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Works of Art (55)
All Saints in an Initial E: Cutting from an Antiphonary, ca. 1430–40, Osservanza Master (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2484)  
 
Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict, altarpiece, late 1480s, Luca Signorelli and Workshop (Italian, Tuscan), Oil and gold on wood (29.164)  
 
Bishop Saint in Prayer Seen in Bust-length, ca. 1527–30, Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola) (Italian, Parma), Brush with brown and gray-brown wash over stylus-ruled lines and charcoal; some contours stylus-incised (now flattened), on three glued sheets of paper (1995.306)  
 
Chalice of Peter of Sassoferrato, ca. 1341–1342, Italian; Siena, from the Franciscan Church of Sassoferrato, Silver gilded and translucent enamel (1988.67)  
 
Christ on the Cross, with the Virgin and Saints Mary Magdalene, John the Evangelist, Monica(?), Augustine(?), Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, Francis, and Elizabeth of Hungary(?), ca. 1453–54, Fra Angelico (Italian), Tempera on panel (14.40.628)  
 
Conversion of Saint Paul, 1587–89, Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, highlighted with white gouache and cream color oil paint over some black chalk underdrawing (2002.33) 
 
Crucifixion, 14th century, Master of the Codex of Saint George (Italian, Florentine), Italian; Probably made in Avignon, Tempera on wood, tooled gold ground (61.200.1,2)  
 
Dish, ca. 1520, Italian (Deruta), Tin-glazed earthenware (majolica) with on-glaze blue painting and luster (29.100.93)  
 
Figures of the Mourning Virgin and Saint John, ca. 1744–45, Italian; Capodimonte, Soft-paste porcelain (45.7 cm) 
 
Lamentation, 1591, Scipione Pulzone (Il Gaetano) (Italian, Roman), Oil on canvas (1984.74)  
 
Lamentation, ca. 1582, Ludovico Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Oil on canvas (2000.68)  
 
Last Communion of Saint Jerome, early 1490s, Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florentine), Tempera and gold on wood (14.40.642)  
 
Leaf from a Laudario with the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, Pacino di Bonaguida (Italian), Tempera and gold on parchment (2006.250)  
 
Leaf from a Royal Manuscript, with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis, ca. 1320–1342, Italian; Made in Bologna, for Hungarian use, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1994.516)  
 
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, altarpiece, ca. 1504, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Tempera and gold on wood (16.30ab)  
 
Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels, ca. 1350, Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (43.98.6)  
 
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels, Giulio Cesare Procaccini (Italian, Milanese), Oil on canvas (1979.209)  
 
Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalene, ca. 1490, Neroccio de' Landi (Neroccio di Bartolommeo di Benedetto di Neroccio de' Landi) (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood (61.43) 
 
Madonna and Child with Saints, Bonifazio Veronese (Bonifazio de' Pitati) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on wood (1995.536)  
 
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint John (upper left); Study for Drapery (upper right), Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Red chalk (64.47)  
 
Morse, with Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, 1300–1325, Italian; Made in Tuscany, Copper gilt, with champlevé enamel (1979.498.2)  
 
Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, ca. 1170–1180, Italian; Made in Tuscany, White Carrara marble, grayish marble (62.189)  
 
Relief with Saint Peter Martyr and Three Donors, ca. 1340, Giovanni di Balduccio (Italian, Tuscan, Bolognese, Milanese), Marble (2001.221)  
 
Saint Alexander, ca. 1420, Fra Angelico (Italian), Tempera on panel (1991.27.2) 
 
Saint Andrew, possibly ca. 1330, Simone Martini (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.100.23)  
 
Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by a Heap of Gold, ca. 1435, Osservanza Master (Italian [Siena]), Tempera on panel (1975.1.27)  
 
Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Prison, ca. 1580–85, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1999.225)  
 
Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ, Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) (Italian, Florentine), Fresco (80.3.674)  
 
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, ca. 1525–30, Italian School, after Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Woodcut (22.73.119)  
 
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, ca. 1591, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Etching and engraving, third state of four6 (26.70.4.20) 
 
Saint John the Baptist Preaching, ca. 1650, Mattia Preti (Italian, Neapolitan), Oil on canvas (2005.477)  
 
Saint John the Evangelist (recto), Saint Mark (verso), Francesco Salviati (Francesco de' Rossi) (Italian, Florentine), Charcoal, highlighted with white chalk on blue paper; outlines heavily stylus-incised on recto, and partly so on verso (2001.409)  
 
Saint John the Evangelist, part of a polyptych, 1320s, Segna di Buonaventura (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.100.22)  
 
Saint Lucy and Her Mother at the Shrine of Saint Agatha; Saint Lucy Giving Alms; Saint Lucy before Paschasius; Saint Lucy Resisting Efforts to Move Her, part of an altarpiece, Giovanni di Bartolommeo Cristiani (Italian, Florentine), Tempera on wood, gold ground (12.41.1–4)  
 
Saint Margaret of Cortona, ca. 1758, Gaspare Traversi (Italian, Neapolitan), Oil on canvas (68.182) 
 
Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity: Leaf from a Mariegola, ca. 1425–34, Cristoforo Cortese (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2468)  
 
Saint Matthew and the Angel, 1534, Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo (Italian, Brescian), Oil on canvas (12.14)  
 
Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Reviving a Child, predella panel, ca. 1530, Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo) (Italian, Ferrarese), Oil on canvas, transferred from wood (17.190.24)  
 
Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, ca. 1270–80, South Italian (probably Naples), Tempera on parchment (2005.273)  
 
Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, sketch, 1758–59, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (37.165.2) 
 
Saint William of Maleval, 1661, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Neapolitan), Etching and drypoint (17.50.17.90) 
 
Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalene, and Leonard, ca. 1514–16, Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, Parma), Oil on canvas (12.211)  
 
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, probably ca. 1506–7, Andrea Solario (Italian, Milanese), Oil on wood (32.100.81)  
 
Santa Francesca Romana Clothed by the Virgin, Attributed to Antonio da Viterbo the Elder (Italian), Tempera on panel (1975.1.100)  
 
Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Peter and Christ, early 300s (with modern restoration), Roman, Marble (1991.366)  
 
Seated Male Nude (Study for the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence), 1565–69, Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) (Italian, Florentine), Black chalk (2005.354)  
 
Standing Draped Male Figure, 1611–89, Baldassare Franceschini ("Il Volterrano") (Italian), Black chalk, highlighted wtih white, on blue-green paper, deckled edges; glued onto secondary paper support (1996.142.3) 
 
Statuette of Saint Agnes after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), third quarter of 17th century, Cast after a terracotta sketch-model for one of the statues over the colonnades of Saint Peter's Square, Rome, Bronze, brown natural patina, traces of red-gold lacquer (1978.202) 
 
The Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1599, Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) (Italian, Florentine), Oil on canvas (1991.7) 
 
The Blessed Catherine and Saint Felicity, 1762, After originals by Giacomo Serpotta (Italian), Silver (69.133.1,2) 
 
The Entombment, 1554, Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino) (Italian, Brescian), Oil on canvas (12.61)  
 
The Holy Family with Saints and Donors, ca. 1507, Attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on wood (1973.155.5)  
 
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1530, Andrea del Sarto (Andrea d'Agnolo) (Italian, Florentine), Oil on wood (22.75)

 
 
Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian), Red chalk, brush and red wash (19.76.11) 
 
Virgin and Child with Six Saints, ca. 1455–57, Pesellino (Francesco di Stefano) (Italian, Florentine), Tempera on panel (50.145.30) 
 
Thematic Essays (10)