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Kunstmuseum Basel

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Painting of Psyche ascending through clouds toward gods on Olympus, with Mercury flying above and a landscape below.

Psyche Is Carried to the Olympus by Mercury

Cornelius van Poelenburgh

Painting of Christ carrying the cross with a grieving Virgin and a young man behind him, against a dark background.

Christ Carrying the Cross with the Virgin and Saint John

Luis de Morales, 1570

Painting of a seated nude woman with a harp by a cave, and a cloaked man standing on dark rocks above the sea.

Ulysses and Calypso

Arnold Böcklin, 1882

Painting of a gold-armoured warrior driving a white-horse chariot through clouds with two female figures beside him.

Venus, Injured by Diomedes, Returns to Olympus

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1800

Painting of a winged figure lifting a woman above a cauldron amid a crowd, with an ox, columns and a distant hillside.

Mercury Abducting the Goddess Contento

Adriaen van Stalbemt

Nativity scene with Mary kneeling, Joseph in red holding a candle, angels around the manger, and a river landscape beyond a w

The Nativity

Adriaen Isenbrandt, 1520

Painting of Saint Ursula kneeling in red velvet among a crowd of richly dressed young women, with a sword and arrow on the gr

Saint Ursula and the Virgins

Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1550

Painting of a mythological scene with a nude woman on a couch, a crowned king on a throne, a messenger, and cupids.

Hermes presenting Pandora to King Epimetheus

Hendrick Goltzius, 1611

Christ seated on a globe with clasped hands, interceding before God the Father amid cherubs holding Passion instruments.

Christ Interceding with God the Father

Ambrosius Holbein, 1515

Woman in a dark veil grieves beside the nude body of a bearded man lying on a marble slab.

Magdalene Grieving over the Body of Christ

Arnold Böcklin, 1867

Painting of the Virgin Mary with long auburn hair holding a nude infant Jesus who holds bread, dark background.

Madonna and Child

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529

Painting of Venus seated with three cupids handling Mars's sword and helmet, with white doves flying above.

Venus and Cupids with the Arms of Mars

Charles André van Loo, 1743

Painting of centaurs fighting on rocky ground, one raising a boulder overhead under a cloudy blue sky.

Fight of the Centaurs

Arnold Böcklin, 1872

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary holds the infant Christ as a kneeling king offers a gift, with attendants and ani

The Adoration of the Magi

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1520

Painting of a bearded man in a red cloak wading a river carrying a child, with rocky cliffs and a village behind.

Saint Christopher

Konrad Witz, 1435

Painting of an overgrown garden with a pale statue among roses, tall grasses, a stone urn and a curved stone basin.

Venus Abandoned

Arnold Böcklin, 1860

Painting of Christ and the Virgin Mary praying with hands joined against a gold background, in an arched panel.

Christ bidding farewell to the Virgin

Gerard David, 1490

Painting of Christ carrying the cross past armored soldiers and a crowd toward a walled city, with a tree and women at right.

Christ bearing the cross

Pieter Coecke van Aelst, 1517

Painting of a pale nude figure with raised arms bound to a large red tree trunk, with flowers below and a blue sky.

Saint Sebastian (Basel)

Odilon Redon, 1910

Painting of a woman in a red and gold dress beside a child holding an arrow, in front of green drapery.

Venus and Cupid

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1526

Loose oil sketch of a seated nude woman with blonde hair, face turned upward, against dark drapery and red background.

Nereid

Eugène Delacroix, 1822

Painting of the Virgin Mary, Saint Anne and the Christ Child under a red canopy, with a dove above and cherubs in garlands.

Virgin with Child and Saint Anne

Hans Baldung Grien

Painting of Christ on the cross with mourning women, a figure in red robes, and an armored soldier beside a green landscape.

The Crucifixion

Matthias Grünewald, 1515

Seated young man with a lamb and flowers, beside a wooden staff and inscribed scroll, against a dark background.

Saint John the Baptist

Juan Bautista Maíno, 1608

Painting of the Nativity with Mary in teal, Joseph in red holding a candle, angels, the infant Christ, and an ox and donkey.

The Nativity (Basel)

Hans Baldung Grien, 1510

Painting of the Virgin Mary crowned, holding the Christ Child, framed by cherubs and a Latin inscription on blue.

Virgin and Child

Ambrosius Holbein, 1514

Painting of Diana and companions hunting through a wooded landscape with a bow, hounds, and a stag near the sea.

Diana's Hunt

Arnold Böcklin, 1862

Adoration of the Magi: Virgin and Child receive a kneeling king's gift while two attendants stand nearby in a landscape.

Adoration of the Magi

Albrecht Dürer, 1492

Painting of a warrior with a raised sword threatening a seated woman in yellow, with startled attendants, a macaw and statues

Odysseus threatens Circe

Jacob Jordaens, 1630

Triptych with Mary nursing the Christ child in the centre, Saint Andrew with a cross left, Saint Francis right.

Triptych of Mary and child with Saints Andrew en Francis

Ambrosius Benson, 1520

Half-length painting of Saint John the Baptist with curly hair, raised finger, wooden cross and animal skin, on a dark backgr

Saint John the Baptist

Leonardo da Vinci, 1505

Painting of a crowned woman in a dark robe beside a stone pedestal, with willow trees and fields behind her under a cloudy sk

The Muse Thalia

Arnold Böcklin, 1893

Painting of a kneeling winged angel with curly golden hair, pink robe and a scroll, set in a stone niche.

Angel of the Annunciation

Konrad Witz, 1435

Painting of a martyrdom scene in a forest with an executioner, a fallen robed figure, a fleeing man and a winged angel.

The Martyrdom of Saint Peter

Théodore Géricault, 1814

Loose impressionist painting of an arched footbridge over a garden pond surrounded by green and gold foliage.

La passerelle sur le bassin aux nymphéas German: Steg über das Seerosenbecken

Claude Monet, 1919