Object Notes

The double spout and bridge vessel form was common to cultures on the south coast of Peru from the Early Horizon period (900-200 BCE), appearing in Paracas and Nazca (Nasca) ceramic arts. By the 7th century, the highland&nbs

This woodcut is part of a larger series of Christian prints by Albrecht Dürer, The Life of the Virgin, which represents key points in Mary’s life and emphasizes the role she played as intercessor between the human and the divin

Following his crucifixion, Jesus was removed from the cross by his friends and followers and buried. Here the men gently lower him down into a tomb while women mourn behind them. In the lower left corner, his crown of thorns has been cast aside.

Under the crumbling gate of hell, Jesus, crowned with light and dressed in sweeping robes, pulls up the condemned and grants them salvation.

This is one of Albrecht Dürer's most beautiful images of the Madonna and Child. The infant Christ holds his hand raised in a gesture of blessing. The pear the Virgin Mary holds in her right hand represents sweetness of soul.

St. George was an early Christian martyr most famed for his slaying of a dragon. In this tale of medieval gallantry and Christian morality, a princess is sacrificed to satiate the evil dragon, and the noble George, clad in a full suit of armor, comes to her rescue.

Sebastian, the patron saint of archers, athletes, and soldiers, was a prominent Roman soldier until he was discovered to be Christian. Emperor Diocletian subsequently sentenced him to death by arrow, and after that failed to kill him he was finally stoned to death.