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Kunstmuseum Basel

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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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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

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

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 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