Christian’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Scene from Pliny
Christian Bernhard Rode German, 1725-1797
Job in Luck (Hiob im Glück)
Christian Bernhard Rode (German, 1725-1797)
Dying Man Being Consoled by Christ on the Cross, Virgin and Saints
Gottfried Bernhard Goetz German, 1708-1774
Wheellock Gun
Barrel smith: Berhard Albrecht (German, active 1557–87) Augsburg
White Crucifixion
Marc Chagall Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 1985
Bernhard Willhelm looking back
Wolfgang Tillmans German, born 1968
The Creation of Adam
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Italian, 1609-1664
The Crucifixion
Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664)
Earthly Paradise
Pierre Bonnard French, 1867–1947
Poster
Lucian Bernhard American, born Austria, 1883-1972
Detective
Christian Boltanski French, 1944-2021
Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist
Bartolomeo di Giovanni (Italian, active c. 1465-1501)
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception
Antonio Maragliano (Italian, 1664–1741) Workshop of Antonio Maragliano (Italian, 1664–1741)
Christ Entering Jerusalem
Richard Scheibe German, 1879-1964
The Resurrection
Cecco del Caravaggio (Francesco Boneri; Italian, 1588/90–after 1620)
Corpus of Christ, from the Altarpiece of the Crucifixion
Jacques de Baerze (Netherlandish, active before 1384–1399) Melchior Broederlam (Netherlandish, about 1355–about 1411)
Head of an Apostle
French; Paris
Portrait of the Katchef Dahouth, Christian Mameluke
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)
The Ecstasy of Saint Francis
Giovanni Baglione (Italian, 1566–1643)
Tobias and the Angel
Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)