Browse Items · Gods, Saints, and Heroes: An Art History Resource

Atlas

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The Animals Entering Noah's Art

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Well of Moses

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Tondo of Saint Mark the Evangelist

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Pluto (from the series Mythological Gods and Goddesses)

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Jupiter and Thetis

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Triumph of Neptune Standing on a Chariot Pulled by Two Sea Horses

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Farnese Hercules

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Joseph the Carpenter

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St. Paul the Hermit

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Saint Paul

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Saint Augustine in His Study

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