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Dark painting of the Nativity with a glowing infant Christ in a manger, Mary bending over him, Joseph with a staff, and angel

The Nativity

Louis Cretey, 1500

Oil painting of Jesus kneeling under a heavy cross as Saint Veronica offers him a white cloth, with soldiers and a crowd arou

Jesus and Saint Veronica

Hieronymous Francken III, 1632

Medieval panel of the Crucifixion with three crosses on a hill, a gold background, a walled city, and a crowd of figures.

Crucifixion of Wasservass, Calvary Hill, left part

Master of the Wasservass Crucifixion, 1420

Medieval painting of the Crucifixion with Christ centered, two thieves beside him, and a crowd of figures below against a gol

Crucifixion

Hinrik Bornemann, 1500

Painting of a bishop addressing a seated ruler on a dais as armored guards and robed courtiers gather in an arcaded hall.

Prince Vladimir chooses a religion in 988.(A religious dispute in the Ruthenian court)

Johann Lebrecht Eggink, 1822

Dim dinner scene with three seated figures at a table, a glowing figure above them in candlelit shadow.

Christ at Emmaus

Josef Winterhalder der Jüngere, 1772

Annunciation panel: angel Gabriel kneels left, Virgin Mary with gold halo at right, lily vase and arched windows behind.

Lyversberg Passion: The Annunciation

Master of the Lyversberger Passion

Painting of Christ crucified on a wooden cross in darkness, with a skull and bones at the base.

Crucifixion

François Verwilt

Painting of the Madonna in red and blue holding a naked infant with a golden halo against a dark brown background.

Madonna mit Kind

Franz Schrotzberg, 1834

Baroque painting of the Virgin and Christ child on clouds with a crowned kneeling woman, angels and cherubs above.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine

Franz Sebald Unterberger, 1750

Painting of Christ with a woman and a crowd of richly dressed onlookers, one holding a stone, with a Latin inscription below.

Christ and the Adulteress

Hans Kemmer, 1525

Painting of Christ and a kneeling woman before a crowd of robed onlookers, with German inscriptions along the bottom edge.

Christ and the Adulteress

Hans Kemmer, 1530

Painting of Christ beside a woman in green, surrounded by a crowd of men in armor and robes, some holding stones.

Christ and the Adulteress

Hans Kemmer, 1520

Landscape with large trees, a thatched cottage, figures at a table, and distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky.

Abraham serving the three Angels

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, 1807

Painting of the crucified Christ with a crown of thorns and halo, set against a dark sky and distant classical buildings.

Christ expirant

Jacques Gamelin, 1750

Painting of Christ in a red cloak walking on water toward a bearded man, with a boat of figures and a tree behind.

Christ walking on the water

Pieter Pietersz the Elder, 1569

Painting of an upside-down crucifixion with armored soldiers, banners, a dog and classical ruins in the background.

The martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul (verso: Christ walking on the water)

Pieter Pietersz the Elder, 1569

Painting of the Virgin in a dark blue veil nursing the infant Christ against a red background in a gilded arched frame.

Madonna met kind

Master of the Khanenko Adoration, 1450

Oil portrait of a man with white powdered hair, white cravat and red-collared brown coat against a gray background.

Portrait de Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint Fargeau (1760-1793), conventionnel, "martyr de la Liberté

Jean-François Garneray, 1793

Nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, the Christ Child, shepherds with a lamb, an ox, and an angel in a landscape.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Paolo da San Leocadio, 1550

Gold-ground panel with a central enthroned saint in red and black, flanked by eight small narrative scenes of her life.

Saint Cecilia and scenes from her life

Master of Saint Cecilia, 1300

Gilded Gothic altarpiece with enthroned Madonna and Child, flanked by saints, and side wings showing Saint Michael and a Cruc

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Lucy, Margaret, Mary Magdalene and Catherine of Alexandria

Master of Saint Cecilia, 1290

Painting of the Entombment: a nude body lowered by robed men while mourning women stand near a rocky tomb and distant town.

The Entombment

Master of the Mansi Magdalen, 1510

Painting of the Virgin in blue and red robes holding the infant Christ before a rocky landscape with a castle.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Mansi Magdalen, 1525

Painting of the Virgin in a red robe holding the Christ Child, who reaches for a small bird, with a landscape behind them.

Madonna and Child

Master of the Mansi Magdalen, 1501

Painting of mourners lamenting the dead Christ laid on a white cloth, with a landscape behind the figures.

The lamentation over the dead Christ

Master of the Mansi Magdalen, 1505

Arched design study with angels adoring a lamb on an altar, Saint Michel fighting a demon, and saints in side niches.

Esquisse pour l'église de la Trinité : L'Agneau pascal. Groupe d'anges adorateurs. L'archange saint Michel terrassant…

Amand Félix Marie Jobbé-Duval, 1864

Painting of the prophet Moses with white hair and beard, horns of light, red robe and gold jeweled collar.

Moses

Joan Gascó, 1500

Gilded Gothic altarpiece with a seated bishop saint, crucifixion above, narrative scenes and saints below.

Altarpiece of Saint Peter Martyr

Joan Gascó, 1516

Painting of a young monk in a dark hooded habit with a church facade at lower left, against a dark background.

Monk Saint (?) with a Model of a Church

Bartolomeo degli Erri, 1480

Renaissance panel painting of a seated woman in red with attendants, a friar on stairs, and an infant on a rug in a courtyard

The Birth of Saint Thomas Aquina

Bartolomeo degli Erri, 1470

Group of women and children in 16th-century dress around a crowned figure holding an infant, with a landscape behind.

Finding of Moses - Allegorical family portrait

Bernaert de Rijckere, 1562