EX LIBRIS Abraham Hosebr

Theodore Meets in the Wood the Spectre of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti, 1783 by Johann Heinrich Füssli National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, Japan.

Lorenzo Lotto, The Madonna and Child with Saints Ignatius of Antioch and Onuphrius, circa 1508, oil on panel, 53 x 67 cm, Rome, Galleria Borghese.

One of the earliest and most celebrated painted images of Saint Emygdius - the bishop and martyr of Ascoli Piceno celebrated on 4 August - dates back to 1473, the year in which the painter Carlo Crivelli executed the famous Polyptych of Saint Emygdius, preserved in the Cathedral of Ascoli Piceno.

Philippe de Champaigne 1602 - 1674 Réception d'Henri d'Orléans Duc de Longueville, dans l'ordre du Saint-Esprit par le roi Louis XIII (1634) Olio su tela (287 x 395 cm) Tolosa - Musée des Augustins

Julio Pomar

Robert Buzniski

Armonia Aristide Maillol

The Will-o'-the-Wisp, 1882 by Arnold Böcklin Museum Georg Schäfer

Giovanni Battista Benvenuti (Ortolano) 1480c. - 1525 The Dead Christ Sustained by Nicodemus (1520/22) Olio su tavola (59,1 x 66,7 cm) Lewisburg - Samek Art Museum

Saint Margaret and the Devil Detail from "The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine", c. 1340 This detail by Sienese master Barna da Siena depicts Saint Margaret of Antioch (Marina) physically overpowering a demon. Imprisoned for her faith, she uses a hammer to beat the devil, symbolizing the triumph of virtue over temptation. Tempera and gold leaf on panel. Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA).

The Crisis, 1891 by Frank Dicksee National Gallery of Victoria

Satan Selling Indulgences Jena Codex (f. 56r), c. 1490–1510 Illumination on parchment This striking detail depicts the Devil in papal attire, with horns, webbed wings, and talons, distributing papal bulls of indulgence. Created in Bohemia during the Hussite movement, this sharp anti-clerical satire critiques the corrupt Catholic practice of selling the forgiveness of sins. Location: Library of the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic.

The Master of the Osservanza (Italian, Siena, active second quarter 15th century; often identified as the young Sano di Pietro). Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness, ca. 1435. Tempera and gold on wood. A masterpiece of the Early Renaissance Sienese School, balancing Late Gothic lyricism with pioneering spatial awareness and a stark, mystical landscape. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (The Robert Lehman Collection)

"Nude on a Blue Background",1936 Henri Matisse

Arthur Penn's Bonnie & Clyde, 1967. Starring Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway.