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Bosch:

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Christ-Cross

In Hieronymus Bosch’s 1515 painting, each male Jewish face is depicted as a loathsome caricature (except that of Jesus who under Christendom’s eyes did not count as a Jew).

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Il Penseroso

Cole_Thomas_Il_Penseroso_1845

Painting of the day:

Thomas Cole
Il Penseroso ~ 1845
Art of the Americas Building

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Virgin of the Rocks (detail)

Painting of the day:

Leonardo da Vinci
Virgin of the Rocks
(detail) ~ 1483-1486
Musée du Louvre

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Last Supper

Painting of the day:

Salvador Dalí
The Sacrament of the Last Supper
~ 1955
National Gallery of Art

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Enclosed Garden (detail)

Painting of the day:

Maestro de Flémalle
Madonna and Child with Saints
in the Enclosed Garden
(detail) ~ 1440-60
National Gallery of Art

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Saint Jerome Reading

Painting of the day:

Giovanni Bellini
Saint Jerome Reading
~ 1485
National Gallery of Art

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St Anastasius

Painting of the day:

Rembrandt
St Anastasius
~ 1631
Stockholm Nationalmuseum

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St Sebastian

Painting of the day:

Pietro Perugino
St Sebastian
~ 1480
Stockholm Nationalmuseum

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The Virgin’s dormition (detail)

Painting of the day:

Anonymous Russian
The Virgin’s dormition
(detail) ~ 14th c.
Stockholm Nationalmuseum

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Pantocrator

Painting of the day:

Anonymous Russian
Byzantine icon
~ 14th c.
Stockholm Nationalmuseum