Important Christian Art · 303 masterworks
The art that carries the faith
For two thousand years, Christianity has been told in fresco, marble, mosaic and glass. Browse the masterpieces — their meaning, their makers, and what to look for when you stand before them.
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FrescoVatican City001
Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Michelangelo · 1508–1512
Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
FrescoVatican City002
The Creation of Adam
Michelangelo · 1511–1512
Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
FrescoVatican City003
The Last Judgment
Michelangelo · 1536-1541
Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
FrescoVatican City004
The School of Athens
Raphael · 1509-1511
Vatican Museums (Stanza della Segnatura)
FrescoVatican City005
Disputation of the Holy Sacrament
Raphael · 1509-1510
Vatican Museums (Stanza della Segnatura)
Marble sculptureVatican City006
Pietà
Michelangelo · 1498-1499
St Peter's Basilica
Marble sculptureFlorence007
David
Michelangelo · 1501-1504
Galleria dell'Accademia
Tempera and oil on plasterMilan008
The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci · 1495-1498
Santa Maria delle Grazie (refectory)
Oil and tempera on panelFlorence009
The Annunciation
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1472-1475
Uffizi Gallery
Oil on panel / canvasParis / London010
The Virgin of the Rocks
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1483-1486 (Louvre) / c.1495-1508 (London)
Louvre Museum (first version) / National Gallery (second version)
Marble sculptureVatican City011
Pietà (Vatican version)
Michelangelo · 1498-1499
St Peter's Basilica
Bronze canopy / sculptureVatican City012
St Peter's Baldachin
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1623-1634
St Peter's Basilica
Bronze, gilded bronze, stained glassVatican City013
Cathedra Petri (Chair of St Peter)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1647-1653
St Peter's Basilica (apse)
Marble sculptureVatican City014
Statue of St Longinus
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1638
St Peter's Basilica (crossing pier)
Oil on canvasRome015
Calling of St Matthew
Caravaggio · 1599-1600
Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi
Oil on canvasRome016
Martyrdom of St Matthew
Caravaggio · 1599-1600
Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi
Oil on canvasRome017
Inspiration of St Matthew
Caravaggio · 1602
Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi
Oil on canvasRome018
Conversion of St Paul (Conversion on the Way to Damascus)
Caravaggio · 1601
Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo
Oil on canvasRome019
Crucifixion of St Peter
Caravaggio · 1601
Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo
Oil on canvasRome020
Madonna of Loreto (Madonna of the Pilgrims)
Caravaggio · 1604-1606
Basilica of Sant'Agostino
Marble and gilded bronzeRome021
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1647-1652
Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria
Marble sculptureRome022
Moses
Michelangelo · c.1513-1516 (revised 1542)
San Pietro in Vincoli
FrescoRome023
Triumph of Divine Providence (Ceiling Fresco)
Pietro da Cortona · 1633-1639
Palazzo Barberini
FrescoRome024
Apotheosis of St Ignatius (Ceiling Fresco)
Andrea Pozzo · 1691-1694
Church of Sant'Ignazio di Loyola
MosaicRome025
Apse Mosaic of Santa Pudenziana
Unknown Early Christian artist · c.390-417 AD
Basilica of Santa Pudenziana
MosaicRome026
Apse Mosaic of Santa Maria Maggiore
Unknown Early Christian artist · c.432-440 AD
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Oil on canvasVatican City027
Deposition (The Entombment of Christ)
Caravaggio · 1602-1604
Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican Museums
Oil on canvasRome028
Sacred and Profane Love
Titian · c.1514
Galleria Borghese
Oil on panelRome029
Deposition (Borghese)
Raphael · 1507
Galleria Borghese
Marble sculptureRome030
Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1622-1625
Galleria Borghese
Marble sculptureRome031
David with the Head of Goliath (Borghese)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini · 1623-1624
Galleria Borghese
Tempera and oil on panelFlorence032
Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo)
Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci · c.1475-1478
Uffizi Gallery
Tempera on panelFlorence033
Primavera (Spring)
Sandro Botticelli · c.1477-1482
Uffizi Gallery
Tempera on canvasFlorence034
Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli · c.1484-1486
Uffizi Gallery
Oil and tempera on panelFlorence035
Annunciation (Uffizi)
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1472-1475
Uffizi Gallery
FrescoFlorence036
The Holy Trinity
Masaccio · c.1425-1428
Santa Maria Novella
Tempera on panelFlorence037
Adoration of the Magi
Sandro Botticelli · c.1475-1476
Uffizi Gallery
FrescoFlorence038
Annunciation (Convent of San Marco)
Fra Angelico · c.1438-1450
Museo di San Marco (former Convent of San Marco)
Tempera on panelFlorence039
Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino
