Gottfried’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.

Smallsword
Crossguard and Pommel: attributed to Gottfried Christian Leygebe German, Nuremberg, 1630-1683 Blade: French, early 18th century Grip: German

Queen Louise of Prussia
Johann Gottfried Schadow (German, 1764–1850) Cast by Werner Foundry (German, 1794/95–1842)

White Crucifixion
Marc Chagall Born Vitebsk (formerly Russian Empire, now Belarus), 1887; died Saint-Paul, France, 1985

Dying Man Being Consoled by Christ on the Cross, Virgin and Saints
Gottfried Bernhard Goetz German, 1708-1774

The Painter Gottfried Brockmann (Der Maler Gottfried Brockmann)
August Sander German, 1876–1964

Detective
Christian Boltanski French, 1944-2021

The Creation of Adam
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Italian, 1609-1664

The Crucifixion
Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664)

Cat and Monkey
Gottfried Engelmann (French, 1788-1839) after Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745-1811)

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)

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

Beaker and Cover with Bacchic Scene
Engraved by Gottfried Spiller (active Brandenburg [now Germany], 1663–1728) Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg (now Germany)

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)