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Andrea di Bartolo - Massacre of the Innocents - Walters 371018

Andrea di Bartolo - Massacre of the Innocents - Walters 371018

In an attempt to thwart the prophecy about Christ's rise to power, King Herod orders his soldiers to kill all the male infants under the age of two living in Bethlehem. They do this with ruthless efficiency. Ba... More

Louis Pierre Henriquel Dupont - Correggio - Marriage of St Catherine - Walters 37912

Louis Pierre Henriquel Dupont - Correggio - Marriage of St Catherine -...

copy after Corregio, Le Mariage de Sainte Catherine, Louvre Museum, inv.41

Emile van Marcke de Lummen - The Approach of a Storm - Walters 3777

Emile van Marcke de Lummen - The Approach of a Storm - Walters 3777

The son of a Flemish artist employed at the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Van Marcke himself decorated porcelains at Sèvres for nine years. An older colleague, Constant Troyon, encouraged him to paint in oils d... More

Frits Thaulow - Village on the Bank of a Stream - Walters 37175

Frits Thaulow - Village on the Bank of a Stream - Walters 37175

In 1874, the Norwegian painter Frits Thaulow visited Paris. Not only did his arrival coincide with the opening of the first impressionist exhibition, but it was also in that year that he met and married Ingebor... More

George Augustus Baker - Portrait of the Artist - Walters 3766

George Augustus Baker - Portrait of the Artist - Walters 3766

George Augustus Baker (American, 1821-1880). 'Portrait Of The Artist,' 1874. oil on canvas. Walters Art Museum (37.66): Acquired from the aritst by W.T.Walters.

Georgios Klontzas - Scenes of Christ's Passion - Walters 37628 - Closed

Georgios Klontzas - Scenes of Christ's Passion - Walters 37628 - Close...

This folding icon was originally a triptych (three-paneled icon); the right wing is now lost. The panels that remain depict, on the left, Christ on the Road to Calvary and, on the right, the Crucifixion. This i... More

Greek - Saint Andrew - Walters 37559

Greek - Saint Andrew - Walters 37559

Saint Andrew, holding a scroll, looks intently to his left, indicating that the panel once may have formed part of a group of icons with Christ at the center. It may have been placed on the upper tier of an "i... More

Henry Lejeune - Ophelia - Walters 372665

Henry Lejeune - Ophelia - Walters 372665

Lejeune began to exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1840, showing mostly religious subjects. He later became an associate member of the academy and served as its curator and master of drawing. Ophelia was Lord Pol... More

James McNeill Whistler - Portrait of George A Lucas - Walters 37319

James McNeill Whistler - Portrait of George A Lucas - Walters 37319

Though he frequently posed as a southern gentleman from Baltimore, Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and, together with Lucas, attended the West Point Military Academy. He later trained in Paris in th... More

Joseph Mallord William Turner - Raby Castle, the Seat of the Earl of Darlington - Walters 3741

Joseph Mallord William Turner - Raby Castle, the Seat of the Earl of D...

Before he painted Romantic subjects drawn from classical, biblical, literary, and contemporary sources, Turner specialized in topographical views. This work, commissioned by the third earl of Darlington, is one... More

Josse Lieferinxe - Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken - Walters 371995

Josse Lieferinxe - Saint Sebastian Interceding for the Plague Stricken...

St. Sebastian was a Roman military officer martyred about AD 300 by being shot full of arrows and then clubbed to death. He was prayed to for protection against the plague. This painting depicts one instance of... More

Jozef Israëls - Old Man and Baby - Walters 37658

Jozef Israëls - Old Man and Baby - Walters 37658

In a dimly lit interior a smiling elderly man, seated on a ladder-back chair, amuses an infant with a toy soldier. The child is seated in a "kakstoel," or training chair. On a rush-covered street at the right i... More

Marco Zoppo - Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata - Walters 37544

Marco Zoppo - Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata - Walters 37544

In 1224, Saint Francis of Assisi was meditating on the mountainside of La Verna in the Apennine Mountains of Italy on the sufferings of Christ when a seraph (an angel of the highest order) appeared to him in a ... More

Master of the Panzano Triptych - Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints - Walters 37728

Master of the Panzano Triptych - Madonna and Child Enthroned with Sain...

