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Works of Art (39)

Abner's Messenger before David (?), wing of an altarpiece, ca. 1480, Master of the Saint Barbara Legend (Netherlandish), Oil on wood (32.100.56a)
Abraham and Isaac, Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn) (Dutch), Etching and burin; only state (29.107.26)
Abraham Sacrificing Isaac, late 19th century, Iran, Opaque watercolors and ink on paper (1970.275)
Abraham, Noah, Moses, David, ca. 1408–10, Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian), Tempera on wood, gold ground (65.14.1–.4)
Adam and Eve, 1504, Albrecht Dürer (German), Engraving (19.73.1)
Adam and Little Eve, 1921, Paul Klee (German), Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper (1987.455.7)
Adam, modeled in 1880; this bronze case in 1910, Auguste Rodin (French), Bronze (11.173.1)
Biblia Italica (Italian Bible), Book 2: Frontispiece (signature AA1), Translator: Niccolò Malermi (or Malerbì), Venice: Giovanni Ragazzo for Lucantonio Giunta, October 15, 1490, Book with printed text and woodcut illustrations, handcolored (33.66)
Coconut Cup with Cover, ca. 1533–34, Hans van Amsterdam (Low Countries, 's Hertogenbosch), Silver gilt, coconut (Cocos nucifera) (17.190.622ab)
Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise, 1445, Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on panel (1975.1.31)
David with the Head of Goliath, 15th century (1470–80), Bartolomeo Bellano (Italian, Paduan), Gilt bronze, oil gilding of later date (64.304.1)
A Dominican Friar [Petrus de Cruce?] and a Companion below the Dragon's Tower, ca. 1417–20, Fra Angelico (Italian), Pen and brush with brown ink, on parchment (1972.118.260)
Double Comb: Scenes from the Story of Joseph, mid-16th century, Probably Flemish, Ivory (11.93.13)
Esther before Ahasuerus, Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, Roman), Oil on canvas (69.281)
Eve with Cain and Abel, fragment, 1520s, Bacchiacca (Francesco d'Ubertino) (Italian, Florentine), Tempera and oil on wood (38.178)
The Gathering of Manna: From a set of Old Testament prefigurations of the Eucharist and Passion of Christ, 1595–96, Designed by Alessandro Allori (Italian, Florentine); workshop of Guasparri di Bartolomeo Papini, Florence, Italian, Wool and silk (2004.165)
Hagar in the Wilderness, 1835, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French), Oil on canvas (38.64)
Head of King David, ca. 1145, France, Paris, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, south portal of west facade (Saint Anne Portal), Limestone (38.180)
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, second half of 17th century, By or close to Balthasar Griessmann, Austrian, Ivory (1997.91)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1530, Lucas Cranach the Elder (German), Oil on wood (11.15)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1630–35, Massimo Stanzione (Italian, Neapolitan), Oil on canvas (59.40)
King David in Prayer in an Initial B: Cutting from a Psalter, 1450, Zanobi Strozzi (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2470)
Landscape with Moses and the Burning Bush, 1610–16, Domenichino (Domenico Zampiari) (Italian, Bolognese), Oil on copper (1976.155.2)
Last Supper, triptych, 1515–20, Netherlandish (Antwerp Mannerist) Painter, Oil on wood (17.190.18a–c)
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh: An Allegory of the Dinteville Family, 1537, Master of the Dinteville Allegory (Netherlandish or French), Oil on wood (50.70)
Panel from a Tree of Jesse Window, 14th century, German (Swabia), Pot-metal glass, vitreous paint (22.25a-f)
Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua, 10th century, Byzantine; Probably made in Constantinople, Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips) (17.190.137a-c)
Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus, 1658, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French), Pen and brown ink, brown wash over black chalk, heightened with white (1997.156)
Rosary Bead, early 16th century, South Lowlands (Brabant), Boxwood (17.190.475)
Roundel, fragment, 7th century, Byzantine; Egypt (?), Polychrome wool and undyed linen, tapestry weave (63.178.2)
Samson Captured by the Philistines, 1619, Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, Ferrarese), Oil on canvas (1984.459.2)
Samson Rending the Lion, ca. 1497–98, Albrecht Dürer (German), Woodcut (24.63.111)
Samson, ca. 1612–16, Jacques Bellange (French), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, on tan antique laid paper (2001.568)
Scarf with Old Testament scenes, 1648, India, Linen and silk thread (50.73)
Silver Plate with David and Goliath, 629–630, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Silver (17.190.396)
Snuffbox, 1760–70, Myer Myers (American), New York City, Gold (66.102)
The Story of Esther, 1460–70, Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, Florentine); Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (Italian, Florentine), Tempera and gold on wood (18.117.2)
The Story of Joseph, after 1482, Biagio d'Antonio (Italian, Florentine), Tempera on panel (32.100.69)
Woodblock for Samson Rending the Lion, ca. 1497–98, Albrecht Dürer (German), Pearwood (19.73.255)

Thematic Essays (20)