Piero della Francesca · c.1472-1474
Uffizi Gallery
Marble reliefFlorence040
Lamentation of Christ (Bargello Tondo)
Michelangelo · c.1490
Casa Buonarroti / Bargello
Tempera on panelFlorence041
The Ognissanti Madonna
Giotto di Bondone · c.1310
Uffizi Gallery
Tempera on panelFlorence042
Rucellai Madonna
Duccio di Buoninsegna · c.1285
Uffizi Gallery
Tempera on panelFlorence043
Santa Trinita Madonna
Cimabue · c.1280-1290
Uffizi Gallery
Oil on panelFlorence044
Portinari Altarpiece
Hugo van der Goes · c.1475-1476
Uffizi Gallery
Oil on panelGhent045
Ghent Altarpiece (Adoration of the Mystic Lamb)
Jan and Hubert van Eyck · 1432
St Bavo's Cathedral
Oil on panelColmar046
Isenheim Altarpiece
Matthias Grünewald · c.1512-1516
Unterlinden Museum
Tapestry (wool, silk, silver-gilt)Vatican City047
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
Raphael (cartoon) / Pieter van Aelst (weaver) · 1515-1519 (cartoon); 1515-1521 (weaving)
Vatican Museums (Pinacoteca)
Oil on panelVatican City048
The Transfiguration
Raphael · 1516-1520
Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican Museums
Oil on poplar panelParis049
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1503-1519
Louvre Museum
Oil on panelParis050
Virgin and Child with St Anne
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1503-1519
Louvre Museum
FrescoFlorence051
Tornabuoni Chapel Frescoes
Domenico Ghirlandaio · 1485-1490
Santa Maria Novella
FrescoFlorence052
Bardi and Peruzzi Chapel Frescoes (Life of St Francis)
Giotto di Bondone · c.1315-1320
Basilica di Santa Croce
FrescoFlorence053
The Tribute Money
Masaccio · c.1424-1425
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine
FrescoFlorence054
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden
Masaccio · c.1424-1425
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine
Gilded bronzeFlorence055
Gates of Paradise (Porta del Paradiso)
Lorenzo Ghiberti · 1425-1452
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Marble sculptureFlorence056
Bandini Pietà (Deposition)
Michelangelo · c.1547-1555
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Polychrome wood sculptureFlorence057
Penitent Magdalene
Donatello · c.1453-1455
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Tempera and oil on plasterMilan058
The Last Supper (Il Cenacolo)
Leonardo da Vinci · 1495-1498
Santa Maria delle Grazie (Cenacolo Vinciano)
Tempera on canvasMilan059
Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Foreshortened Christ)
Andrea Mantegna · c.1480-1490
Pinacoteca di Brera
Oil and tempera on panelMilan060
Montefeltro Altarpiece (Brera Madonna)
Piero della Francesca · c.1472-1474
Pinacoteca di Brera
Oil on panelMilan061
Marriage of the Virgin (Sposalizio della Vergine)
Raphael · 1504
Pinacoteca di Brera
Oil on canvasMilan062
Supper at Emmaus
Caravaggio · 1601
Pinacoteca di Brera
Marble sculptureMilan063
Pietà Rondanini
Michelangelo · c.1552-1564
Castello Sforzesco (Museo Pietà Rondanini)
Oil on panelVenice064
Assumption of the Virgin (Assunta)
Titian · 1516-1518
Basilica dei Frari
Oil on canvasVenice065
Pesaro Madonna
Titian · 1519-1526
Basilica dei Frari
Oil on panel (transferred to canvas)Venice066
San Zaccaria Altarpiece
Giovanni Bellini · 1505
Church of San Zaccaria
Oil on canvasVenice067
Crucifixion (Scuola Grande di San Rocco)
Tintoretto · 1565
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Gold, enamel, gemsVenice068
Pala d'Oro
Byzantine goldsmiths (with later additions) · 976-1105 (with later additions to 1345)
St Mark's Basilica
FrescoPadua069
Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel Frescoes
Giotto di Bondone · c.1304-1306
Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel
Bronze (altar); Bronze (equestrian)Padua070
High Altar and Gattamelata Equestrian Statue
Donatello · 1443-1450 (altar); 1447-1453 (equestrian)
Basilica of St Anthony (Il Santo)
FrescoAssisi071
Legend of St Francis (28 frescoes)
Giotto (attributed) · c.1296-1304
Basilica of St Francis (Upper Basilica)
FrescoAssisi072
Maestà (Madonna with St Francis)
Cimabue · c.1278-1280
Basilica of St Francis (Lower Basilica)
Tempera on panelSiena073
Maestà (Siena Cathedral Altarpiece)
Duccio di Buoninsegna · 1308-1311
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
FrescoOrvieto074
The Last Judgment (San Brizio Chapel)
Luca Signorelli · 1499-1504
Orvieto Cathedral (Cappella di San Brizio)
MosaicRavenna075
Mosaics of San Vitale
Byzantine · c.526-547
Basilica di San Vitale
MosaicRavenna076
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia Mosaics
Late Roman · c.425-450
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
MosaicRavenna (Classe)077
Sant'Apollinare in Classe Apse Mosaic
Byzantine · c.549
Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe
MosaicMonreale078
Cathedral Mosaics (Christ Pantocrator)
Byzantine/Norman · c.1174-1183
Monreale Cathedral
MosaicPalermo079
Cappella Palatina Mosaics
Byzantine/Norman · c.1132-1140
Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei Normanni
Oil on panelMadrid080
The Descent from the Cross
Rogier van der Weyden · c.1435
