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Works of Art (12)
Adoration of the Shepherds, 14th century, Bartolo di Fredi (Italian, Sienese), Italian; Made in Siena, Tempera on wood, gold ground, arched top (25.120.288)  
 
Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1340, Bernardo Daddi (Italian [Florence]), Tempera on panel (1975.1.58)  
 
Frieze Fragment (possibly from an altar), 18th century, Bolivian, Silver (1978.303.7) 
 
Madonna and Child, ca. 1326, Simone Martini (Italian [Siena]), Tempera on panel (1975.1.12)  
 
Maitreya altarpiece, 5th year of the Zhengguang era, dated 524; Northern Wei dynasty, Hebei Province, China, Gilt bronze (38.158.1a-n)  
 
Paradise (predella panel), ca. 1445, Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, Sienese), Tempera and gold on canvas, transferred from wood, (06.1046) 
 
Saint Andrew, possibly ca. 1330, Simone Martini (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.100.23)  
 
Saint John the Evangelist, part of a polyptych, 1320s, Segna di Buonaventura (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.100.22)  
 
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, ca. 1625, Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch), Oil on canvas (56.228) 
 
The Crucifixion, 1340s, Pietro Lorenzetti (Italian, Sienese), Tempera and gold leaf on wood (2002.436)  
 
The Glorification of the Eucharist, probably ca. 1630, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on wood (37.160.12) 
 
Triptych (Sacring Tablet): Institution of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 16th century, Mexican, Feathers and colored paper laid down on wood, in gilt wood frame (88.3.1)  
 
Thematic Essays (9)