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Abraham Walkowitz (American (North American))
Island of Marken, Holland
1906
Gift of Abraham Walkowitz
1950/1.149

William Unger
The Infant Christ and St. John the Baptist with Two Angels
1837 – 1932
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. Wheeler
1956/2.10

Italian
Historiated Initial 'O' with St. John the Baptist
14th century
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1969/2.42

Rembrandt van Rijn
Descent from the Cross by Torchlight
1654
Gift of Alice Berle Crawford
1991/2.77
The woodblock print depicts a man wearing a Montera toreros hat, that is, a bullfighter's hat, and holding an executioner's axe. His right arm is clad in the elaborate garb of a toreador. There appear to be pages on a table before him and he is holding one. There is a bucket to the left of him. Behind him are crosses on the left and a dog on the right. The print is signed (l.c.) "6 Pepe Ortega" in pencil.
José Ortega (Spanish (culture or style))
El matarife
1952 – 1953
Museum Purchase
1954/1.62

Lucas Cranach The Elder
Sermon of St. John
1516
Gift of Stephen M. Taylor
1985/1.124

Giacomo Quarenghi
Elevation and Ground Plan of a Small Temple
1744 – 1817
Museum Purchase
1958/1.63
A traditional crucifixion scene, with Christ on the cross, and Mary and John at his feet gazing upward. The background is a series of watercolor washes, and parts of the figures, particularly most of the sitting figure of John, is "inked" in over the background washes. A goblet (the cup of Christ) is inked in at the foot of the cross. Signed by the artist, b.r., followed by "VI - 58."
Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian)
Crucifixion
1958
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection
2007/2.90
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