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on panel (triptych)Madrid081
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Hieronymus Bosch · c.1490-1510
Museo Nacional del Prado
Tempera on panelMadrid082
Annunciation (Prado)
Fra Angelico · c.1426
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasMadrid083
Christ Crucified
Diego Velázquez · c.1632
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasMadrid084
The Holy Trinity
El Greco · c.1577-1579
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasMadrid085
The Adoration of the Shepherds
El Greco · c.1612-1614
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasMadrid086
The Immaculate Conception
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · c.1678
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasMadrid087
Jacob's Dream
Jusepe de Ribera · 1639
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasMadrid088
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Caravaggio · c.1597
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Oil on canvasToledo089
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
El Greco · 1586-1588
Iglesia de Santo Tomé
Gilded wood, painted panelsSeville090
Retablo Mayor (High Altarpiece)
Pierre Dancart and others · 1481-1525
Seville Cathedral
Stone sculpture (Romanesque)Santiago de Compostela091
Pórtico de la Gloria
Master Mateo · 1168-1188
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
Stone, glass, ceramic, ironBarcelona092
Nativity and Passion Facades
Antoni Gaudí · 1882-present (ongoing)
Sagrada Família
Fresco (now transferred)Barcelona093
Apse of Sant Climent de Taüll (Pantocrator)
Master of Taüll · c.1123
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
Oil on panelAntwerp094
The Elevation of the Cross
Peter Paul Rubens · 1610-1611
Cathedral of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal)
Oil on panelAntwerp095
The Descent from the Cross (Rubens)
Peter Paul Rubens · 1611-1614
Cathedral of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal)
Oil on oak panels (reliquary)Bruges097
Shrine of St Ursula
Hans Memling · 1489
St John's Hospital (Memling Museum)
Marble sculptureBruges098
Madonna of Bruges
Michelangelo · 1501-1504
Church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk)
Oil on panelLeuven099
The Last Supper (Central Panel)
Dieric Bouts · 1464-1468
St Peter's Church (Sint-Pieterskerk)
Oil on panelBrussels100
The Census at Bethlehem
Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1566
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Oil on canvasSt Petersburg102
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Rembrandt van Rijn · c.1661-1669
State Hermitage Museum
Tempera on canvasSt Petersburg103
Madonna Litta
Leonardo da Vinci (attributed) · c.1490
State Hermitage Museum
Oil on panel (transferred to canvas)Paris104
The Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre version)
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1483-1486
Musée du Louvre
Oil on canvasParis106
The Wedding Feast at Cana
Paolo Veronese · 1562-1563
Musée du Louvre
Oil on canvasParis107
The Death of the Virgin
Caravaggio · c.1601-1606
Musée du Louvre
Tempera on panelParis108
St Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
Giotto di Bondone · c.1295-1300
Musée du Louvre
Tempera on panelParis109
Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Enguerrand Quarton (attributed) · c.1455
Musée du Louvre
Oil on panelParis110
The Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
Jan van Eyck · c.1434-1435
Musée du Louvre
Tempera on panelParis111
The Coronation of the Virgin
Fra Angelico · c.1430-1435
Musée du Louvre
Marble sculptureParis112
Dying Slave and Rebellious Slave
Michelangelo · c.1513-1516
Musée du Louvre
Stained glassParis113
Stained-Glass Windows of Sainte-Chapelle
Medieval glaziers · c.1239-1248
Sainte-Chapelle
Stained glass, stone sculptureChartres114
Stained Glass and Sculpture of Chartres Cathedral
Medieval masters · c.1135-1220
Chartres Cathedral (Notre-Dame de Chartres)
Stone sculptureReims115
The Smiling Angel and Royal Portal
Gothic sculptors · c.1211-1275
Reims Cathedral
Stone sculptureAutun116
Tympanum: Last Judgment
Gislebertus · c.1120-1135
Autun Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun)
Stone sculptureVézelay117
Tympanum and Capitals of Vézelay
Romanesque masters · c.1120-1150
Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
Gold, gemstones, enamel, ancient cameosConques118
Reliquary of Sainte-Foy
Medieval goldsmiths · c.9th-10th century (core statue); additions to 12th century
Abbey Treasury, Abbey of Sainte-Foy
Wool tapestryAngers119
The Apocalypse Tapestry
Nicolas Bataille (workshop) · c.1377-1382
Château d'Angers (Galerie de l'Apocalypse)
Oil on panelMunich121
The Four Apostles
Albrecht Dürer · 1526
Alte Pinakothek
Gold, silver, gems, enamelCologne122
Shrine of the Three Kings
Nicholas of Verdun and successors · c.1181-1220
Cologne Cathedral Treasury
Oak, polychromeCologne123
Gero Crucifix
Ottonian · c.965-970
Cologne Cathedral
Oil on panelVienna124
The Madonna of the Meadow
Raphael · 1506
