El Greco (1541-1614) Santiago el Menor? (Saint James the Lesser, Study of a Male Head) c.1600 Oil on canvas, 49.5 × 42.5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Ensor, James (1860-1949) Les Tribulations de Saint Antoine (Tribulations of Saint Anthony) 1887 Oil on canvas, 117.8 x 167.6 cm Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) San Marco libera uno schiavo (The Miracle of the Slave, or The Miracle of Saint Mark) 1547–1548 Oil on canvas, 416 x 544 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Paolo e Giorgio (Madonna and Child with Saint Paul and Saint George) c.1490 Oil on panel, 65 x 88 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) San Nicolò consacrato vescovo di Myra (St. Nicholas consecrated bishop of Myra) c.1582 Oil on canvas, 271 x 541 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Veronese, Paolo (1528-1588) Allegoria della battaglia di Lepanto (Allegory of the Battle of Lepanto) 1571 Oil on canvas, 170 x 137 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Madonna col Bambino e i santi Caterina e Giovanni Battista (Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and John the Baptist) c.1496–1500 Oil on panel, 50 x 81 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) San Sebastiano (St Sebastian) c.1576 Oil on canvas, 210 x 115.5 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg One of Titian’s most staggering works in terms of its tragic spirit is St Sebastian. What a gulf separates him from the placid personage…