Folding triptychs like this were used for private devotion. The enthroned Madonna and Child are flanked by (left to right) Sts. Nicholas, Bartholomew, Catherine of Alexandria, Anthony Abbot, Francis, and Lucy. ... More

Pietro Lorenzetti - Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels - Walters 37731 - Detail B

Pietro Lorenzetti - Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels - Walters ...

This magnificent enthroned Virgin and Child with four saints and two angels originally formed the center of a folding triptych, a three-part painting. The delicate punch-work in the haloes, costumes, and border... More

Fortuny Eclesiàstic - Public domain portrait painting

Fortuny Eclesiàstic - Public domain portrait painting

Mariano Jos�-Maria-Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal (Spanish, 1838-1874). 'An Ecclesiastic,' ca. 1874. oil on panel. Walters Art Museum (37.150): Acquired by William T. Walters, 1878-1884.

Antonello da Messina - The Virgin Mary Reading - Walters 37433

Antonello da Messina - The Virgin Mary Reading - Walters 37433

In this devotional panel, the Virgin Mary is depicted reading. Her status as the Queen of Heaven is emphasized by the golden crown-studded with jewels and pearls and adorned with red and white roses-held by the... More

Catarino Veneziano - Madonna and Child, the Crucifixion, and Saints - Walters 37635

Catarino Veneziano - Madonna and Child, the Crucifixion, and Saints - ...

Painting during a period when artists no longer worked as anonymous craftsmen, Catarino signed this altarpiece prominently, "Catarino from Venice painted [this]." Juxtaposed with the donor's coat of arms (lower... More

Emile van Marcke de Lummen - Early Morning - Walters 37143

Emile van Marcke de Lummen - Early Morning - Walters 37143

A white cow drinking in the foreground is about to be joined by three other cows progressing at intervals toward the pool. They are tended by a girl leaning against a gatepost. The scene is drenched by early mo... More

Ethiopian - The Virgin and Child with Archangels, Scenes from the Life of Christ, and Saints - Walters 364 - Back

Ethiopian - The Virgin and Child with Archangels, Scenes from the Life...

The central panel of this triptych features a version of Mary and the infant Christ based on a famous icon from the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore that was believed to have been painted by St. Luke the ... More

George Augustus Baker - Portrait of Ellen Harper Walters - Walters 372637

George Augustus Baker - Portrait of Ellen Harper Walters - Walters 372...

George Augustus Baker (American, 1821-1880). 'Portrait of Ellen Harper Walters,' ca. 1859. oil on fabric. Walters Art Museum (37.2637): Acquired by exchange with the Franklin Roosevelt Library, 1988.

Giovanni del Biondo - Five Saints - Walters 37719

Giovanni del Biondo - Five Saints - Walters 37719

Four of these saints are recognizable by their attributes: Sebastian by his arrows, Anthony Abbot by his staff, Margaret by her dragon, and Lucy by her burning lamp. The fifth is a bishop, as indicated by his m... More

Giovanni di Paolo - The Resurrection of Lazarus - Walters 37489A

Giovanni di Paolo - The Resurrection of Lazarus - Walters 37489A

This is one of four early masterpieces by Giovanni di Paolo in the Walters. It was originally part of a predella (paintings on the base of an altarpiece) in the chapel of the Malavolti family in the church of ... More

James Crawford Thom - Woodcutter Kneeling before a Forest Shrine - Walters 371352

James Crawford Thom - Woodcutter Kneeling before a Forest Shrine - Wal...

