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Ink painting of a bald monk in robes holding up a shrimp, crouched by reeds and a gourd on a misty background.

Buddhist Patriarch Kensu with Shrimp

Kaihō School, 1800

Painting of the crucified Christ on a dark background, flanked by four silver candlesticks, with a blue inscription cartouche

Christ of Ixmiquilpan or “Señor de Santa Teresa” (Cristo de Ixmiquilpan o “Señor de Santa Teresa”)

José de Páez, 1750

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns, rope around his neck, red robe, and gilded halo against a dark background.

Christ with the Crown of Thorns

Master of Osma, 1500

Ink painting of Buddhist ritual objects including a conch shell and ornaments, with calligraphy and red seals above.

Eight Auspicious Buddhist Objects

Baroque altarpiece of the Virgin in glory with angels, a bound martyr at a column, and a seated bishop and kneeling saint wit

Glory of the Virgin with the Archangel Gabriel and Saints Eusebius, Roch, and Sebastian

Sebastiano Ricci, 1724

Painting of a woman reaching toward a winged angel in a wooded landscape, with a resting figure and distant water.

Hagar and the Angel

Francesco Maffei, 1650

Painting of a winged angel descending through clouds toward a kneeling woman in yellow and pink robes, with a child in a land

Hagar and the Angel

Pieter Lastman, 1614

Head of an Angel

Roman School, 1800

Painting of the Virgin, an elderly man and the Christ Child on a pedestal, with a landscape of towns and travelers behind.

Holy Family

Fra' Bartolomeo, 1497

Painting of the Virgin and Christ Child with Saint Joseph and Saint Francis beside a cross, with a temple in a landscape.

Holy Family with Saint Francis

Giorgio Vasari, 1542

Painting of the Virgin Mary with the infant Christ, young St. John holding a cross, and an elderly man behind them.

Holy Family with the Infant St. John

Antonio da Correggio, 1515

Hanging scroll of seated Kannon bodhisattva before a full moon, above rocks and waves, with bamboo at upper right.

Kannon Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara)

Princess Rinkyuji Teruko, 1800

Oil sketch of the dead Christ on a white cloth, with mourning figures in dark shadowed setting.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin : Le Christ descendu de la Croix

Alexandre-Charles Guillemot, 1819

Painting of priests celebrating Mass at an altar with a glowing light, kneeling worshippers and a censer-bearer in a church.

La Messe de saint Martin

Louis Dulongpré, 1819

Painting of a bearded bishop in white and gold vestments writing at a desk with books, scrolls and clouds behind him.

Saint Ambrose

Jesuíno do Monte Carmelo, 1750

Painting of a haloed churchman in red cape reading a book beside an inkwell, with bookshelves and light breaking through clou

Saint Bonaventure

Jesuíno do Monte Carmelo, 1750

Painting of a bearded bishop in white and gold robes at a desk, holding a quill and a flaming heart, with books and a mitre.

Saint Augustine

Jesuíno do Monte Carmelo, 1750

Painting of Saint Thomas seated at a desk with quill and books, gazing upward into a shaft of divine light.

Saint Thomas

Jesuíno do Monte Carmelo, 1750

Painting of Saint Jerome writing at a desk with a lion, skull and books beside him in a rocky cave.

Saint Jerome

Jesuíno do Monte Carmelo, 1750

Oil painting of Saint Gregory in gold papal robes with a dove above him, holding an open book beside a tiara.

Saint Gregory, Pope

Jesuíno do Monte Carmelo, 1750

Painting of the Nativity with Mary and infant Jesus in a manger, Joseph reading, angels with banner, and shepherds gathered.

Birth of Jesus and the Adoration of the Shepherds

Francesc Pla i Duran, 1780

Oil sketch of Saint Peter healing a seated beggar before a classical temple, with onlookers and hills behind.

Esquisse pour l'église Saint-Séverin : Saint Pierre guérissant un boiteux à la porte du Temple de Jérusalem

Louis Vincent Léon Pallière, 1819

Dim painting of a martyrdom scene: a reclining figure beside an anvil, a red-breeched man, a seated woman, and winged figures

The Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia

Pieter Van Huffel, 1818

Painting of the risen Christ rising into glowing clouds above startled soldiers on a dark rocky hill.

The Resurrection of Christ

Pieter Van Huffel, 1795

Triptych with Nativity, Lamentation and risen Christ with kneeling Virgin in Gothic niches, oil on panel.

Altarpiece of the Virgin (Miraflores Altarpiece)

Rogier van der Weyden, 1444

Gilded panel of the Madonna holding the Christ child with a pomegranate, with two kneeling donors praying below.

Madonna with child and two donors

Gentile Bellini, 1460

Painting of a crowned woman gazing at a star with a pointing companion, a man with a staff, and a stone tower at left.

Saint Ursula

Franz Sigrist, 1754

Monochrome blue painting of Christ reclining on the Mount of Olives while an angel offers a chalice at night.

Christ on the Mount of Olives (I)

Franz Sigrist, 1780

Dark night scene of a winged angel above a reclining figure beside a floating chalice, painted in blue and brown tones.

Christ on the Mount of Olives (II)

Franz Sigrist, 1780

Oil sketch of a bearded man in dark robes gazing up at a draped female figure on a column, with cherubs and a flag.

Saint James the Greater and the Faith

Franz Sigrist, 1750

Grisaille painting of Moses raising his staff at a rock as people kneel and drink from a spring beside a tree.

Moses and the Miracle of the Spring

Franz Sigrist, 1755

Dark oil sketch of the Virgin ascending among clouds and angels, with robed figures gazing upward in an architectural interio

Sketch for the plafond Adoration of Madonna