Catholic Church Collection (#8)

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist, ca 1514. Creator: Orley, Bernaert, van (1488-1541)
The Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist, ca 1514. Found in the Collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint Sebastian, c. 1618. Creator: Reni, Guido (1575-1642)
Saint Sebastian, c. 1618. Found in the Collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Jerome, ca 1624-1625. Creator: Reni, Guido (1575-1642)
Saint Jerome, ca 1624-1625. Found in the Collection of National Gallery, London

The Penitent Saint Jerome in the desert, 1450. Creator: Bellini, Jacopo (c. 1400-c
The Penitent Saint Jerome in the desert, 1450. Found in the Collection of Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona

The Knighting of Saint Martin by the Emperor Constantine, ca 1514. Creator: Orley
The Knighting of Saint Martin by the Emperor Constantine, ca 1514. Found in the Collection of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

The Temptation of Saint Jerome. Creator: Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574)
The Temptation of Saint Jerome. Found in the Collection of Galleria Palatina, Florence

Saint Benedict of Nursia, ca 1470-1475. Creator: Antonello da Messina (ca 1430-1479)
Saint Benedict of Nursia, ca 1470-1475. Found in the Collection of Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, c. 1650. Creator: Zurbaran, Francisco, de (1598-1664)
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, c. 1650. Found in the Collection of Musee National d Histoire et d Art, Luxembourg

Saint Sebastian, Between 1601 and 1615. Creator: Reni, Guido (1575-1642)
Saint Sebastian, Between 1601 and 1615. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Saint Jerome, ca 1573-1575. Creator: Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)
Saint Jerome, ca 1573-1575. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

School for the Indigent Blind and Bethlehem Hospital, c1851-55. Creator: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd
School for the Indigent Blind and Bethlehem Hospital, c.1851-55 (lithograph)

Tobias and the Archangel Raphael returning with the Fish, End of 16th century. Found in the Collection of State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The guardian angels, 1836. Creator: Huebner, Julius (1806-1882)
The guardian angels, 1836. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Saint Sebastian, 1912. Found in the Collection of Galleria nazionale d arte moderna Rome

Saint Sebastian, c. 1910. Found in the Collection of Muse e des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux

Saint Jerome reading, c. 1650. Found in the Collection of Muse e du Louvre, Paris

Saint Sebastian Tended by the Holy Women, 1926-1930. Found in the Collection of Ferens Art Gallery

Life of Martin Luther and Heroes of the Reformation!, pub. 1874 (colour lithograph). Martin Luther (1483 - 1546); shows Luther burning a Papal Bull (Exsurge Domine) issued by Pope Leo X

Buonaparte at Rome giving an Audience in State, 1797
Buonaparte at Rome giving an Audience in State pub. 1797 (hand coloured engraving)

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, ca 1619. Found in the Collection of Galerie Giovanni Sarti, Paris

Saint Jerome reading, c. 1490. Found in the Collection of Muse e Jacquemart-Andre, Chaalis

The Corpus Christi procession in a village. Private Collection

Fantastic Vision of Saint Vincent, 1580s. Found in the Collection of Palazzo Magnani, Bologna

The Penitent Saint Jerome, c. 1513. Found in the Collection of Muzeul National Brukenthal, Sibiu

The Papal Pyramid, ca. 1600. Private Collection

Saint Jerome, 1537. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, c. 1490. Found in the Collection of Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent

Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment, 1777. Found in the Collection of Muse e Fabre, Montpellier

Saint Jerome in his Cell, ca 1545. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Saint Jerome and the lion (center panel), 1511. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Seven-Headed Luther (Der siebenkopfige Luther), 1529
Seven-Headed Luther (Der siebenko pfige Luther), 1529. Found in the Collection of Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Monk Calf of Freiberg (Das Monchskalb zu Freiberg), 1523
Monk Calf of Freiberg (Das Mo nchskalb zu Freiberg), 1523. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Merrymakers in a Mussel at Sea, 1562. Private Collection

Angel, 1902. Private Collection

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, 1588. Found in the collection of Museo Civico, Sansepolcro

Tobias and the Angel. Private Collection

Saint Jerome, ca 1516-1518. Found in the collection of Veste Coburg

The Penitent Saint Jerome. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Portrait of the Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667). Found in the Collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Young Saint with a Sword (Saint Martin?), c. 1510. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

Saint Sebastian, 1490-1500. Found in the Collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

The Confession, 1838. Found in the Collection of Fondazione Cariplo

The Repentant Saint Jerome, . Found in the collection of Musee de Grenoble

Saint Benedict receiving Maurus and Placidus, ca 1503. Private Collection

Saint Jerome and a Donor, 1451. Found in the collection of Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice

The Faith. Cardboard for the windows of the Chapel of St. Ferdinand, 1842. Found in the collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

Saint Dominic preaching in Recanati. Found in the Collection of Art History Museum, Vienne

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