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All Saints in an Initial E: Cutting from an Antiphonary, ca. 143040, Osservanza Master (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2484) |
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Angel of the Revelation, ca. 18035, William Blake (British), Watercolor, pen and black ink, over traces of graphite (14.81.1) |
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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) |
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Bishop of Assisi Handing a Palm to Saint Clare, ca. 1360, German, Made in Nuremberg, Tempera and gold on oak panel (1984.343) |
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Bishop Saint in Prayer Seen in Bust-length, ca. 152730, 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) |
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Chasse of Champagnat, ca. 1150, French; Made in Limoges, Gilded copper and champlevé enamel (17.190.685-87, 695, 710-11) |
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Christ Giving the Keys to Peter, ca. 1315, German; Cologne, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (29.55.1,2) |
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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. 145354,
Fra Angelico (Italian),
Tempera on panel (14.40.628) |
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Christ Presenting the Keys to Peter and the Law to Paul, second half of 12th century, German (Westphalia), Elephant ivory (1979.399) |
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Conversion of Saint Paul, 158789, 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) |
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Crucifix: Saint Anthony of Padua, 18th century, Angola/Democratic Republic of Congo; Kongo, Brass (1999.295.14) |
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Crucifixion with Donors and Saints Peter and Margaret, ca. 152527, Cornelis Engebrechtsz (Netherlandish), Oil on wood (88.3.88) |
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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) |
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Cuirass and Tassets (Torso and Thigh Defense), ca. 151020, Attributed to Kolman Helmschmid (German), German (Augsburg), Etched steel (38.143) |
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Dish, ca. 1520, Italian (Deruta), Tin-glazed earthenware (majolica) with on-glaze blue painting and luster (29.100.93) |
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Ewost'atéwos and Eight Disciples, late 17th century,
Ethiopia,
Wood, tempera (2006.98) |
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Frontispiece of the Apocalypse, 1555, Jean Duvet (French), Engraving (25.2.68) |
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Hieronymus in Deserto (Saint Jerome in the Wilderness), ca. 155556, Jan and Lucas van Doetecum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Etching and engraving; only state (26.72.13) |
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Holy Family with Saints Anne and Joachim, Relief, 16th century (156768), Diego de Pesquera (Spanish), Made in Spain, Wood, polychromed and gilded (45.128.5) |
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Hunting sword, ca. 1851, French (Paris), Silver, cast, chased, partly gilt; gilt copper; steel (1987.161) |
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Icon with Saint Demetrios, ca. 9501000, Byzantine, Ivory (1970.324.3) |
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Intaglio Gemstone with Saint Theodore Teron Slaying a Multiheaded Dragon, 1300 or later, Byzantine, Black agate chalcedony with red-brown striations (1999.325.227) |
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Joan of Arc, 1879,
Jules Bastien-Lepage (French),
Oil on canvas (89.21.1) |
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Last Communion of Saint Jerome, early 1490s, Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Italian, Florentine), Tempera and gold on wood (14.40.642) |
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Leaf from a Royal Manuscript, with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis, ca. 13201342, Italian; Made in Bologna, for Hungarian use, Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1994.516) |
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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints, altarpiece, ca. 1504, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, Marchigian), Tempera and gold on wood (16.30ab) |
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Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels, ca. 1350,
Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) (Italian, Sienese),
Tempera on wood, gold ground (43.98.6)
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Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels,
Giulio Cesare Procaccini (Italian, Milanese),
Oil on canvas (1979.209) |
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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) |
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Magdalena Poenitens (Penitent Magdalene), ca. 155556, Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish), Etching with engraving; first state of two (26.72.14) |
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Manuscript Leaf from a Gospel Book, 12901330, Armenian; Written in Armenian and painted possibly in the Lake Van region, Vaspurakan (now eastern Turkey), Ink and tempera on parchment (57.185.3) |
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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1571, Cornelis Cort (Flemish), after Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Engraving (49.97.537) |
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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, Attributed to Anthony van Dyck (Flemish), Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white; contours traced with stylus for transfer (61.68) |
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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, Lucas Vorsterman the Elder (Flemish), after Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Engraving (51.501.7125) |
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Morse, with Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, 13001325, Italian; Made in Tuscany, Copper gilt, with champlevé enamel (1979.498.2) |
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Pectoral: Saint Anthony (Toni Malau), 18th century, Angola/Democratic Republic of Congo; Kongo, Brass (1999.295.1) |
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Pendant Icon, 17th18th century, Ethiopia; Amharic, Wood, tempera paint (1997.81.1) |
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Penitence of Saint Jerome, triptych, ca. 1518, Joachim Patinir (Netherlandish), Oil on wood (36.14ac) |