NaN Public domain photograph of burial, grave, funeral, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Achille Benouville - Landscape with Buffalo - Walters 371209

Jean Achille Benouville - Landscape with Buffalo - Walters 371209

Long-horned buffalo or oxen are being herded across a desolate stretch of the Roman Campagna. In the center of the scene juts a high outcrop of rock. Overhead, reeling in the dark sky, are some vultures. The a... More

Leopold Carl Müller - Profile Head of a Young Woman - Walters 371013

Leopold Carl Müller - Profile Head of a Young Woman - Walters 371013

Müller happened to be born in Dresden, but was, in fact, of Austrian parentage. A government stipend enabled Müller to attend the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle, where he was profoundly impressed by the pai... More

Mariotto di Nardo - Saints Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, and a Bishop Saint - Walters 37746

Mariotto di Nardo - Saints Lawrence, Christopher, Sebastian, and a Bis...

This painting is one of a series of similar panels that perhaps once formed the wings of a painted reliquary. The relics contained therein would have been those of the saints portrayed on the wings. On this pan... More

Naddo Ceccarelli - Reliquary Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child - Walters 371159

Naddo Ceccarelli - Reliquary Tabernacle with the Virgin and Child - Wa...

Naddo Ceccarelli, a talented follower of Simone Martini (ca. 1284-1344), was one of a handful of painters to create reliquaries that emulated the work produced by goldsmiths. The format that Ceccarelli adopted ... More

Niccolò da Foligno - The Prophet Moses - Walters 37620E

Niccolò da Foligno - The Prophet Moses - Walters 37620E

Niccol� da Foligno (Italian, ca. 1420-1502). 'The Prophet Moses,' 1430-1500. tempera and gold on panel. Walters Art Museum (37.620E): Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902.

Pietro da Rimini - The Blessing Christ, the Mourning Virgin, the Mourning St John the Evangelist - Walters 37634

Pietro da Rimini - The Blessing Christ, the Mourning Virgin, the Mourn...

These fragments originally adorned a monumental crucifix. The Blessing Christ would have appeared at the top, while Mary and John the Evangelist would have occupied the left and right ends of the cross's horizo... More

Théodore Valerio - Balkan Woman with Guns Tending a Baby - Walters 371410

Théodore Valerio - Balkan Woman with Guns Tending a Baby - Walters 371...

Th�odore Valerio (French, 1819-1879). 'Balkan Woman with Guns Tending a Baby,' ca. 1867 ?. watercolor with graphite underdrawing and gum heightening on cream, thick, heavily textured wove paper. Walters Art Mus... More

Andrew John Henry Way - Bunch of Grapes - Walters 371887

Andrew John Henry Way - Bunch of Grapes - Walters 371887

The grapes in this painting have been identified as the Prince Albert variety, which William T. Walters grew at his Govans estate, Saint Mary's. Way was a Baltimore painter who began his career as a portraitist... More

Ethiopian - Triptych Center Panel with Mary and Her Son and Christ Teaching the Apostles - Walters 367 - Open

Ethiopian - Triptych Center Panel with Mary and Her Son and Christ Tea...

The imposing figures of Mary with Her Son dominate the center scene. The large, watchful eyes, always powerful in Ethiopian icons, are especially impressive here, as are the fine details of the speckled and jew... More

Francis Sartorius I - Two Horses with a Groom - Walters 372929

Francis Sartorius I - Two Horses with a Groom - Walters 372929

This painting is a noteworthy example of horse portraiture, a genre within the wider field of sporting art, utilized extensively during the 18th and 19th centuries, particularly in Britain, but not without its ... More

Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo - Hindu Snake Charmers - Walters 37117

Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo - Hindu Snake Charmers - W...

