Artwork (painting, sculpture or relief) behind the altar

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A man kneeling before an altar and receiving the sacrament from a priest. Drawing attributed to Pieter de Jode I.

Saint Apollonia, Saint Agatha and Saint Lucy. Oil painting by a Spanish (?) painter, 16th (?) century.

A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.

Predella with three scenes of Saint Roch, and figures of Saint Peter, Christ as Salvator Mundi, Saint Laurence and Saint Paul. Oil painting by a French (?) painter.

Saint Roch and Saint Laurence. Oil painting by Benvenuto Tisi, il Garofalo.

Christ rising from the tomb; prophets from the Old Testament foretelling his life; the Virgin; and Saint John the Evangelist. Oil paintings in a predella.

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian. Oil paintings.

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Altarpieces

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Works from the collections

Saint Apollonia, Saint Agatha and Saint Lucy. Oil painting by a Spanish (?) painter, 16th (?) century.

Saint Roch and Saint Laurence. Oil painting by Benvenuto Tisi, il Garofalo.

Christ rising from the tomb; prophets from the Old Testament foretelling his life; the Virgin; and Saint John the Evangelist. Oil paintings in a predella.

Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian. Oil paintings.

A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.