Room 15 links Room 9 with Room 18 (Rubens) and on to our Dutch paintings including works by and Rembrandt and Van Dyck.
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Image: Jan Gossaert (Jean Gossart), 'The Adoration of the Kings', 1510-15
Room 15
Paintings in this room
![Saint Michael Triumphs over the Devil](/media/34734/n-6553-00-000124-hd.jpg?cc=0.0234375,0.063769485120453467,0.0832799845164365,0.53115200053650413&width=576&height=576&v=1d6544a95a5ea40&bgcolor=fff)
A saint clad in shining armour raises his sword to strike a hideous demon beneath his feet. This is the Archangel Michael fighting the devil, as described in the Book of Revelation. His multi-coloured wings meet over his head and curve protectively around the man who kneels at his feet. This is t...
![The Annunciation, with Saint Emidius](/media/wsdh315t/n-0739-00-000104-hd.jpg?cc=0.020902777777777781,0.18456126085837027,0.023541666666666582,0.14413736092477403&width=576&height=576&v=1d7a94d5672f7b0&bgcolor=fff)
The Archangel Gabriel descends from God to tell the Virgin that she is to bear a child – a moment known as the Annunciation – but has been distracted from his mission by a bishop saint, who has stopped him in the street of a Renaissance town. This is Saint Emidius, patron saint of the town of Asc...
![The Virgin and Child ('The Madonna with the Iris')](/media/34381/n-5592-00-000087-hd.jpg?cc=0,0.077477477477477477,0,0.11171171171171171&width=576&height=576&v=1d654470ec45f50&bgcolor=fff)
Workshop of Albrecht Dürer
The Virgin Mary breastfeeds the infant Christ in a walled garden surrounded by flowers. God the Father, a small figure radiating light, appears in the sky above. The image of the Virgin and Christ Child in a garden was derived from the poetic imagery of the Song of Solomon, a book of the Old Test...