Mariano Fortuny accompanied General Prim's military expedition to Morocco in 1860. Following the defeat of the Moroccan army at the battle of Tétouan, Spain controlled a portion of the western Sahara until 1976... More

Morizumo Yugyo - The Mongol Invasion - Walters 8225 - Top

Morizumo Yugyo - The Mongol Invasion - Walters 8225 - Top

The Mongols invaded Japan twice, in 1274 and 1281, and twice they were repulsed with the help of a sudden typhoon (a kamikaze or "divine wind"). Kawasaki Jimbei II began to produced large-scale silk tapestries... More

Paul Gavarni - Man in Apron and Cap - Walters 371456

Paul Gavarni - Man in Apron and Cap - Walters 371456

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'Man in Apron and Cap,' ca. 1855. watercolor and ink with graphite underdrawing on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1456): Acquired... More

Paul Gavarni - Peasant Girl Smoking - Walters 371423

Paul Gavarni - Peasant Girl Smoking - Walters 371423

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'Peasant Girl Smoking,' 1849. watercolor and chalk with white heightening on brown, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1423): Acquired by Wi... More

Paul Gavarni - The Twelve Months - October - Walters 371472

Paul Gavarni - The Twelve Months - October - Walters 371472

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'The Twelve Months: October,' 1866. watercolor and ink wash with graphite underdrawing on cream, thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1472): Acquired by ... More

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA, OM - Portrait of a Sailor - Walters 372663-copy

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA, OM - Portrait of a Sailor - Walters 3726...

This is one of the few surviving early works by the Dutch-born painter who would enjoy exceptional popularity in Great Britain and America with his re-creations of scenes set in ancient Greece and Rome. In this... More

Sir William Beechey - Portrait of Lady Clinton (?) - Walters 37176

Sir William Beechey - Portrait of Lady Clinton (?) - Walters 37176

A young lady wearing an embroidered mantle and a white satin dress with square décolletage is portrayed seated. Should the traditional identification of the subject as Lady Clinton (1795-1875) be correct, she w... More

William Louis Sonntag - On the Potomac - Walters 372539

William Louis Sonntag - On the Potomac - Walters 372539

Sonntag depicted idealized views of nature not yet affected by human development. This work dates from early in his career, when he was exploring the Potomac and Ohio Rivers for subjects. Sonntag began his care... More

Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis - Painted Fire Screen - Google Art Project

Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis - Painted Fire Screen - Google Art Project

Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Asher Brown Durand - The Catskills - Walters 37122

Asher Brown Durand - The Catskills - Walters 37122

This painting was commissioned by William T. Walters in 1858, when the 62-year-old Durand was at the height of his fame and technical skill. The vertical format of the composition was a trademark of the artist,... More

Fre Seyon - Diptych with Mary and Her Son Flanked by Archangels, Apostles and a Saint - Walters 3612 - Open

Fre Seyon - Diptych with Mary and Her Son Flanked by Archangels, Apost...

The Christ Child touches his mother's chin with a gesture of affection that was probably inspired by 15th-century Italian paintings then greatly admired at the Ethiopian royal court. Victorious saints on horseb... More

Frederick Edwin Church - Morning in the Tropics - Walters 37147

Frederick Edwin Church - Morning in the Tropics - Walters 37147

Inspired by German scientist Baron Alexander von Humboldt, who explored Latin America at the end of the 18th century, Church traveled widely in search of romantic subjects, visiting South America in 1853 and 18... More

Giorgio Vasari II - The Last Supper - Walters 371177

Giorgio Vasari II - The Last Supper - Walters 371177

Vasari may have painted this biblical scene as well as three others (Walters 37.1705, 37.1176, 37.1704) in brown monochrome as a study for related compositions in a series of 18 larger, multicolor panels repres... More

Hector Giacomelli - A Perch of Birds - Walters 37963 - Front Mark

Hector Giacomelli - A Perch of Birds - Walters 37963 - Front Mark

Twenty-four finches, varying in pose and color, are perched in a row. This watercolor is a variant of one of the artist's most popular subjects, "Un bâton de cage." Another variation of this composition in the ... More

Italian - Madonna and Child Enthroned Before a Rose Hedge - Walters 37457

Italian - Madonna and Child Enthroned Before a Rose Hedge - Walters 37...

Anonymous (Italian). 'Madonna and Child Enthroned Before a Rose Hedge,' 1470-1500. tempera and gold on panel. Walters Art Museum (37.457): Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1922.

