art history

Detail from <n>Trifacial Trinity</n> (c. 1570) by artist <n>Jeronimo Cosida</n>.

The <n>Arm Reliquary</n>, created by <n>South Netherlandish</n> artists circa 1230.

A schist <n>Reliquary</n> from the ancient region of Gandhara, Pakistan, dated to the 1st century A.D.

<n>Portrait of a Young Woman</n>, c. 1490-1500, by Italian artist <n>Lorenzo di Credi</n>.

A 10th-11th century <n>Byzantine</n> intaglio depicting <n>Christ</n>, from the <n>Cabinet des Médailles</n> in Paris.

<n>Portable Reliquary of Saint Vincent</n>, a German work from ca. 1475–1500.

<n>Lake George</n> (1869) by <n>Hudson River School</n> painter <n>John Frederick Kensett</n>.

A c. 1797 watercolor of <n>Lindisfarne Castle</n> by British artist <n>Thomas Girtin</n>.

A German <n>Shield for the Field or Tournament (Targe)</n>, ca. 1450–75, with the coat of arms of the Rieter von Kornburg family.

<n>Burial of a Crusader</n> (1803) by German artist <n>Franz Ludwig Catel</n>.

Unfinished <n>Icon with the Holy Trinity</n>, an 18th-century Greek painting from the collection of <n>The British Museum</n>.

<n>Egerton 1821</n>, a devotional book from England, c. 1480-90. Pigment on vellum.

<n>Danse Macabre</n>, a 17th-century painting by an unknown artist.

Untitled ("Home Sweet Home")

Bald Eagle and Arrows

A 17th-century Portuguese <n>Reliquary</n> from the collection of <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

<n>Lover's Eyes</n>, a miniature brooch from 1840 by an unknown artist in the <n>Metropolitan Museum of Art</n> collection.

Four 16th-century icons depicting scenes from the life of <n>Christ</n> and <n>Saint Nicholas</n>. From the collection of <n>The Met Museum</n>.

French <n>Plaque with the Descent from the Cross</n>, ca. 1350–60. Carved ivory.

<n>Shigaraki storage jar</n> from the late Kamakura period.

<n>The Entombment</n>, an engraving by <n>Battista Franco</n> from ca. 1540-60.

<n>Altar Frontal with Man of Sorrows and Saints</n>, a German tapestry from c. 1465, depicts the <n>Man of Sorrows</n> with <n>The Virgin</n>, <n>Saint John the Evangelist</n>, <n>Saint Peter</n>, and <n>Saint Jerome</n>.

A 1875 wood engraving by <n>Édouard Riou</n> after sketches by <n>Paul Marcoy</n> for his book <n>Travels in South America</n>.

<n>Crucifix</n>, a North Italian sculpture in polychromed wood from circa 1400.

<n>The Lament</n> (1866) by <n>Sir Edward Burne-Jones</n>.

A detail from <n>Matthias Stom</n>'s painting, <n>The Incredulity of Saint Thomas</n> (c. 1640-1649).

<n>Christ in Majesty</n>, an icon painted by <n>Andrei Rublev</n> in 1408.

<n>Birth of Christ</n>, c. 1405, an icon by Russian painter <n>Andrei Rublev</n>.

<n>Christ's Descent into Hell</n>, an oil painting by a <n>Follower of Hieronymus Bosch</n> from the second quarter of the 16th century.

<n>The Gulf Stream</n> (1899) by artist <n>Winslow Homer</n>.

<n>Reliquary with Contents</n>, a <n>Schist</n> sculpture from Gandhara, 1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.