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Oil on panelVienna125
The Procession to Calvary
Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1564
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Oil on canvasDresden126
The Sistine Madonna
Raphael · 1512
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Polychrome limewoodKraków127
St Mary's Altarpiece (High Altar)
Veit Stoss · 1477-1489
St Mary's Basilica (Kościół Mariacki)
Egg tempera on oak panelLondon128
The Wilton Diptych
English or French school · c.1395-1399
National Gallery
Egg tempera on panelLondon129
The Baptism of Christ
Piero della Francesca · c.1437-1445
National Gallery
Oil on panelLondon130
The Virgin of the Rocks (London version)
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1491-1508
National Gallery
Egg tempera and oil on panelLondon131
The Annunciation with St Emidius
Carlo Crivelli · 1486
National Gallery
Oil on panel (unfinished)London132
The Entombment of Christ
Michelangelo (unfinished) · c.1500-1501
National Gallery
Oil on canvasLondon133
The Supper at Emmaus (National Gallery version)
Caravaggio · c.1601
National Gallery
Chalk and bodycolour on paperLondon134
The Raphael Cartoons
Raphael · 1515-1516
Victoria and Albert Museum (on long-term loan from the Royal Collection)
Oil on panelNew York135
The Merode Altarpiece (Annunciation Triptych)
Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle) · c.1425-1428
The Met Cloisters
Wool, silk, and metallic threads (tapestries)New York136
The Hunt of the Unicorn Tapestries
Franco-Flemish workshop · c.1495-1505
The Met Cloisters
Walrus ivory, carvedNew York137
The Cloisters Cross (Bury St Edmunds Cross)
English (Bury St Edmunds) · c.1150-1190
The Met Cloisters
Egg tempera on panelNew York138
Madonna and Child (Badia Polyptych center panel)
Duccio di Buoninsegna · c.1290-1300
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Oil and tempera on panelNew York139
St Francis in the Desert
Giovanni Bellini · c.1475-1480
The Frick Collection
Oil on panel (transferred to canvas)Washington DC140
The Alba Madonna
Raphael · c.1510
National Gallery of Art
Oil on canvas (transferred from panel)Washington DC141
The Annunciation
Jan van Eyck · c.1434-1436
National Gallery of Art
Egg tempera and oil on panel (tondo)Washington DC142
The Adoration of the Magi
Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi · c.1445
National Gallery of Art
Egg tempera on panelMoscow143
The Holy Trinity (Icon of the Trinity / Troitsa)
Andrei Rublev · c.1411-1425
State Tretyakov Gallery
Egg tempera on limewood panelMoscow144
The Theotokos of Vladimir (Our Lady of Vladimir)
Byzantine (Constantinople) · c.1131 (with later additions)
State Tretyakov Gallery
Glass and stone tesserae mosaicIstanbul145
Deesis Mosaic and Apse Mosaics
Byzantine · 9th-14th century
Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya)
Fresco and glass mosaicIstanbul146
Anastasis Fresco and Mosaics
Byzantine · c.1315-1321
Chora Museum (Kariye Mosque)
Glass tesserae mosaicAthens (near)147
Christ Pantocrator (Dome Mosaic)
Byzantine · c.1080-1100
Daphni Monastery
Encaustic on panelMount Sinai148
Christ Pantocrator (Icon)
Byzantine (Encaustic) · 6th century (c.550-600)
St Catherine's Monastery
Glass tesserae mosaicKyiv149
Mosaics of St Sophia Cathedral (Orans Virgin and Pantocrator)
Byzantine · 11th-12th century
St Sophia Cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Stone, marble, decorated enclosureJerusalem150
The Aedicule (Tomb of Christ)
Various periods (current structure 19th century) · Original 4th century; current structure 1808-1810
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Stone grotto, marble, mosaic decorationBethlehem151
Grotto of the Nativity and Mosaics
Various periods · 4th century (grotto); Byzantine and Crusader mosaics 6th-12th century
Church of the Nativity
Stone tesserae floor mosaicMadaba152
The Madaba Mosaic Map
Byzantine · c.560 AD
St George's Church (Greek Orthodox)
Pigment on ayate (cactus-fiber tilma cloak)Mexico City153
The Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (the Tilma)
Miraculous / attributed to divine origin · 1531 (traditional date)
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Gilded wood (churrigueresque altarpiece)Mexico City154
Altar of the Kings (Altar de los Reyes)
Jeronimo de Balbas · 1718-1737
Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral
Soapstone sculptureCongonhas155
The Twelve Prophets (Profetas)
Aleijadinho (Antonio Francisco Lisboa) · 1800-1805
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus de Matosinhos (Congonhas)
Carved and gilded wood, polychrome decorationQuito156
Gilded Interior and Church Architecture
Jesuit artisans (Flemish and local craftsmen) · 1605-1765
La Compañía de Jesús
Oil on oak panelLisbon157
The St Vincent Panels (Panels of St Vincent)
Nuno Goncalves · c.1470-1480
Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
Silver reliquary casket, gilded silver and glass, chapel decorationOld Goa (Velha Goa)158
Tomb and Relics of St Francis Xavier
Various craftsmen (gilded casket) · 1655 (casket) and subsequent centuries
