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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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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