religious figures, architecture, and a spiked wheel.

Doors of an altarpiece with scenes of saint Catherine's life

Pedro Berruguete, 1495

Painting of a haloed Madonna in white veil and dark mantle holding a nude infant, with pink flowers in a vase at right.

Madonna of the Rose

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1885

Standing monk in white habit with crozier, open book and rosary, framed by a stone arch and columns.

Esquisse pour l'église de Bagneux : Saint Herbland

Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, 1877

Triptych of the Lamentation with kneeling donors, St Peter and St Paul, and a hilly landscape with a city behind.

Triptych with the lamentation Alternative title(s): Triptych with the Lamentation (centre panel), the donor with St P…

Jan Mostaert, 1515

Painting of the severed head of Saint John the Baptist on a golden platter, surrounded by angels and putti in an ornate frame

The Head of Saint John the Baptist

Jan Mostaert, 1526

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on a cross, God above in clouds, mourners, a mounted rider, and a mountain landscape.

The Crucifixion

Jan Mostaert, 1530

Panel painting of a severed bearded head on a gold platter, surrounded by putti and angels against a gilded background.

The Head of Saint John the Baptist

Jan Mostaert, 1510

Painting of the Virgin Mary reading as an angel with a lily descends, with a dove and cherubs above in golden light.

Annunciation to Mary

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1766

Oil sketch of the Virgin ascending on clouds with angels above an open tomb, while robed figures gaze upward.

Ascension of Mary

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1762

Baroque painting of Christ in a colonnade gesturing to a kneeling soldier, with angels above and a mounted soldier at left.

Christ and the Captain of Capernaum

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1750

Painting of two bearded men embracing before soldiers on horseback, with angels in a glowing sky above.

Farewell to the Apostles Peter and Paul Before Their Martyrdom

Franz Anton Maulbertsch

Painting of St. Paul with a book and sword, a kneeling figure, and an angel above in classical architecture.

St. Paul the Apostle

Franz Anton Maulbertsch, 1759

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: a kneeling king offers a gold vessel to the Christ Child held by Mary.

Adoration of the Magi

Jan van Bijlert, 1630

Young man in red cloak and white shirt gazes upward, hands clasped on a book, with a dark bird beside him.

De evangelist Johannes

Jan van Bijlert, 1625

Painting of a bound, half-naked man tied to a tree, tended by women, with arrows and a bow in the foreground.

Saint Sebastian attended by Saint Irene

Jan van Bijlert, 1650

Annunciation: angel Gabriel and kneeling Virgin Mary in a Gothic arcaded interior with lilies and open books.

Annunciation

Barthélémy d' Eyck, 1443

Triptych with risen Christ, saints and angels in the centre, and kneeling donor family and women on the side panels.

Triptych with the triumph of Christ and the donor family Morillon

Michiel Coxie, 1556

Painting of bearded hermits in brown robes on a rocky path, with two women behind them and a wooded landscape under a cloudy

Michiel Coxie - Hermits after the Ghent Altarpiece

Painting of the Virgin in blue mantle gazing down at the nude infant Christ, with a landscape of castle, bridge and mountains

Madonna Adoring the Child

Bartolomeo Montagna, 1479

Painting of a woman with a halo holding a green palm frond, wearing a green gown and pearl necklace against a dark background

Saint Justina of Padua

Bartolomeo Montagna, 1490

Painting of the Madonna in a blue mantle holding a nude infant Christ against a rocky landscape with clouds.

Madonna and Child

Bartolomeo Montagna, 1490

Triptych with Madonna and Child between Saint Lawrence with a gridiron and Saint Augustine in a bishop's mitre, gold backgrou

Madonna and child with Saints Lawrence and Augustine

Paolo da Caylina il Vecchio, 1460

Renaissance painting of an arcaded courtyard with elegantly dressed men, a kneeling woman in a room at left, and a landscape

Saint Bernardino heals a barren woman or resurrects a dead child

Sante di Apollonio, 1473

Madonna and Child flanked by Saint Francis and Saint Michael against a gold background, painted in 1486.

The Madonna and Child between Saint Francis and Saint Michael

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi, 1486

Night Nativity with a glowing infant Christ, Mary, an angel with a candle, and kneeling Magi with a camel.

The Adoration of the Magi

Leonaert Bramer, 1630

Dim interior banquet scene with a woman in blue carrying a platter, a kneeling servant, and seated diners beside red drapery.

Salomé recevant la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste

Leonaert Bramer, 1635

Dark interior painting of bearded scholars with scrolls and books gathered around a young figure in a dark robe.

Jesus among the Doctors

Leonaert Bramer, 1650

Painting of the Nativity with Mary and the infant Christ, shepherds approaching, angels and God in glory above a stable.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Lambert Lombard

Renaissance altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with two saints and two kneeling donors in a gilded frame.

The Madonna and Child with Sts. Louis of...

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1486

Painting of the Virgin and Child with Saints Apollonia and Sebastian in an arcaded loggia with a landscape view.

Virgin and Child, with Saints Apollonia and Sebastian

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1490

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the standing infant Christ, with a young Saint John and a mountain landscape behind.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John

Davide Ghirlandaio, 1490

Painting of a bearded saint in black robes holding a book, with cherubs above and armor at his feet in a landscape.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola

Jan Wildens, 1630