Martin Johnson Heade - Haystacks on the Newburyport Marshes - Walters 372531

Martin Johnson Heade - Haystacks on the Newburyport Marshes - Walters ...

It took Heade several decades to arrive at the mature landscape style for which he is now admired. Initially trained in the studio of sign-painter Edward Hicks, Heade traveled constantly during his early career... More

Master of the Liverpool Madonna - Madonna and Child - Walters 37482

Master of the Liverpool Madonna - Madonna and Child - Walters 37482

Master of the Liverpool Madonna (Italian, active 15th century). 'Madonna and Child,' ca. 1510. tempera and gold on panel. Walters Art Museum (37.482): Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911.

Paul Gavarni - Man in Turkish Dress - Walters 371495

Paul Gavarni - Man in Turkish Dress - Walters 371495

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'Man in Turkish Dress,' ca. 1860. watercolor with graphite underdrawing and white heightening on beige, thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1495): Acqui... More

Paul Gavarni - The Barmaid - Walters 371442

Paul Gavarni - The Barmaid - Walters 371442

The drawings Gavarni made based on his observations in Great Britain often depict the crowds and individual types found in drinking establishments, both low and high. "The Barmaid" not only exhibits its subject... More

Paul Gavarni - The Twelve Months - August - Walters 371470

Paul Gavarni - The Twelve Months - August - Walters 371470

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'The Twelve Months: August,' 1866. watercolor and ink wash with graphite underdrawing on cream, thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1470): Acquired by W... More

Richard Caton Woodville - Old '76 and Young '48 - Walters 372370 - A T Front

Richard Caton Woodville - Old '76 and Young '48 - Walters 372370 - A T...

A young officer recounts his experiences in the Mexican War of 1848 to a veteran of the American Revolution. The persons represented are members of the artist's family: the old man is his great-uncle Richard Ca... More

School of Pisa - The Crucifixion and Saint Christopher - Walters 37724

School of Pisa - The Crucifixion and Saint Christopher - Walters 37724

These panels were the folding wings of a small triptych: paintings on three attached panels used for private devotion. An image of the Virgin and Child would probably have occupied the central panel. One of the... More

Théodore Valerio - Balkan Peasants Praying in Cave Chapel - Walters 371411
Workshop of Joos van Cleve - Portrait of Francis I, King of France - Walters 37412

Workshop of Joos van Cleve - Portrait of Francis I, King of France - W...

By the early 16th century rulers began to recognize the political value of distributing portraits of themselves to followers as a way of reminding them of, and rewarding them for, their allegiance. In this, Fra... More

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso - Episodes from the Story of Susannah - Walters 372503

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso - Episodes from the Story of Susannah...

Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, 1402-1489). 'Episodes from the Story of Susannah,' 15th century. tempera on panel. Walters Art Museum (37.2503): Gift of the Dr. Francis D. Murnaghan Fund, 1973.

Giorgio Vasari II - The Sacrifice of Isaac - Walters 371705 (2)

Giorgio Vasari II - The Sacrifice of Isaac - Walters 371705 (2)

Vasari may have painted this biblical scene as well as three others (Walters 37.1177, 37.1176, 37.1704) in brown monochrome as a study for related compositions in a series of 18 larger, multicolor panels repres... More

Jacobus Hendricus Maris - Landscape with Canal - Walters 37202

Jacobus Hendricus Maris - Landscape with Canal - Walters 37202

A couple of men on horseback ride along the towpath of a waterway. Silhouetted against the horizon are two windmills, ubiquitous in Maris' landscapes. The expansive, overcast sky is characteristic of the artist... More

James McDougal Hart - A Stream in the Adirondacks - Walters 37103

James McDougal Hart - A Stream in the Adirondacks - Walters 37103

The detailed rendering of this tranquil scene is characteristic of Hart's early work, when he was most deeply influenced by the Hudson River school of landscape painting. Born in Scotland, Hart began his caree... More

Jan Baptiste Govaerts - Still Life with Dead Game Birds - Walters 371751

Jan Baptiste Govaerts - Still Life with Dead Game Birds - Walters 3717...

