European Art

The European art collection at MAG spans the medieval period through the early 20th century and encompasses works in all media. Highlights include medieval sculpture and manuscripts, Renaissance tapestries and armor, Italian and Northern Baroque painting showcased in the Fountain Court near the Eastman School of Music’s Italian Baroque organ, and works by Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, and Édouard Vuillard.

Highlights

Console depicting the scene of the apostle Thomas touching the wound in Jesus Christ's side after the Resurrection.
Console with Doubting Thomas, 1200–1232
French artist
Richly illustrated medieval prayerbook.
Book of Hours, ca. 1500
Master of the Prayerbooks of 1500
Very intricate painting of the Temptation of Saint Anthony.
The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Pieter Huys
A dark, Baroque painting of the Entombment.
The Entombment, 1650–1653
Luca Giordano
Painted portrait of a 17th-century man in polished black armor.
Portrait of an Italian Nobleman, 1622–1625
Anthony van Dyck
Impressionist painting of two figures towing a boat out of the water at sunset.
Towing a Boat, Honfleur, 1864
Claude Monet
Impressionist painting of a man fervently writing.
Aurélien-Marie Lugné-Poë (1869–1940), 1891
Edouard Vuillard
Abstract painting of a table and a large goblet.
Footed Goblet, 1924
Fernand Léger
© Estate of Fernand Leger/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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