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

Detective
Christian Boltanski French, 1944-2021

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

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)

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)

Christ Entering Jerusalem
Richard Scheibe German, 1879-1964

Head of an Apostle
French; Paris

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis
Giovanni Baglione (Italian, 1566–1643)

Portrait of the Katchef Dahouth, Christian Mameluke
Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (French, 1767–1824)

Tobias and the Angel
Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)