Fine Art

Joos van der Burch and Saint Simon of Jerusalem — History & Facts

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of George W. Harris in memory of John A. Harris (to Harvard College)

More Artworks by Gerard David

Lamentation over the Body of Christ by Gerard David, oil on panel, depicting mourners around Christ's body.

Lamentation over the Body of Christ

Gerard David

The Nativity with Donors and Saints Jerome and Leonard, oil on canvas by Gerard David

The Nativity with Donors and Saints Jerome and Leonard

Gerard David

View in a Forest, oil on panel by Gerard David, depicting a path under a light-filtering canopy.

View in a Forest, outer right wing of a triptych

Gerard David

The Descent of the Holy Spirit, oil on canvas by Gerard David, featuring a dove and figures.

The Descent of the Holy Spirit

Gerard David

View in a Forest, oil painting by Gerard David depicting a tranquil landscape with a stream and lush greenery.

View in a Forest, Outer Left Wing of a Triptych

Gerard David

Forest scene with sunlight filtering through trees, oil on panel by Gerard David

View in a Forest, outer right wing of a triptych

Gerard David

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More Religious Art

A triptych showing a lush garden with nude figures and animals on the left, a vibrant central panel of nude humans and fantastical creatures, and a dark, fiery hellscape with tortured figures on the right.

The Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch

Father embraces his son in an etching by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Rembrandt van Rijn

A young woman in a red dress and blue mantle sits on a rock with two children, one holding a small bird, set against a landscape of hills and trees.

Madonna of the Goldfinch

Raphael

Rembrandt's 'The Crucifixion' depicts a dramatic moment in a religious context.

The Crucifixion

Rembrandt van Rijn

Rubens' depiction of Christ on the Cross with Mary, Mary Magdalene, and St John in a moment of profound grief.

Christ on the Cross with Maria, Mary Magdalene and St John

Peter Paul Rubens

A muscular female figure in an orange robe twists her body holding a massive open book above her head, with a young attendant seated behind her.

Libyan Sibyl

Michelangelo

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