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18,135 works

Baroque altarpiece showing the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child on clouds, surrounded by angels and saints in a gilded fr

Glory of Virgin Mary

Johann Matthias Kager, 1614

Brown-toned painting of a dagger-wielding assailant attacking a kneeling man, with a haloed woman and cherubs floating above.

Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr

Felice Torelli, 1727

Nativity painting with kneeling Virgin Mary, glowing Christ Child, angels with scrolls, and shepherds in a landscape.

Marienfelder Altar: Adoration of the Child

Johann Koerbecke, 1457

Painting of a veiled female saint wringing a cloth into a silver basin, with a faint halo against a dark background.

Saint Praxedis

Simone Pignoni, 1650

Painting of a woman in pearls and a blue gown joining hands with a nude infant against a dark background.

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine

Simone Pignoni, 1650

Painting of a forest clearing with an angel in red and a kneeling man on a path, with rabbits and storks nearby.

Hagar and the Angel in the Desert

Painting of a bound, nude figure with a halo at a red column while soldiers flog him in an arcaded hall.

The Flagellation of Christ

Johann König, 1610

Painting of an angel gesturing toward a dove and cherubs while a seated woman in red responds in a dark room.

Annunciation

Paolo Domenico Finoglia, 1630

Painting of the Virgin Mary in blue and red robes holding the Christ Child, who holds a rosary, against a cloudy sky.

Madonna and Child

Francesco Cozza, 1630

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child while young Saint John the Baptist embraces him against a cloudy sky.

The Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Valerio Castello, 1650

Half-length painting of a bearded man with bare chest and red cloak, gesturing with one hand against a dark background.

Saint Jean Baptiste

Francesco Cozza, 1650

Gilded panel of a bearded bishop saint with a staff and book, with a small monk in the gable above.

Episcopal Saint and Franciscan Monk (gable)

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Painting of the Madonna nursing the Christ Child with young Saint John the Baptist beside them under a tree.

Madonna with Child and Saint John the Baptist

Pier Francesco Foschi, 1560

Gilded Gothic panel of a crowned saint holding a palm and wheel, with a small deacon saint in the pinnacle above.

Saint Catherine and Deacon Saint

Martino di Bartolomeo, 1415

Painting of the Virgin and infant Jesus with angels and two kneeling saints against a gold background.

Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus with Saints and Angel

Lorenzo d'Alessandro, 1480

Gilded altarpiece of the Virgin and Child enthroned with saints, including a bishop in pink and a kneeling figure in yellow.

Virgin and Child, with Saints Anthony Abbott, Mark, Severino, and Sebastian

Lorenzo d'Alessandro, 1490

Oil portrait of a young man with curly blond hair, bare shoulder and green drapery, against a dark background.

The Destroying Angel

Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier

Painting of the Virgin and Child with a golden halo, blue robe, red backdrop, and a hilltop castle landscape behind.

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Agostino da Lodi, 1520

Arched panel painting of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, an elderly man with a staff, and an ox.

The Nativity

Girolamo di Benvenuto, 1510

Painting of a saint pleading with angels as a horned devil holds a scroll near a dying woman's bed.

Saint Catherine of Siena Intercedes with Christ to Release the Dying Sister Palmerina from Her Pact with the Devil

Girolamo di Benvenuto, 1505

Reclining woman in pale robes reaches toward a stormy sky beside a chalice, with rocky mountains in the distance.

Religion in the Desert

Francis Bourgeois, 1811

Madonna and Child with St. Anne, a religious painting of two women and an infant beside a rural landscape with a house.

Madonna and Child with St. Anne

Goswin van der Weyden, 1500

Religious altarpiece of the Virgin and Child crowned by angels, surrounded by saints against a gold patterned background.

Virgin and Child, Saints and Angels

Illuminated manuscript page with an angel and crowned Virgin in an Annunciation scene, gold borders, and marine creatures abo

Annunciation

Belbello da Pavia, 1440

Painting of the Madonna in blue robes holding the naked infant Christ, who points upward while holding a small cross.

Madonna and Child

Georg Engelhard Schröder

Painting of Saint Peter denied by a servant woman before soldiers in a dim classical interior with columns.

Denial of Saint Peter (Matthew 26:69-75; Mark 14:66-72; Luke 21:54-63; John 17:15-25)

Nicolaas Verkolje

Triptych with Virgin and Child between two saints in a rocky landscape, with kneeling donors and saints on the wings.

Madonna met de heiligen Catharina en Barbara

Master of the Holy Blood, 1509

Saint Luke painting at an easel as the Virgin nurses the Christ Child in an ornate Renaissance interior with carved putti.

Saint Luke Painting the Virgin and Child

Master of the Holy Blood, 1510

Triptych of the Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child receive a kneeling king's gold cup, with two attendant figures on the

Adoration of the Magi

Master of the Holy Blood, 1515

Painting of the Virgin Mary in a red robe holding the nude infant Christ, with a gold halo against a dark background.

Virgin and Child

Master of the Holy Blood, 1500

Oil sketch of a haloed nun and seated monk among other religious figures beside a red-draped table in a stone interior.

Sainte Scolastique obtenant du ciel une pluie accompagnée de tonnerre pour empêcher saint Benoît de la quitter Esquis…

Louis Galloche, 1706

Oil sketch of a bishops' procession carrying a reliquary past ruined arches, with beggars and altar boys in the foreground.

La translation des reliques de Saint Augustin, esquisse pour le tableau du réfectoire du couvent des Petits-Pères

Louis Galloche, 1698