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Loose oil study of a haloed, bearded Christ figure with open arms in a red robe, set before a green landscape and cloudy sky.

Study for "Christ"

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of a winged angel in a flowing white robe, gazing upward against a soft blue and cream background.

The Angel

William Baxter Closson, 1910

Painting of rows of tepees on green plains beside a wide river, with mounted riders on rolling hills under a pale sky.

Fort Pierre, Mouth of the Teton River, 1200 Miles above Saint Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of two bearded men in robes seated in a dim interior, one gesturing, beside a window with a green landscape.

Visit of Nicodemus to Christ

John La Farge, 1880

Blue-toned painting of a kneeling woman by water at moonlight, with a standing figure and a distant sailboat.

Moses in the Bullrushes

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1920

Painting of a plains ceremony with a figure beside a pole bearing a bison skull, drummers, and a watching crowd.

Self-torture in a Sioux Religious Ceremony

George Catlin, 1830

Expressionist painting of a haloed crucified Christ above a landscape, with nude mourners grieving in the foreground and a sh

(Crucifixion)

Carl Newman, 1930

Painting of Christ with a halo, long brown hair and beard, red robe, and raised hand against a dark background.

Head of Christ

Palma il Vecchio, 1590

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ on the cross, two angels, a dove above, and two kneeling mourners before rocky hills.

Crucifixion

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Painting of a sunlit courtyard with a horseback rider, a turbaned man reading a paper, merchants in a carved shop window, and

Hindu Merchants

Edwin Lord Weeks, 1880

Painting of the Madonna in a red robe and dark veil holding a nude standing child on a draped ledge.

Madonna and Child

Flemish Peter Paul Rubens, 1610

Painting of a tall church tower in warm golden light, with small figures in a city square below.

Eglise Saint Merry

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Loose painting of a woman in a pale robe beside pale animals in a warm, ochre-lit interior room.

Study for the Annunciation

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Painting of a haloed figure rising into a blue sky while robed followers look upward from a rocky landscape.

The Ascension

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Une Martyre (Saint Thechla)

Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson, 1890

Painting of a seated bronze Buddha and a vase of yellow and white flowers before a busy, colorful scene of figures.

Bronze Buddha

Henry Golden Dearth, 1910

Oval ceiling study of God the Father receiving the Madonna, surrounded by angels and putti in soft blue and rose tones.

God the Father Receiving the Madonna of the Immaculate Conception

Carlo Carlone, 1720

Loose painting of a seated Madonna in red and blue with a rabbit, an infant, and a standing woman before a dusky landscape.

After Titian's "Madonna of the Rabbit"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Pencil sketch of a winged angel in flight with one arm raised and billowing drapery, on pale paper.

Angel for Mercy's Dream

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure in side view with one arm raised, on yellowed paper.

Moses, Aaron and Hur on Mount Horeb (study - figure at right)

William Page, 1850

Graphite sketch of a woman in a draped veil and headscarf, head turned slightly, with a pensive expression, on tan paper.

Study for Mary, Return from the Crucifixion

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Brown wash drawing of a formal garden with terraced steps, conical trees, and figures by a pool.

Saint Cloud--4 Juin 1906

François Flameng, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a haloed recording angel with an open book, two winged attendants, and many hands reaching up from below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Recording Angel

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall minaret with a decorated balcony and domed top beside a building with hanging laundry.

Es Saint

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil and ink sketch of reclining and standing figures, a small animal study, and a shaded form with a raised staff on aged

Moses Commanding the Waters of the Red Sea to Separate

William Page, 1850

Watercolor of a haloed bearded figure surrounded by robed men in an ornate arched hall with columns and a counter.

Christ and the Pharisees

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Pencil sketch of a mountain ridge and diagonal ground lines on pale paper, with handwritten label Wells of Moses.

Wells of Moses

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Mont Saint Michel, France

Mont Saint Michel, France

Cass Gilbert, 1900