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Peter and John Heal a Cripple at the Gate of the Temple, Bartholomeus Spranger (Netherlandish), Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over red chalk on blue paper (2001.107b) |
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Plaque from a Reliquary of Saint Aemilian, 10601080, Spanish; From the Monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla (Logroño), Spain, Ivory (1987.89) |
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Plaque Showing the Pentecost, ca. 11501175, Mosan, Champlevé enamel on copper gilt (65.105) |
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Plaque with Saint John the Evangelist, early 9th century; Early Medieval, Carolingian; Made in Aachen, Elephant ivory (1977.421) |
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Portal from the Church of San Leonardo al Frigido, ca. 11701180, Italian; Made in Tuscany, White Carrara marble, grayish marble (62.189) |
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Relief with Saint Peter Martyr and Three Donors, ca. 1340, Giovanni di Balduccio (Italian, Tuscan, Bolognese, Milanese), Marble (2001.221) |
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Reliquary Bust of Saint Yrieix, second quarter of 13th century, France, Limousin, Church of Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Gilded silver, rock crystal, gems, glass, originally over walnut core with silver leaf and gesso on interior (17.190.352a,b) |
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Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket, ca. 11731180, English or German, Silver with niello, gemstone (17.190.520) |
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Reliquary Cross with Saint George, 8001200, Byzantine, Copper alloy (2000.526.2) |
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Saint Alexander, ca. 1420,
Fra Angelico (Italian),
Tempera on panel (1991.27.2) |
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Saint Andrew, possibly ca. 1330, Simone Martini (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.100.23) |
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Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by a Heap of Gold, ca. 1435, Osservanza Master (Italian [Siena]), Tempera on panel (1975.1.27) |
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Saint Anthony Abbot, ca. 1500, Attributed to Niclaus of Haguenau (German), German; Made in Strasbourg, Upper Rhine Valley, Walnut (1988.159) |
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Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons, ca. 147075 Martin Schongauer (German), Engraving, first state of two (20.5.2) |
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Saint Barbara, ca. 1500, French, probably Strasbourg), Lindenwood and polychromy (55.166) |
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Prison, ca. 158085, Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (1999.225) |
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, early 15th century, French, Gold, ronde-basse enamel, jewels (17.190.905) |
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Saint Celestine V Renouncing the Papacy (after Mattia Preti), 1761, Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French), Black chalk over a black chalk counterproof (1987.239) |
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Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ, Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) (Italian, Florentine), Fresco (80.3.674) |
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Saint Christopher, 14001425, French; Made in Toulouse, Silver, silver-gilt (17.190.361) |
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Saint Giles with Christ Triumphant over Satan and the Mission of the Apostles, part of an altarpiece, 1420s, Miguel Alcañiz (or Alcanyis) (Spanish, Valencian), Tempera on wood, gold ground (76.10) |
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Saint James the Greater, ca. 14891493, Gil de Siloe (Spanish), Spanish; Made in Burgos, Alabaster, gold, polychromy (69.88) |
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Saint Jerome as Cardinal, ca. 161014, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek), Oil on canvas (1975.1.146) |
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Saint Jerome Hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment, Jusepe de Ribera (Spanish), Etching with drypoint and engraving, only state (52.312.5) |
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Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, ca. 152530, Italian School, after Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (Italian, Venetian), Woodcut (22.73.119) |
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Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, ca. 1591, Annibale Carracci (Italian, Bolognese), Etching and engraving, third state of four6 (26.70.4.20) |
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Saint John the Baptist, ca. 14201430, South Lowland or German, Alabaster (1995.412) |
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Saint John the Baptist, Juan Martínez Montañés (Spanish), Gilt and polychromed wood (63.40) |
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Saint John the Baptist, Master of James IV of Scotland, Ink and tempera on vellum (48.149.16) |
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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) |
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Saint John the Evangelist, part of a polyptych, 1320s, Segna di Buonaventura (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.100.22) |
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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 (12.41.14) |
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Saint Margaret of Cortona, ca. 1758, Gaspare Traversi (Italian, Neapolitan), Oil on canvas (68.182) |
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Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity: Leaf from a Mariegola, ca. 142534, Cristoforo Cortese (Italian), Tempera and gold leaf on parchment (1975.1.2468) |
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Saint Matthew and the Angel, 1534,
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo (Italian, Brescian),
Oil on canvas (12.14) |
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Saint Michael, mid-18th century, Probably by Gaetano Fumo (Italian, Neapolitan), Silver (1976.46ab) |
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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) |
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Saint Paul Led Away to Damascus, 1509, Lucas van Leyden (Netherlandish), Engraving, sheet (34.94.4) |