Basilica of Bom Jesus
Vellum codex (illuminated manuscript)Dublin159
The Book of Kells
Insular monks (probably Iona and Kells) · c.800 AD
Trinity College Library (The Book of Kells Exhibition)
Vellum codex (illuminated manuscript)London160
The Lindisfarne Gospels
Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne · c.715-721 AD
British Library
Egg tempera on panelFlorence161
Crucifix
Cimabue (Cenni di Pepo) · c.1287-1288
Basilica di Santa Croce
FrescoFlorence162
Tornabuoni Chapel Frescoes
Domenico Ghirlandaio · 1485-1490
Santa Maria Novella
Egg tempera and gold on panelFlorence163
The Annunciation
Simone Martini · 1333
Uffizi Gallery
Egg tempera and gold on panelFlorence164
Coronation of the Virgin
Fra Angelico · c.1432
Uffizi Gallery
Egg tempera on panelDresden165
Madonna and Child (Bardi Altarpiece)
Sandro Botticelli · c.1484-1485
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Oil on panelWashington DC166
St George and the Dragon
Raphael · c.1505-1506
National Gallery of Art
Oil on panelWashington DC167
The Small Cowper Madonna
Raphael · c.1505
National Gallery of Art
Oil on panelPrague168
The Feast of the Rosary
Albrecht Dürer · 1506
National Gallery, Prague (on loan)
Brush drawing in blue ink on blue prepared paperVienna169
Praying Hands (Study of Hands)
Albrecht Dürer · 1508
Albertina Museum
Stained glass (grisaille and coloured glass)Reims170
Stained Glass Windows (Ascension, Pentecost, and Typological Windows)
Medieval glaziers · 13th century (c.1210-1275)
Reims Cathedral
Stone sculpture programme (tympanum, archivolts, trumeau)Paris171
West Facade Last Judgment Portal
Gothic sculptors · c.1200-1250
Notre-Dame de Paris
Stone sculpture (carved tympanum and jamb figures)Chartres172
Christ in Majesty (Royal Portal Tympanum)
Romanesque masters · c.1145-1155
Chartres Cathedral
FrescoSiena173
The Maestà (Palazzo Pubblico)
Simone Martini · 1315 (restored 1321)
Palazzo Pubblico (Sala del Mappamondo)
FrescoAssisi174
Lorenzetti Frescoes (Life of Christ cycle)
Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti · c.1315-1330
Basilica of St Francis (Upper and Lower)
Oil on panelLondon175
The Mond Crucifixion
Raphael · c.1502-1503
National Gallery
Oil on oak panelLondon176
The Donne Triptych
Hans Memling · c.1478
National Gallery
Glass mosaic (interior) and gold enamel altarpieceVenice177
Doge's Mosaic Programme and Pala d'Oro
Byzantine-Venetian workshops · 11th-15th centuries
Basilica of San Marco
Oil on canvasVienna178
The Madonna of the Rosary
Caravaggio · 1606-1607
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Egg tempera on canvas over woodAssisi179
San Damiano Crucifix (type)
Umbrian school · c.1100
Basilica of St Clare (Santa Chiara)
FrescoFlorence180
The Last Supper (Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia)
Andrea del Castagno · c.1447
Museo del Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia
FrescoPadua181
The Trinity and Pentecost Frescoes
Giotto and workshop · c.1303-1305
Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel
FrescoFlorence182
Noli Me Tangere
Fra Angelico · c.1440-1442
Museo di San Marco
Distemper on canvasParis183
St Sebastian
Andrea Mantegna · c.1480
Musée du Louvre
Egg tempera on panelMunich184
The Lamentation of Christ
Sandro Botticelli · c.1490-1495
Alte Pinakothek
Oil on canvasNew York185
Christ Carrying the Cross
El Greco · c.1577-1587
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Encaustic and tempera on panelMount Sinai186
Byzantine Icons Collection (including Deesis and Transfiguration)
Byzantine and Cretan workshops · 6th-17th centuries
St Catherine's Monastery
Ivory carvingParis187
The Harbaville Triptych
Byzantine (Constantinople) · c.950-975
Musée du Louvre
Egg tempera on panelNew York188
Madonna and Child (Stroganoff Madonna)
Duccio di Buoninsegna · c.1300
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Oil on canvasMadrid189
Adoration of the Shepherds
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · c.1650
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasMadrid190
The Holy Family with a Little Bird
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · c.1650
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasMadrid191
The Annunciation
El Greco · c.1576
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Oil on canvasLondon192
St Jerome as Cardinal
El Greco · c.1600-1610
National Gallery
Oil on canvasLondon193
Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple
El Greco · c.1600
National Gallery
Oil on canvasMadrid194
The Immaculate Conception (Soult Immaculate Conception)
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · c.1678
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasHartford195
Saint Serapion
Francisco de Zurbarán · 1628
Wadsworth Atheneum
Oil on canvasMadrid196
Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
Francisco de Zurbarán · c.1635-1640
Museo Nacional del Prado
Oil on canvasEl Escorial (near Madrid)197
The Adoration of the Name of Jesus (Dream of Philip II)
El Greco · c.1577-1579
Monastery of El Escorial
Oil on canvasLondon198
Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation
Francisco de Zurbarán · c.1635
National Gallery
Oil on canvasGlasgow199
Christ of Saint John of the Cross
Salvador Dalí · 1951
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
Oil on canvasWashington DC200
The Sacrament of the Last Supper
Salvador Dalí · 1955
National Gallery of Art
FrescoSansepolcro201
The Resurrection of Christ
Piero della Francesca · c.1463-1465
Museo Civico di Sansepolcro
Fresco cycleArezzo202
The Legend of the True Cross
Piero della Francesca · c.1452-1466
Basilica of San Francesco (Cappella Bacci)
Oil on panelMilan203
The Brera Madonna (Virgin and Child with Saints)
Piero della Francesca · c.1472-1474
Pinacoteca di Brera
Egg tempera and gold on panelSiena204
The Maestà of Duccio and the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Duccio di Buoninsegna · 1308-1311
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Oil and tempera on panelUrbino205
The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca · c.1455-1460
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche (Palazzo Ducale)
Oil on panelFlorence206
Annunciation (attributed to Leonardo workshop)
Lorenzo di Credi (or Leonardo workshop) · c.1478-1482
Uffizi Gallery
Egg tempera on panelFlorence207
Crucifix (Ognissanti) and Maddalena panel
Giotto di Bondone · c.1310-1315
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella / Accademia
Oil on canvasLondon208
The Mystic Nativity
Sandro Botticelli · 1500-1501
National Gallery
Oil on panelLondon209
The Adoration of the Kings
Jan Gossaert (Mabuse) · c.1510-1515
National Gallery
Oil on panelLondon210
The Madonna of the Pinks (Madonna dei Garofani)
Raphael · c.1506-1507
National Gallery
Oil on panelParis211
Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan
Raphael · c.1518
Musée du Louvre
Glass tesserae mosaicMount Sinai212
Transfiguration Apse Mosaic
Byzantine (Justinianic) · c.565 AD
St Catherine's Monastery (Basilica of the Transfiguration)
Tempera on panelFlorence213
The Cestello Annunciation
Sandro Botticelli · c.1489-1490
Uffizi Gallery
Egg tempera on panelFlorence214
The San Marco Altarpiece
Fra Angelico · c.1438-1440
Museo di San Marco
Egg tempera on panelFlorence215
The Deposition (Pala di Santa Trinità)
Fra Angelico · 1432-1434
Museo di San Marco
Glass tesserae mosaicMonreale (near Palermo)216
Christ Pantocrator and Theotokos Mosaics
Byzantine/Norman · c.1174-1183
Monreale Cathedral
FrescoRome217
Maestà and Crucifixion Frescoes
Pietro Cavallini · c.1291
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere
FrescoFlorence218
Brancacci Chapel Frescoes (Stories of St Peter)
Masaccio, Masolino, and Filippino Lippi · c.1424-1427 (Masaccio/Masolino); c.1481-1487 (Lippi)
Santa Maria del Carmine (Cappella Brancacci)
Oil on panel (triptych)Brussels219
The Holy Kinship Altarpiece
Quentin Massys · c.1509
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Oil on panel (triptych)Vienna220
Triptych of the Crucifixion (Vienna Crucifixion Triptych)
Rogier van der Weyden · c.1445
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Oil on panelVienna221
The Adoration of the Trinity (Landauer Altar)
Albrecht Dürer · 1511
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Oil on panel (transferred to canvas)St Petersburg222
The Benois Madonna
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1478-1482
State Hermitage Museum
Oil on panel (transferred to canvas)St Petersburg223
The Conestabile Madonna
Raphael · c.1502-1504
State Hermitage Museum
Oil on canvasSt Petersburg224
The Holy Family (Madonna with Beardless Joseph)
Raphael · c.1506
State Hermitage Museum
Oil on canvasSt Petersburg225
The Descent from the Cross
Rembrandt van Rijn · c.1634
State Hermitage Museum
Wool tapestryAngers226
The Apocalypse Tapestry (Tenture de l'Apocalypse)
Nicolas Bataille (workshop) · c.1377-1382
Château d'Angers (Musée de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse)
Oil on panelNew York227
The Annunciation Triptych (Campin Altarpiece) — fragments
Robert Campin (workshop) · c.1425-1430
The Met Cloisters
Gold, cloisonné enamel, precious stonesNew York228
Byzantine Enamels and Reliquaries (Treasury Collection)
Byzantine workshops (Constantinople) · 10th-14th centuries
The Met Cloisters (Treasury)
Oil on panelNew York229
The Crucifixion and Last Judgment Diptych
Jan van Eyck · c.1425-1430
Metropolitan Museum of Art
FrescoPisa230
Triumph of Death and Last Judgment Frescoes
Buonamico Buffalmacco · c.1336-1341
Camposanto Monumentale
FrescoFlorence231
Magi Chapel Frescoes (Procession of the Magi)
Benozzo Gozzoli · 1459-1461
Palazzo Medici Riccardi
Egg tempera and gold on panelFlorence232
Annunciation (San Martino della Scala Altarpiece)
Domenico Veneziano · c.1442-1448
Uffizi Gallery
Glass tesserae mosaicDistomo (near Delphi)233
Christ Pantocrator and Nativity Mosaics
Byzantine · c.1040-1100
Hosios Loukas Monastery
FrescoMystras (near Sparta)234
Frescoes of the Peribleptos and Pantanassa Churches
Byzantine (Mystras school) · c.1360-1430
Mystras Archaeological Site
FrescoSofia235
Boyana Church Frescoes
Unknown Bulgarian master · c.1259
