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.
Market Woman on Horseback
Christian Rugendas German, 1708-1781
White Crucifixion
Marc Chagall Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 1985
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
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)
Christ Entering Jerusalem
Richard Scheibe German, 1879-1964
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)
Pastoral Dream
Johann Lorenz Rugendas I (German, 1730–1799) after Charles Eisen (French, 1720–1778)
The Ecstasy of Saint Francis
Giovanni Baglione (Italian, 1566–1643)
Tobias and the Angel
Jean Charles Cazin (French, 1841–1901)
Triptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ
German; Cologne
The Assumption of the Virgin
El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614)
Saint George and the Dragon
Bernat Martorell (Spanish, active from 1427–died 1452)
Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin)
Workshop of Dieric Bouts (Netherlandish, 1415–1475)