by Hans Baldung Grien, considered the Master of the Lautenbach High Altar (German, ca. early 1500s). This painting of three saints (with a name on their halo) is on the wooden panel that once served as the wing of an altarpiece. The style is in the German (Franconian) School. The high altar was from the…
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A page of rare Bibles
The Bible above is a rare Geneva Bible. This is one of the most-significant translations of the Bible into English. It was the Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was read by Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Donne, among others. It was the first mechanically printed, mass-produced Bible made available to the general public. The volume…
Silver-plated Spanish Colonial Bible and Bible stand
The Bible is from the Spanish colonial South America dating from the 19th century. The hand-wrought silver enfolding the book and its stand shows fine craftsmanship and likely would have graced a bishop’s or archbishop’s pulpit. This is a book of Common Prayer from a Confederate Episcopal Church with the inscription: “God Save the President…
Priest’s vestry, Bishop’s ring and silver cross from 1700s
A full-length priest’s vestry, a long, vest-like cloak, magnificently embroidered front and back on red velvet. French, ca. 1700. The Archbishop’s or Bishop’s ring is of gold with a Byzantine cross carved on the underside of the amethyst. 17th century. The large and elaborate silver cross dates from the early 1700s and is French, though…
The Annunciation
by Guido Reni (Italian, 1575-1642). Guido Reni was born and trained in Bologna, ultimately joining the academy of Lodovico Carracci, whom he followed to Rome in 1601. There, Guido painted in such places as the Farnese Palace and the garden palace of the Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, and in numerous churches and chapels, establishing his reputation as…
Mary Crowned by Angels
Anonymous Jesuit priest (Spanish, ca. 1850). This rare painting, by a Jesuit priest serving in colonial South America, possibly Peru, portrays adoring angels crowning Mary as a saint. Mary cradles Christ in her left hand while holding an angel by the arm with her right. The work is reminiscent of devotional paintings found throughout Central…