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Moderno, Christ in the Tomb, supported by the Virgin, Saint John, and an Angel, 1508/1513, bronze, Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbáty Fund, 1996.41.1

Christ in the Tomb, supported by the Virgin, Saint John, and an Angel

Moderno · 1508/1513 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1996.41.1

A human skull, a large bone, books, papers, and a snuffed out, smoking candle are arranged on a marble tabletop near an open window in a darkened room in this vertical still life painting. The color palette is dominated by muted gray, slate blue, ivory white, and tawny brown. Near the bottom center of the composition, the skull faces our left in profile and rests on two small, leather-bound books and papers with illegible black printing. The large bone, a thighbone, is propped up behind the skull on a taller book at the back of the skull. More books, papers, and a box are piled to the right. A brass candlestick with a flat, shallow, dish-like base rests on the box along the right side of the composition, above the skull. The end of the candlewick glows red and a wisp of smoke wafts up. The brick red of the marble tabletop is veined with gray and white, and black fabric drapes down off the right side of the table. The objects fill the lower half of the composition and are lit by light coming in through a window to our left. The wooden window frame swings inward, into the room, and has small, leaded panes. The background is deep in black shadow.
François van Daellen, Vanitas Still Life, c. 1650, oil on paper laid down on panel, Nell and Robert Weidenhammer Fund, 2014.58.1

Vanitas Still Life

François van Daellen · c. 1650 · oil on paper laid down on panel ·  Accession ID  2014.58.1

Rigaud Benoit, Annunciation, 1958, paint on fiberboard, Gift of Kay and Roderick Heller, 2023.44.2

Annunciation

Rigaud Benoit · 1958 · paint on fiberboard ·  Accession ID  2023.44.2

Sir Edwin Landseer, Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (recto); Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (verso), 1820, a) graphite and pen and brown ink on laid paper b) graphite on laid paper, The Helena E.M. Gunnarsson Fund, 2023.29.1.a-b

Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (recto); Study for "Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveler" (verso)

Sir Edwin Landseer · 1820 · a) graphite and pen and brown ink on laid paper b) graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2023.29.1.a-b

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Coast Scene, Trouville, Normandy

Thomas Shotter Boys · 1830 · oil on board ·  Accession ID  2022.40.76

Guercino, Amnon and Tamar, 1649, red chalk on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1989.14.1

Amnon and Tamar

Guercino · 1649 · red chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1989.14.1

Walter Langley, The Steps of a House at Mousehole, Cornwall, 1880, watercolor on wove paper, Joseph F. McCrindle Endowment Fund, 2020.49.1

The Steps of a House at Mousehole, Cornwall

Walter Langley · 1880 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2020.49.1

A nearly nude, muscular man with pale, peachy skin sits in an underground cave among seven male and two female lions in this horizontal painting. The man sits to our right of center with his legs crossed, elbows close to his body with hands clasped by his chest. His head tips back to look up through a small opening above. He has long, wavy, chestnut-brown hair and dark eyes. A white cloth wraps across his hips, and he sits on a scarlet-red swath of fabric draped up over a rock next to him. The nine lions stalk, sit, or lie down around the man. One male lion next to the man, to our left, opens his mouth with his head thrown back, curling tongue extended beyond long fangs. A human skull and other bones are strewn on the dirt ground close to us. The rocky cave curves up around the animals and man to a narrow, round opening showing blue sky above.
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, Daniel in the Lions' Den, c. 1614/1616, oil on canvas, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1965.13.1

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Sir Peter Paul Rubens · c. 1614/1616 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1965.13.1