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Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, ca. 127080,
South Italian (probably Naples),
Tempera on parchment (2005.273) |
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Saint Rosalie Interceding for the Plague-Stricken of Palermo, 1624, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish), Oil on canvas (71.41) |
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Saint Thecla Praying for the Plague-Stricken, sketch, 175859, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venetian), Oil on canvas (37.165.2) |
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Saint William of Maleval, 1661, Salvator Rosa (Italian, Neapolitan), Etching and drypoint (17.50.17.90) |
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Saints Michael and Francis, ca. 15059, Juan de Flandes (Netherlandish), Oil on wood, gold ground (58.132) |
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Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, 1655, Nicolas Poussin (French), Oil on canvas (24.45.2) |
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Saints Peter, Martha, Mary Magdalene, and Leonard, ca. 151416,
Correggio (Antonio Allegri) (Italian, Parma),
Oil on canvas (12.211) |
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Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, probably ca. 15067,
Andrea Solario (Italian, Milanese),
Oil on wood (32.100.81) |
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Santa Francesca Romana Clothed by the Virgin, Attributed to Antonio da Viterbo the Elder (Italian), Tempera on panel (1975.1.100) |
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Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Lives of Saint Peter and Christ, early 300s (with modern restoration), Roman, Marble (1991.366) |
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Scenes from the Life of Saint Augustine, ca. 1490, Master of Saint Augustine (Netherlandish), Oil and silver on panel (61.199) |
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Scenes from the Passion of Saint Vincent of Saragossa and the History of His Relics, 12441247, French; From the Church of St. Germain-des-Prés, Paris, Pot-metal glass with vitreous paint (24.167ak) |
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Seated arhat (Buddhist saint), 14th century, Tibet, Stone with color (1994.93) |
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Seated Male Nude (Study for the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence), 156569,
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) (Italian, Florentine),
Black chalk (2005.354) |
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Shaiva saint, Karaikkal Ammaiyar, Chola period, ca. late 13th century, Tamil Nadu, India, Copper alloy (1982.220.11) |
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Staff: Saint Anthony (Toni Malau), 18th century, Angola/Democratic Republic of Congo; Kongo, Brass, wood (1999.295.2) |
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Stained-Glass Panel, ca. 12451248, France, Tours, Ambulatory of the Cathedral of Saint-Gatien, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (37.173.3) |
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Standing Draped Male Figure, 161189, Baldassare Franceschini ("Il Volterrano") (Italian), Black chalk, highlighted wtih white, on blue-green paper, deckled edges; glued onto secondary paper support (1996.142.3) |
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Statuette of Saint Agnes after Gian Lorenzo Bernini (15981680), 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) |
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Stole with Images of the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, ca. 1200, German (Rhineland) or English, Red silk, linen underlay, crimson silk tabby, metal threads (strips of gold and silver leaf wrapped on linen thread) (64.101.1382) |
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Temptation of Saint Anthony (recto); Fantastic Landscape (verso), ca. 151020, Jan Wellens de Cock (Netherlandish), Pen, or point of the brush, and gray ink, heightened with white, on green prepared paper (1972.118.276) |
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The Adoration of the Shepherds with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1599, Cigoli (Ludovico Cardi) (Italian, Florentine), Oil on canvas (1991.7) |
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The Blessed Catherine and Saint Felicity, 1762, After originals by Giacomo Serpotta (Italian), Silver (69.133.1,2) |
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The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, ca. 1625, Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch), Oil on canvas (56.228) |
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The Entombment, 1554,
Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino) (Italian, Brescian),
Oil on canvas (12.61) |
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The Holy Family with Saints and Donors, ca. 1507,
Attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, Venetian),
Oil on wood (1973.155.5) |
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The Holy Family with Saints Francis and Anne and the Infant Saint John the Baptist, probably early 1630s, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on canvas (02.24) |
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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) |
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The Virgin Adored by Saints, ca. 1627, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Pen and brown ink (2002.12a) |
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The Vision of Saint John, 160814,
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek),
Oil on canvas (56.48) |
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Theodosius Arrives at Ephesus (Scene from the Legend of the Seven Sleepers), ca. 12001205, French; From the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Rouen, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint (1980.263.4) |
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Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Anthony van Dyck (Flemish), Oil on canvas (60.71.5) |
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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) |
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Virgin and Child with Six Saints, ca. 145557,
Pesellino (Francesco di Stefano) (Italian, Florentine),
Tempera on panel (50.145.30) |
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Virgin Mary and Five Standing Saints above Predella Panels, 14401446, German; From the Carmelite church at Boppard-am-Rhein, Pot-metal glass, white glass, vitreous glass, silver stain (37.52.16) |
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