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Giuseppe Piamontini, Venus and Cupid, 1711/1724, bronze, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1974.18.2

Venus and Cupid

Giuseppe Piamontini · 1711/1724 · bronze ·  Accession ID  1974.18.2

Johann Georg Bergmüller, The Holy Angels Protecting a Hermit from Evils, 1726, brown ink and gray wash over traces of graphite on laid paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 2000.130.1

The Holy Angels Protecting a Hermit from Evils

Johann Georg Bergmüller · 1726 · brown ink and gray wash over traces of graphite on laid paper ·  Accession ID  2000.130.1

Giovanni da Cavino, Marco Mantova Benavides, 1489-1582, Lawyer and Collector [obverse], 1540 or before, bronze, Sculpture and Decorative Arts Curators Fund, 1986.29.1.a

Marco Mantova Benavides, 1489-1582, Lawyer and Collector [obverse]

Giovanni da Cavino · 1540 or before · bronze ·  Accession ID  1986.29.1.a

Jacopo Zanguidi, called Bertoia, Massacre of the Innocents [recto], pen and brown ink with brown wash on blue-green paper, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, 1971.67.7.a

Massacre of the Innocents [recto]

Jacopo Zanguidi, called Bertoia · · pen and brown ink with brown wash on blue-green paper ·  Accession ID  1971.67.7.a

Andrea del Sarto, Head of a Woman, c. 1515, black chalk on laid paper, The Armand Hammer Collection, 1991.217.5

Head of a Woman

Andrea del Sarto · c. 1515 · black chalk on laid paper ·  Accession ID  1991.217.5

Bolognese 15th Century, Pirro Malvezzi, 1429-1505, Patrician of Bologna [obverse], 1477, bronze, Gift of Andrew Brown in honor of Alison Luchs, 2018.208.2.a

Pirro Malvezzi, 1429-1505, Patrician of Bologna [obverse]

Bolognese 15th Century · 1477 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2018.208.2.a

Giovanni da Cavino, Temple of Eternity with Goddess [reverse], 1540 or before, bronze, Sculpture and Decorative Arts Curators Fund, 1986.29.1.b

Temple of Eternity with Goddess [reverse]

Giovanni da Cavino · 1540 or before · bronze ·  Accession ID  1986.29.1.b

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Max Liebermann · 1898 · oil, colored chalk, and charcoal on fiberboard ·  Accession ID  2023.164.1

A gold chalice holding a thin, green serpent sits in an arched niche in this vertical painting. Light falls across the chalice from our right so it casts a shadow in the shallow gray stone niche. The chalice has a flaring, six-lobed foot, and a knob on the stem is set with red and green, diamond-shaped stones. The slender green snake drapes inside the cup’s round bowl. The serpent’s mouth is open and tongue flicks out to our right, and the tail hangs out of the chalice to our left.
Hans Memling, Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist [reverse], c. 1470/1475, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, 1952.5.46.b

Chalice of Saint John the Evangelist [reverse]

Hans Memling · c. 1470/1475 · oil on panel ·  Accession ID  1952.5.46.b

A kneeling woman and two nude, winged, child-like angels supporting her all look up at three angels on a cloud bank in this vertical painting. The woman and her attendants in the lower right corner take up half the composition, which is divided from the second group by a diagonal line of charcoal-gray clouds. All the people have pale skin with gray-tinged shadows and pink cheeks. The woman’s face is tipped up, her mouth open. Long, copper-red curls frame her face and fall down her back. An ochre-yellow robe falls off her shoulders to expose her breasts, and her legs are covered by a white shift. She holds both hands palm up. One arm drapes across the shoulders of an angel who hugs her waist. The other angel leans against the woman’s lap. These two and the other three angels all have gold or strawberry-blond curly hair and silvery gray or lavender-purple wings. In the clouds, one angel plays a violin, and another gestures with the first two fingers raised. Those two wear robes in laurel green, crimson red, or white. Another nude child-like angel sits on the clouds along the left edge of the painting, and a winged baby head is below. The groups are lit dramatically from the front and slightly to our left, so the setting is deep in shadow.
Giulio Cesare Procaccini, The Ecstasy of the Magdalen, 1616/1620, oil on canvas, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2002.12.1

The Ecstasy of the Magdalen

Giulio Cesare Procaccini · 1616/1620 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  2002.12.1