Maria’s work is defined by its modernism sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Panel
Designed by Maria Monaci Gallenga (Italian, 1880–1940) Italy, Rome

Panel from a Lady's Evening Tunic
Designed by Maria Monaci Gallenga (Italian, 1880–1940) Italy, Rome

Cushion Cover
Designed by Maria Monaci Gallenga (Italian, 1880–1940) Italy, Rome

The Wedding at Cana
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, 1665–1747)

Friendship Quilt
Made for Ella Maria Deacon (American, 1811–94) Mount Holly, New Jersey, United States

Portrait of a Man
Antonio Maria Esquivel (Spanish, 1806–1857)

Flight from Pompeii
Giovanni Maria Benzoni (Italian, 1809–1873)

María Izquierdo
Rufino Tamayo (Mexican, 1899–1991)

Woman Looking For Fleas
Attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi (Italian, 1665–1747)

Maria Lani
Georges Rouault French, 1871-1958

Composition
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva French, born Portugal, 1908–1992

Vendor of Rosaries and Sacred Images
Giuseppe Maria Mitelli Italian, 1634-1718

"Feather-Edged Star" Quilt
Annie Maria Henkle (American, 1827-1911) Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

Crucifixion
María Josefa Sánchez (Spanish, active 1639–1649)

Candlestick, Model no. 1819
Designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich (German, 1867-1908) Germany, Darmstadt

Table of the Permeability of Various Substances to Roentgen Rays
Josef Maria Eder (Austrian, 1855–1944) and Eduard Valenta (Austrian, 1857–1937)

Rotterdam
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva French, born Portugal, 1908–1992

Maria Sheldon Scammon
Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860–1920)

Anna Maria Dashwood, later Marchioness of Ely
Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

Head of a Dominican Nun: Study for the Ecstasy of Saint Dominic
Domenico Maria Canuti Italian, 1625-1684