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The Holy Family with Shepherds

The Holy Family with Shepherds

Jacob Jordaens  (Flemish, Antwerp 1593–1678 Antwerp)

Date: 1616
Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
Dimensions: 42 x 30 in. (106.7 x 76.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967
Accession Number: 67.187.76

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Holy Face

Holy Face

Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges)

Date: ca. 1485–90
Accession Number: 1975.1.2486

Spouted jar

Spouted jar

Date: ca. 9th century B.C.
Accession Number: 60.20.15

Cult vessel in the form of a tower with cylinder seal impressions near the top

Cult vessel in the form of a tower with cylinder seal impressions near the top

Date: ca. 19th century B.C.
Accession Number: 68.155

Temple Gardens

Temple Gardens

Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Münchenbuchsee 1879–1940 Muralto-Locarno)

Date: 1920
Accession Number: 1987.455.2

The Antonius

The Antonius

Antonio Stradivari (Italian, Cremona 1644–1737 Cremona)

Date: 1711
Accession Number: 34.86.1 a

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