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.

Peytral from a horse armor of Georg von Wolframsdorf
Christian Spor (Austrian, died 1485) Austrian, Mühlau

Jousting Helm (Stechhelm)
Christian Spor (Austrian, 1464-1495) Innsbruck, Austria

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)

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)

Mater Dolorosa (Sorrowing Virgin)
Workshop of Dieric Bouts (Netherlandish, 1415–1475)

Saint George and the Dragon
Bernat Martorell (Spanish, active from 1427–died 1452)