This is the companion piece of "Still Life with Dead Game" (Walters 37.1900).

Jean August Hendrik Leys - The Edict-s- of Charles V - Walters 37123 - Detail C

Jean August Hendrik Leys - The Edict-s- of Charles V - Walters 37123 -...

Baron Leys was regarded as Belgium's foremost artist in the mid 19th century. About 1851, he adopted a deliberately archaizing style resulting in part from a visit to Germany in 1852. This scene is set in the a... More

Master of Arguis - Exterior of a Triptych with Saints Lawrence and Leonard - Walters 37868 - Closed

Master of Arguis - Exterior of a Triptych with Saints Lawrence and Leo...

Altarpieces with hinged wings were closed except on major feast days, so that ordinarily only the exterior panels of the wings were visible. They were often less sumptuous than the interior, though no less intr... More

Olivuccio di Ciccarello da Camerino - Madonna and Child with Saints Peter, Paul, John the Baptist, and Francis - Walters 37699 - Front Right

Olivuccio di Ciccarello da Camerino - Madonna and Child with Saints Pe...

The intact condition and unique format of this altarpiece make it a truly remarkable painting. The central panel depicts a stunning Madonna and Child, flanked on the left by half-length figures of St. Peter abo... More

Paul Gavarni - Gypsy Woman and Child - Walters 371457

Paul Gavarni - Gypsy Woman and Child - Walters 371457

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'Gypsy Woman and Child,' ca. 1859. watercolor and colored inks with graphite underdrawing and white heighting on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper. Walter... More

Simone dei Crocifissi - New Testament and Apocryphal Scenes with Saints - Walters 37723

Simone dei Crocifissi - New Testament and Apocryphal Scenes with Saint...

The hinge marks along the outer edge of the left-hand panel suggest that these two reliquary panels are fragments of a larger ensemble. Its incomplete state might explain why the scenes include the Resurrection... More

William Oliver Stone - Portrait of William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888) - Walters 3769

William Oliver Stone - Portrait of William Wilson Corcoran (1798-1888)...

William Oliver Stone (American, 1830-1875). 'Portrait Of William Wilson Corcoran,' 19th century. oil on canvas. Walters Art Museum (37.69): Acquired artist sale between 1875 and 1884.

Honoré Daumier - The Amateurs - Google Art Project

Honoré Daumier - The Amateurs - Google Art Project

Public domain photograph of 18th019th-century cartoon print, satirical portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alfred Stevens - The Painter and His Model - Walters 37322

Alfred Stevens - The Painter and His Model - Walters 37322

Stevens, a native of Brussels, spent much of his career in Paris where he was regarded as one of the most important recorders of the bourgeois and aristocratic levels of la vie moderne. In this early work, a yo... More

Ary Scheffer - Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem - Walters 37111

Ary Scheffer - Christ Weeping Over Jerusalem - Walters 37111

Before enrolling in the École des Beaux-Arts, Scheffer studied with the neoclassically trained artist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, whose mastery of the art of the past and high technical finish he emulated. He exhib... More

Bartolomeo di Giovanni - The Myth of Io - Walters 37421

Bartolomeo di Giovanni - The Myth of Io - Walters 37421

The ancient Roman poet Ovid, in his "The Metamorphoses," told the story of the nymph Io who was seduced by Jupiter, the king of the gods. When his wife Juno became jealous, Jupiter transformed Io into a heifer ... More

Bernhard Strigel - Christ Before the High Priest - Walters 37673

Bernhard Strigel - Christ Before the High Priest - Walters 37673

These four panels (Walters 37.665, 37.666, 37.672, and 37.673) depicting episodes from Christ's Passion were originally part of a "polyptych" or multi-paneled altarpiece commissioned by the Carthusian monastery... More

Greek - Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Three Scenes from Her Life - Walters 372753 (2)

Greek - Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Three Scenes from Her Life ...

