Beaufort’s work is defined by its medieval sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Stonyhurst Hours (Use of Sarum)
Beaufort Saints Group Flemish, late 14th-early 15th centuries
Mastoid (Drinking Cup)
Attributed to the Leafless Group Greek; Athens
Untitled
Tanaka Atsuko Japanese, 1932-2005
Kantharos (Wine Cup)
Attributed to the Kantharos Group Greek; Apulia, Italy
Shozo Shimamoto Japanese, 1928–2013
Work
Saburo Murakami Japanese, 1925–1996
King Solomon Receiving the Queen of Sheba
Master of the Antwerp Adoration Group (Netherlandish, active c. 1520)
King David Receiving the Cistern Water of Bethlehem
Reliquary Casket of Saints Adrian and Natalia
León, Spain
Golden Wings Brushing the Clouds Incarnated from Earthly Wide Star (Chikatsusei Maunkinshi)
Kazuo Shiraga Japanese, 1924-2008
For Your Names You Took Hope and Humble
Carrie Mae Weems American, born 1953
Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist
Bartolomeo di Giovanni (Italian, active c. 1465-1501)
The Holy Family with Saints Elizabeth and John the Baptist
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)
The Puritan
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, born Ireland, 1848–1907)
Saint Francis
Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)
Amor Caritas
Group of Trees
Paul Dougherty American, 1877-1947
Saint Jerome
Antoine Masson French, 1636-1700
Bust from the Adams Memorial
Violet Sargent