Icon of <n>Saint Ignatius of Antioch</n>, 17th c.

A detail from <n>Pieter Bruegel the Elder</n>'s painting <n>Twelve Proverbs</n> (1558).

Portrait by Chinese artist <n>Tang Wei Min</n>.

<n>Свечка</n> (Candle), a 2018 oil on canvas by artist <n>Natalia Sakulina</n>.

Наталья Сакулина "Свечка", х/м, 110х70, 2018г.

The <n>Gothic</n> facade of the <n>Cathédrale de Rouen</n>. Photo by <n>Bisson Frères</n>, ca. 1855.

A portrait of <n>Madonna</n>. Photo by <n>Steven Meisel</n>.

Poster for the <n>Bunte Kinderwelt 1969</n> exhibition at the <n>Klingspor-Museum</n>.

A study of <n>Saint Euphrosyne of Polatsk</n> by artist <n>Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov</n>.

Icon of the <n>Presentation of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple</n> with scenes from her life.

<n>The Ascension of Our Lord</n>, a Russian icon from 1543 by the <n>Novgorod School</n>.

A church interior in the <n>Greek Islands</n>, captured by <n>Konrad Helbig</n> between the 1960s and 1980s.

13th-century frescoes at the entrance of the <n>Agia Sofia Cave</n> in Mylopotamos, Greece.

<n>A Pilgrim</n>, a painting by <n>Marianne Stokes</n> from c. 1895.

14th-century Italian <n>Reliquary Cross</n> with engravings of the <n>Virgin Mary</n> and <n>Saint John the Baptist</n>.

Reliquary Cross,13th century -Byzantine or Russian. This cross is an encolpion—a work made to hold relics and to be worn, hung from a chain, on the chest. It opens like a locket and is richly decorated and inscribed inside and out.

<n>Communion</n> by artist <n>Alexander Evgenievich Kosnichev</n>.

Radiograph of a <n>Madonna</n> sculpture.

<n>Calendar of Saints and Festivals</n>, an 18th-century icon by a <n>Russian Painter</n>.

<n>Saint John the Forerunner</n> (1925) by artist <n>Fotis Kontoglou</n>.

<n>Pavel Popov</n>'s 1995 painting, <n>I am the last poet of the village</n>, depicting poet <n>Sergei Yesenin</n>.

A detail from <n>Viktor Vasnetsov</n>'s 1884 painting, <n>Three Princesses of the Underground Kingdom</n>.

17th-century Russian icon depicting scenes from the life of <n>Saint Mary of Egypt</n>. <n>Pskov school</n>.

<n>Čilu</n>, a 2023 self-portrait by artist <n>Lumi Tuomi</n> from her series <n>Ruskieloi solmiloi</n>.

<n>Young Amazigh woman, Algeria</n> (1869) by artist <n>Émile Vernet-Lecomte</n>.

<n>Greyfreth Cross Bottles</n> by artist <n>Isabeau Grey</n>.

<n>Processional Crucifix</n> (ca. 1485–90) by <n>Pietro di Francesco Orioli</n>.

X-ray of <n>The Entombment</n>, a polychromed wood sculpture, ca. 1410-1420. Radiograph by the <n>Brooklyn Museum</n>.