According to legend, Saint Catherine was a learned noble maiden from the Egyptian city of Alexandria who was martyred in the early 4th century on account of her Christian faith. The three small scenes at the bo... More

Greek - Virgin and Child with Two Angels - Walters 371156

Greek - Virgin and Child with Two Angels - Walters 371156

Anonymous (Greek). 'Virgin and Child with Two Angels,' 16th century. tempera on panel. Walters Art Museum (37.1156): Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924 (?).

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA, OM - Portrait of a Sailor - Walters 372663

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, RA, OM - Portrait of a Sailor - Walters 3726...

This is one of the few surviving early works by the Dutch-born painter who would enjoy exceptional popularity in Great Britain and America with his re-creations of scenes set in ancient Greece and Rome. In this... More

William Mulready - Othello - Walters 372629

William Mulready - Othello - Walters 372629

Mulready spent most of his career in London painting genre subjects. Many of his major works are now on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Here, he has portrayed the BLACK actor Ira Aldridge (1805 (?)-1... More

Alfred Stevens - Palm Sunday - Walters 37141

Alfred Stevens - Palm Sunday - Walters 37141

An elegantly dressed young lady is placing a sprig of box behind the frame of her mother's portrait hanging on the bedroom wall. Another bough, lying on her cloak, is intended for the adjacent miniature, presum... More

Antonio Rotta - The Hopeless Case - Walters 37182

Antonio Rotta - The Hopeless Case - Walters 37182

A young girl wearing a typical Venetian shawl listens stoically as the shoemaker reports upon the hopeless condition of her boot. The artist has depicted this cluttered interior with characteristic detail.

Ethiopian - Archangel Michael and the Crossing of the Red Sea - Walters 36131

Ethiopian - Archangel Michael and the Crossing of the Red Sea - Walter...

Together with its companion on the opposite pillar, this work originally flanked the entrance to the "mäqdäs," or sanctuary, of an Ethiopian church, where it served as a guardian figure. Here, the archangel Mic... More

Jean August Hendrik Leys - The Edict-s- of Charles V - Walters 37123 - Detail K

Jean August Hendrik Leys - The Edict-s- of Charles V - Walters 37123 -...

Baron Leys was regarded as Belgium's foremost artist in the mid 19th century. About 1851, he adopted a deliberately archaizing style resulting in part from a visit to Germany in 1852. This scene is set in the a... More

Lorenzo d'Alessandro da San Severino - The Crucifixion; Saint Michael - Walters 37496

Lorenzo d'Alessandro da San Severino - The Crucifixion; Saint Michael ...

This double-sided painting is a standard intended to be carried during processions and other religious ceremonies. It was probably made for a brotherhood devoted to Saint Michael located in a town in Marche. On... More

Léon Bonvin - The Country Inn - Walters 371671

Léon Bonvin - The Country Inn - Walters 371671

L�on Bonvin (French, 1834-1866). 'The Country Inn,' 1861. watercolor, iron gall ink and pen, over graphite underdrawing on moderately textured, medium-weight (?), cream wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1671):... More

Master of Arguis - Exterior of a Triptych with Saints Lawrence and Leonard - Walters 37868 - Interior (2)

Master of Arguis - Exterior of a Triptych with Saints Lawrence and Leo...

Altarpieces with hinged wings were closed except on major feast days, so that ordinarily only the exterior panels of the wings were visible. They were often less sumptuous than the interior, though no less intr... More

Master of the Stories of Helen - The Abduction of Helen and her Companions - Walters 371179

Master of the Stories of Helen - The Abduction of Helen and her Compan...

seduction of Helen  Public domain photograph of renaissance painting, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Master of the Stories of Helen - The Reception of Helen at Troy by Priam and Hecuba - Walters 371180

Master of the Stories of Helen - The Reception of Helen at Troy by Pri...

NaN Public domain photograph of renaissance painting, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña - Effect of Autumn, Fontainebleau - Walters 3743

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña - Effect of Autumn, Fontainebleau - W...