Boyana Church (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
FrescoStudenica / Gračanica236
Studenica and Gračanica Monastery Frescoes
Serbian masters · c.1209 (Studenica); c.1320 (Gračanica)
Studenica Monastery / Gračanica Monastery
Glass tesserae mosaicTorcello (Venice Lagoon)237
Last Judgment Mosaic (Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta)
Byzantine-Venetian · c.1190-1220
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Oil on canvasVenice238
The Crucifixion
Jacopo Tintoretto · 1565
Scuola Grande di San Rocco (Sala dell'Albergo)
Oil on canvasVenice239
The Glory of Paradise
Jacopo Tintoretto · 1588-1594
Palazzo Ducale (Sala del Maggior Consiglio)
Oil on canvasVenice240
Feast in the House of Levi
Paolo Veronese · 1573
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Oil on canvasVenice241
The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple
Titian · 1534-1538
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Oil on panelVenice242
San Giobbe Altarpiece
Giovanni Bellini · c.1487
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Oil on canvas/panelVenice and Castelfranco Veneto243
Giorgione Madonna Panels and the Castelfranco Altarpiece
Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco) · c.1503-1510
Gallerie dell'Accademia (and Castelfranco Cathedral)
Oil on canvasVenice244
Pietà (Titian's last work)
Titian · c.1575-1576 (completed by Palma il Giovane)
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Oil on panelFlorence245
The Madonna of the Harpies
Andrea del Sarto · 1517
Uffizi Gallery
Oil on panelFlorence246
The Deposition (Entombment)
Jacopo Pontormo · 1525-1528
Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita
Oil and egg tempera on panelFlorence247
The Annunciation
Leonardo da Vinci (and Verrocchio workshop) · c.1472-1475
Uffizi Gallery
Oil on panelFlorence248
The Holy Allegory (Sacred Allegory)
Giovanni Bellini · c.1490-1500
Uffizi Gallery
Oil on panelFlorence249
Adoration of the Magi
Albrecht Dürer · 1504
Uffizi Gallery
Oil on panelFlorence250
Madonna with the Long Neck (Madonna del Collo Lungo)
Parmigianino · c.1534-1540 (unfinished)
Uffizi Gallery
Oil on canvasHampton Court251
The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew
Caravaggio (attributed) · c.1603-1606
Hampton Court Palace (Royal Collection)
Oil on panelLocation unknown252
Salvator Mundi
Leonardo da Vinci (attributed) · c.1499-1510 (attribution contested)
See notes (sold at Christie's 2017; current location private/undisclosed)
Oil on panelLondon253
Christ Crowned with Thorns
Hieronymus Bosch · c.1490-1500
National Gallery
Oil on panelMadrid254
Adoration of the Magi
Hieronymus Bosch · c.1494
Museo del Prado
Oil on panelMadrid255
The Haywain Triptych
Hieronymus Bosch · c.1516
Museo del Prado
Oil on panelGhent256
Christ Carrying the Cross
Hieronymus Bosch (attributed) · c.1515-1516
Museum voor Schone Kunsten (MSK)
Oil on walnut panelParis257
Saint John the Baptist
Leonardo da Vinci · c.1513-1516
Musée du Louvre
Oil on panelParis258
La Belle Jardinière (The Beautiful Gardener)
Raphael · 1507-1508
Musée du Louvre
Oil on panelParis259
The Pilgrims of Emmaus (Supper at Emmaus)
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1648
Musée du Louvre
Oil on canvasParis260
Bathsheba at Her Bath / Holy Family with Angels
Rembrandt van Rijn · 1654 / 1645
Musée du Louvre
Oil on panelDresden261
The Tribute Money
Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) · c.1516
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Oil on panelDarmstadt262
Madonna of Burgomaster Meyer (Darmstadt Madonna)
Hans Holbein the Younger · 1526-1528
Schlossmuseum Darmstadt
Oil on panelColmar263
Isenheim Altarpiece (predella and wings)
Matthias Grünewald · 1512-1516
Musée d'Unterlinden
FrescoVatican City264
Crucifixion with Saints
Pietro Perugino · c.1481-1482
Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums
FrescoVatican City265
Delivery of the Keys (Christ Giving the Keys to St Peter)
Pietro Perugino · 1481-1482
Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums
FrescoVatican City266
Sistine Chapel Narrative Frescoes (Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Rosselli)
Sandro Botticelli, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Cosimo Rosselli · 1481-1483
Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums
Oil on panelNew York City267
Annunciation with Donor and St Joseph (Jan Crabbe Triptych)
Hans Memling · c.1470
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ink drawing on silkParis268
Crucifixion (Parement de Narbonne)
French court artist (attributed to Jean d'Orléans) · c.1375
Musée du Louvre
Painted wood sculptureGermany269
Pietà / Vesperbild (German Gothic)
Rhenish or South German master · c.1300-1400 (various examples)
Various German museums and churches
Painted wood sculpture (Vesperbild)Bonn270
Röttgen Pietà
Rhenish master · c.1300-1325
Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Bronze sculptureFlorence271
Christ and St Thomas
Andrea del Verrocchio · 1467-1483
Orsanmichele
Marble and mosaic tabernacleFlorence272
