Four miniatures of the life of Christ from a gospel book of 1311 (Presentation, Baptism, Transfiguration, Entry into Jerusalem)

The meeting between Christ and the woman of Samaria at the well is only recounted in the Gospel of Saint John. Christ, travelling to Galilee, reached the Samarian city of Sychar. W...

Christ holding the cross was a motif that El Greco derived from the narrative of Christ’s Passion, creating an isolated image that seems to have been extremely popular with his cli...

This panel depicting The Risen Christ was formerly in the collection of the Pusterla della Porta family in Milan, where it is recorded from 1590 until the first quarter of the 20th...

This pair of panels formed part of a large ensemble of which the other subjects are now unknown. Within the Museum’s collection they are among the most iconographically interesting...

Mordecai Ardon sought to create a new Israeli artistic language that was both figurative-realistic and abstract-symbolic. In At the Gates of Jerusalem he used mystical imagery and ...

This pair of panels formed part of a large ensemble of which the other subjects are now unknown. Within the Museum’s collection they are among the most iconographically interesting...

Neonian Baptistery, wall mosaic decoration, cupola, framed medallion: the Baptism of Christ in the river Jordan. Christ is shown naked and half-submerged in the river. John the Bap...

Neonian Baptistery, wall mosaic decoration, cupola, framed medallion: the Baptism of Christ in the river Jordan. Christ is shown naked and half-submerged in the river. John the Bap...