A solitary peasant woman bearing a heavy bundle makes her way across a marshy plain under an overcast sky. This melancholy autumn scene employs a restricted range of colors.

Paul Gavarni - Old Man in a White Coat - Walters 371422

Paul Gavarni - Old Man in a White Coat - Walters 371422

Paul Gavarni (French, 1804-1866). 'Old Man in a White Coat,' 1855-1857. watercolor and ink wash with white heightening on blue-white, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1422)... More

Paul Hermann - Rosa Bonheur's House - Walters 371980

Paul Hermann - Rosa Bonheur's House - Walters 371980

Paul Hermann (French, 1864-1940). 'Rosa Bonheur's House,' 1895. watercolor and graphite over graphite underdrawing on slightly textured, moderately thick, blue laid paper. Walters Art Museum (37.1980): Acquired... More

Workshop of Gerard Terborch II - A Glass Of Lemonade - Walters 37341 - Back

Workshop of Gerard Terborch II - A Glass Of Lemonade - Walters 37341 -...

By the mid-1600s, the intimate lives of the middle class joined the raucous lives of the poor as subjects for painting. Here, an attentive young man tenderly mixes a "restorative" glass of lemonade for the youn... More

Nepalese - Mandala of Surya, the Sun God - Walters F195

Nepalese - Mandala of Surya, the Sun God - Walters F195

Surya, the sun god, is worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal. He appears here at the center of a double-lotus mandala, standing behind his charioteer, Aruna, who drives Surya’s chariot across the sky... More

Bicci di Lorenzo - The Annunciation - Walters 37448

Bicci di Lorenzo - The Annunciation - Walters 37448

This unusually well-preserved and exquisitely painted altarpiece shows the moment when the archangel Gabriel tells the Virgin Mary that she will give birth to the Son of God. The dialogue between them is inscri... More

Copy of the Mona Lisa - Walters 371158

Copy of the Mona Lisa - Walters 371158

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) began a portrait of Lisa Gherardini about 1503 and then took with him to France, selling it to the French king in 1516. During the centuries that it remained in the royal collectio... More

Ethiopian - The Virgin and Child with Archangels, Scenes from the Life of Christ, and Saints - Walters 364 - Closed

Ethiopian - The Virgin and Child with Archangels, Scenes from the Life...

The central panel of this triptych features a version of Mary and the infant Christ based on a famous icon from the Roman basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore that was believed to have been painted by St. Luke the ... More

George Henry Boughton - The Waning Honeymoon - Walters 37129

George Henry Boughton - The Waning Honeymoon - Walters 37129

Boughton was the son of a Norwich farmer who was taken to America while still an infant. He initially opened a studio in Albany, New York, listing himself as a landscape painter. He eventually settled in London... More

Italian - The Vision of Saint Francesca of Rome - Walters 37742

Italian - The Vision of Saint Francesca of Rome - Walters 37742

Francesca (1384-1440) was a Roman abbess famous for her mystical visions, of which she left a written account. This panel, together with three others now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and at the... More

Italian - Vision of Saint Agnes - Walters 37612

Italian - Vision of Saint Agnes - Walters 37612

This panel has a painting of Saint Anthony on the reverse.

Italian - Wing of a Reliquary Diptych with the Crucifixion and Saints - Walters 371686

Italian - Wing of a Reliquary Diptych with the Crucifixion and Saints ...

This work, perhaps the right wing of a diptych (two-panel painting), is one of only two known 14th-century paintings to combine painted panels with plaques of reverse-painted glass. The Crucifixion at center an... More

Jean August Hendrik Leys - The Edict-s- of Charles V - Walters 37123 - Detail D

Jean August Hendrik Leys - The Edict-s- of Charles V - Walters 37123 -...

Baron Leys was regarded as Belgium's foremost artist in the mid 19th century. About 1851, he adopted a deliberately archaizing style resulting in part from a visit to Germany in 1852. This scene is set in the a... More

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