Tabernacle of the Grain Market (Tabernacolo dell'Arte dei Medici e Speziali)
Andrea Orcagna · 1352-1359
Orsanmichele
Tempera on panelLondon273
The Annunciation
Fra Filippo Lippi · c.1450-1453
National Gallery
Tempera on panelLondon274
Saint Francis Altarpiece (Sassetta Altarpiece)
Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) · 1437-1444
National Gallery
Egg tempera and gold on oak panelLondon275
Wilton Diptych
Unknown English or French court artist · c.1395-1399
National Gallery
FrescoMonterchi276
Madonna del Parto
Piero della Francesca · c.1455-1465
Museo della Madonna del Parto
Oil on panelLondon277
The Magdalene Reading (Mary Magdalene Reading)
Rogier van der Weyden · c.1435-1438
National Gallery
Oil on panelBoston278
Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin
Rogier van der Weyden · c.1435-1440
Museum of Fine Arts
Oil on panelAntwerp279
The Seven Sacraments Altarpiece
Rogier van der Weyden · c.1445-1450
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
Oil on panelBeaune280
Last Judgment Altarpiece (Beaune Altarpiece)
Rogier van der Weyden · c.1446-1452
Hôtel-Dieu (Hospices de Beaune)
Oil on panelWashington DC281
The Annunciation
Jan van Eyck · c.1434-1436
National Gallery of Art
Tempera and gold on panelSiena282
Maesta of Duccio di Buoninsegna (Sienese Maesta tradition)
Duccio di Buoninsegna and Sienese followers · 1308-1311 (Duccio Maesta)
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Tempera on panelFlorence283
The Ognissanti Crucifix
Giotto di Bondone · c.1310-1315
Museo Nazionale del Bargello
FrescoIstanbul284
Anastasis (Resurrection) fresco
Byzantine master · c.1316-1321
Kariye Museum (Chora Church)
Oil on panelLos Angeles285
The Annunciation Triptych
Dirk Bouts · c.1450-1455
Getty Center
Tempera and gold on panelParis / Florence286
Maesta (Rucellai Madonna) / Maesta of Cimabue
Cimabue (Cenni di Pepo) · c.1280-1285 / c.1285-1290
Musée du Louvre / Uffizi Gallery
Oil on panelVienna287
Pala di San Cassiano (fragments)
Antonello da Messina · c.1475-1476
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Oil on panelDresden288
Saint Sebastian
Antonello da Messina · c.1476-1477
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Oil on panelPalermo289
The Virgin Annunciate
Antonello da Messina · c.1476
Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, Palazzo Abatellis
Oil on panelAntwerp290
Crucifixion / Calvary
Antonello da Messina · c.1475
Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
Oil on panelUrbino291
Madonna of Senigallia
Piero della Francesca · c.1470-1478
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche
Oil on canvasLondon292
Saint George and the Dragon
Paolo Uccello · c.1470
National Gallery
Tempera on panelFlorence (London293
The Battle of San Romano
Paolo Uccello · c.1438-1440
Uffizi Gallery (and National Gallery London, Musée du Louvre)
Tempera and gold on panelVenice294
Coronation of the Virgin (polyptych)
Paolo Veneziano · c.1324-1358 (various works)
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Marble sculpturePisa295
Annunciation and Nativity reliefs (Pulpit of Pisa Baptistery)
Nicola Pisano · 1255-1260
Baptistery of Pisa
Marble sculpturePistoia296
Nativity Pulpit (Pulpit of Sant'Andrea)
Giovanni Pisano · 1298-1301
Sant'Andrea, Pistoia
FrescoSiena297
Allegories of Good and Bad Government
Ambrogio Lorenzetti · 1338-1339
Palazzo Pubblico
FrescoFlorence298
Frescoes of the Spanish Chapel (Cappellone degli Spagnoli)
Andrea di Bonaiuto (Andrea da Firenze) · c.1365-1368
Santa Maria Novella
FrescoFlorence299
The Holy Trinity with the Virgin, St John, and Donors
Masaccio (Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone) · c.1427
Santa Maria Novella
Fresco and ex-votosFlorence300
The Annunciation (Santissima Annunziata)
Various Florentine masters (original c.1252) · Original c.1252; later additions
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata
Tempera and gold on panelFlorence301
Madonna and Saints (San Marco predella / altarpieces)
Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) · c.1438-1443
Museo di San Marco
Tempera and gold on panel / marble tabernacleFlorence302
The Coronation of the Virgin / Linaiuoli Tabernacle
Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) · c.1433-1434 / c.1433
Museo di San Marco
Glazed terracottaTuscany303
Tabernacle of the Madonna delle Carceri (glazed terracotta)
Della Robbia workshop (Andrea della Robbia and followers) · c.1480-1530 (various works)
Various churches and museums
Marble reliefFlorence304
Cantoria (Singing Gallery) reliefs
Luca della Robbia · 1431-1438
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Marble sculptureFlorence305
Sacrifice of Isaac / Zuccone (Prophets)
Donatello (Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi) · 1418-1421 / c.1423-1425
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Bronze sculpturePadua306
Equestrian Monument of Gattamelata (Erasmo da Narni)
Donatello · 1443-1453
Piazza del Santo
Bronze relief sculpturePadua307
Miracles of St Anthony reliefs (High Altar of the Basilica del Santo)
Donatello · 1444-1450
Basilica di Sant'Antonio (il Santo)