“Head of an Angel” by Fra Angelico (about 1445-50), Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection

A large detail from Caravaggio’s “Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy” (about 1594-95), Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection

An Italian apothecary jar made of earthenware (circa 1540-50) possibly by Castelli d'Abruzzo, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan

"Presepio (Manger)" by an Italian potter, circa 1500, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan

A nautilus snail from Nuremberg made by Jeremias Ritter (about 1630).

A portrayal of the dead martyr “Saint Serapion” (1628) by Francisco de Zurbarán, Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection

“Faith and Fortune: Five Centuries of European Masterworks” will continue through Dec. 9 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, Hartford; (860) 278-2670 or wadsworthatheneum.org.