Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Interior, Woman mending a garment in the interior of a house
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.DUTC.0029; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
Lucretia, In the bottom right-hand corner, Rembrandt has signed his name and the date. The work depicts the Roman historical figure of Lucretia who, after being dishonored by local tyrant's son, stabs herself. Rembrandt paints her in deep sadness and contrasts heavily between light and darkness., 1666
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.REMB.0048; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
Lucretia, Lucretia, after being raped by a local lord, commits suicide to save her Roman family's honor. Her face is pale and solemn as the blood trickles out from beneath her fine garments., 1666
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.REMB.0049; Public Notes:
Madonna and Child Enthroned, This image shows the Virgin and Child enthroned, with the Christ Child standing on Mary's lap as she supports Him. A vase of carnations and fruit adorn the checkered (indicating a holy space) floor; angels watch benevolently from above the throne., 1475-1480
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.VENI.0673; Public Notes:
Nativity, Biblical scene depicting the birth of Jesus., c. 1425-1430
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.4981; Public Notes:
Portrait of a Lady, Bust portrait of a woman.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.7790; Public Notes: This piece was bequeathed to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Miss Tessie Jones in memory of Herschel V. Jones in 1968.
Portrait of Moritz Buchner, This is a portrait of Moritz Buchner, an affluent merchant and city alderman in Saxony., 1518
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0111; Public Notes:
Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Greater
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.9256; Public Notes:
Saint John the Baptist, In this painting, Saint John the Baptist sits on a red robe in a wooded landscape. He is naked but covered by a fur. On the ground at his feet is a sheep. By his side is his staff. Cherubim watch from overhead., c.1755
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0064; Public Notes: This piece was commissioned by Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV, to hang in the chapel in the Capuchin Convent in Paris.
Saint John the Baptist, In this painting, Saint John the Baptist sits on a red robe in a wooded landscape. He is naked but covered by a fur. On the ground at his feet is a sheep. By his side is his staff. Cherubim watch from overhead., c.1755
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FREN.0065; Public Notes: This piece was commissioned by Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of Louis XV, to hang in the chapel in the Capuchin Convent in Paris.
Saint Peter, Saint Peter.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.EITA.5096; Public Notes:
The Betrayal of Christ, Scene depicting Christ on the night he was betrayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. Based on the version in John Chapter 18 when we see Saint Paul sever the ear of Malchus, the servant of the High Priest. Judas leans in to kiss Christ as an angry crowd with lanterns and weapons follow closely behind, ready to arrest Christ., c. 1618-1620
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0629; Public Notes: Photographer's mark in bottom right of photograph. This is one of the three versions of this painting created by Van Dyck. This piece possibly functioned as a modello in preparation for the larger versions.
The Temptation of Christ, This painting portrays one of three temptations that Christ faced during his forty days fast in the desert, narrated in Matthew 4:1-4. Christ is being tempted by a young demon that presents a stone and challenges Christ to perform the miracle of turning it into bread, thus proving that he is truly the Son of God. Christ refuses, saying, "One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.", 1542
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.TITI.0312; Public Notes:
Virgin and Child, Madonna and Child seated in a garden, holding a book., c. 1492-1498
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLEM.0343; Public Notes: This piece was formerly attributed to Gerard David. The painting was once part of the Baron Albert von Oppenheim collection.
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