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Examples of Religious Art from the Fourth Century to the Present Time

February 20 – March 07, 1930

 
 
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
The Passage of the Red Sea
mosaic facsimile, fourth century
 
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna
Head of Christ the Good Shepherd
mosaic facsimile, fifth century
Courtesy of The Art Institute
 
Rouault
The Crucifixion
French
Courtesy of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter
 
El Greco
Coronation of the Virgin
Spanish, sixteenth century
 
artist unknown
Descent From the Cross
Northern French, fifteenth century
 
Filippino Lippi
Virgin Adorning the Child
Florentine, fifteenth century
 
Gerard David
Virgin and Child with Angels
Flemish, fifteenth century
 
Professor G. L. Meyer Munich
El Greco
Courtesy of Mr. Max Epstein
 
Fugita
Crucifixion
French
 
Redon
Christ
French
 
Alfeo Faggi
St. Anne
bronze, American
 
Alfeo Faggi
St. Catherine
bronze, American
 
Alfeo Faggi
St. Margaret
bronze, American
 
artist unknown
Christ and the Flowers
 
artist unknown
St. Anne and the Angel Gabriel- Annunciation
 
William E, Schumacher
Virgin and Child
American
Courtesy of Mrs. Frank R. Lillie
 
William E, Schumacher
Virgin and Child
American
Courtesy of Mrs. Frank R. Lillie
 
Ivar Johnsson
Head of David
bronze, Swedish
Courtesy of The Swedish Arts and Crafts Society
 
Milles
Angel
bronze, Swedish
Courtesy of Mr. Dell Quest
 
Mainardi
Adoration of the Child
late fifteenth century
 
Jacob Cornelis van Amsterdam
Virgin and St. John
late fifteenth century
 
Chiodarolo
Madonna and Child
Bologna, early sixteenth century
 
Flemish School
Annunciation
fifteenth century
 
School of Siena
Madonna and Child with St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Augustine
fourteenth century
Courtesy of Mr. Martin A. Ryerson
 
Chinese- Sung Dynesty
Rohan 900
 
leaf from original Gutenburg Bible
Noble Fragment 1450
 
Catalogue of the Collection of
Jules S, Bache, Esq.
Courtesy of Mr. Martin C. Schwab
 
artist unknown
Alter Ornament
Silver, Old Spanish
Courtesy of Mrs. Inez Cunningham
 
Lorenzo Nicolo de Gerini
Virgin and Child
Florentine, fifteenth century
Courtesy of Chester Johnson Galleries
 
Alfeo Faggi
Life of St. Francis
bronze, American
Courtesy of University of Chicago
 
Andrea Meldolla (called Il Schiavone)
The Flight into Egypt
Venetian, sixteenth century
 
Buonconsiglio
Madonna
Venetian, sixteenth century
 
The Master of St. Veronica
Christ on the Cross
German, fifteenth century
 
Jacobello di Bonomo
Madonna and Child
Venetian, fourteenth century
 
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Crucifixion
German, sixteenth century
 
Scheibe
Holy Man on Donkey
bronze, German
Courtesy of Mr. Charles H. Worcester
 
artist unknown
Seated Rohan
Korean, fifteenth century
 
artist unknown
Seated Monju- Goddess of Wisdom
Chinese, sixteenth century
 
artist unknown
Standing Jizo, God of Children
Japanese, seventeenth century
 
artist unknown
Trinity- Buddha, Manyu, and Fugen (God of Integrity)
Chinese, sixteenth century
 
artist unknown
Amida Buddha Riding on a Cloud
Japanese, sixteenth century
Courtesy of Yamanaba
 

   
   
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