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Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on a dark cross, angels catching blood, and grieving figures on a gold background.

The Crucifixion

Segna di Buonaventura, ca. 1315

Miniature of the Annunciation: kneeling Virgin Mary in blue robe beside red bed, angel Gabriel gesturing, dove of the Holy Sp

The Annunciation

Gerard David, ca. 1510

Painted Crucifixion scene with Christ between two thieves, Mary and John at left, a crowd at right, and gold halos.

The Crucifixion

Housebook Master, 1481-82

Haloed saints gathered in a large illuminated initial O, with a praying Virgin in blue at center and ornate foliate borders.

All Saints in an Initial E or O

Osservanza Master, ca. 1430-40

Virgin and Child enthroned between two saints holding palm fronds, with a mountain landscape and hilltop town behind.

Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints Cecilia and Catherine of Alexandria

Francesco Morone, ca. 1510-15

Illuminated initial C showing Christ above, an angel blowing a trumpet, and figures rising from tombs below, on gold leaf.

Last Judgment in an Initial C

Lorenzo Monaco, ca. 1406-7

Painted initial O with a turbaned figure in pink robes in a green landscape, framed by gold leaf and foliate ornament.

David with His Foot in a Noose in an Initial O

Domenico Morone, ca. 1500

Illuminated psalter initial B with a haloed kneeling king in prayer, an angel, and gold foliage on blue.

King David in Prayer in an Initial B

Zanobi Strozzi, ca. 1450

Friar in brown habit gesturing from a wooden pulpit against a blue background with a red border.

Saint Bernardino Preaching from a Pulpit

Francesco di Giorgio, ca. 1470-75

Two haloed saints stand before a gold Gothic arch while kneeling lay figures in red venerate them, framed by a floral border.

Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity

Cristoforo Cortese, ca. 1425-34

Hanging scroll of a white cockatoo upside down on a chain beneath pink blossoms, with a small bird below.

Cockatoo

Chen Shu, dated 1721

Monochrome hanging scroll of craggy mountains, a pavilion among trees, and figures on a bridge, with calligraphy at upper rig

Enjoying the Moon: Landscape in the Manner of Wang Meng

Gu Yide, dated 1628

Ink landscape hanging scroll with a waterfall, rocky mountains, gnarled trees and calligraphy with red seals.

Recluse gazing at a waterfall

Ju Jie, 1559

Hanging scroll of white hibiscus blossoms and green leaves with a white egret standing at the base on a brown ground.

Hibiscus and Egret

Jiang Tingxi, dated 1724

Hanging scroll of ducks resting among reeds and grasses by water, painted in ink on a muted brown silk ground.

Ducks and Reeds

Hanging scroll of cabbage plants in grey ink wash with pale stalks rising from a rocky base.

Cabbage

Hanging scroll of a black cat curled on rocks above white narcissus flowers, with calligraphy and red seals in the upper righ

Black Cat and Narcissus

Zhu Ling, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a peacock with fanned tail beside pink camellias and a gnarled pine on a muted ochre ground.

Peacock with Pine and Camellia

Zhu Duan, dated 1518

Hanging scroll portrait of an elderly man in a blue robe and black cap, standing on a wooden stand against a brown background

Portrait of the artist’s great-granduncle Yizhai at the age of eighty-five

Ruan Zude, dated 1561 or 1621

Hanging scroll portrait of a seated elderly woman in a blue robe with a gold crane emblem and red shawl.

Portrait of the wife of Yizhai

Ruan Zude, datable to 1561 or 1620

Hanging scroll of a flowering plum tree with pale blossoms beneath a full moon, with calligraphy in the upper right.

Flowering Plum in Moonlight and Snow

Liu Shiru, 16th century

Hanging scroll of a misty river landscape with pines, red trees, a sailboat, and a seated scholar by a hut.

Landscape for Zhao Yipeng

Tang Yin, late 15th-early 16th century

Ink painting of bamboo stalks and leaves on pale paper, with calligraphic inscription and red seals at upper right.

Bamboo

Hanging scroll of a dark vase with lotus blossoms and white flowers beside a bowl of rocks on an ochre ground.

Vase of Flowers

Hanging scroll of crabapple and pink china roses with two birds perched on a branch against a tan silk background.

Crabapple, China rose, and Indian flycatcher

Shen Quan, 1750

Ink drawing on a hanging scroll of robed figures washing a large elephant beside a basin, with a sutra inscription above.

Washing the White Elephant

Chen Zi, undated

Hanging scroll of a misty mountain landscape with pines, seated scholars by a stream, and calligraphy at upper left.

Landscape dedicated to Xiang Yuanbian

Hanging scroll with a standing woman holding a plum branch by a rock and a seated figure in red in the foreground.

Girl Arranging Flowers

Ink painting of a striated rock, gnarled bare tree and feathery bamboo leaves, with red seals and calligraphy.

Landscapes after old masters

Du Xiang, 19th century

Hanging scroll of a hawk on a pine branch beside red plum blossoms and a rock, painted in ink and color.

Hawk, pine, plum, and rock

Zhu Cheng, dated 1873