Accessing the Divine 2

Question 1

Answer 1

Attributed to Agostino di Giovanni (Italian, active 1310–47)

The Virgin Annunciate (ca. 1325–50)

Marble

Duveen

Question 2

Answer 2

Saint Sebastian (Northern Italy, second half of the 15th century)

Polychromed wood and gesso

Wildenstein

Question 3

Answer 3

Fra Antonio da Monza (Italian, active 1480–1505)

Flagellation of Christ, late 15th century

Tempera on vellum

The Norton Simon Foundation, F.1965.1.101.P

Question 4

Answer 4

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, 1640

Etching, drypoint; State I/II

Norton Simon Art Foundation, M.1977.32.043.G

Question 5

Answer 5

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)

The Stoning of Saint Stephen, 1635

Etching; State I

Norton Simon Art Foundation, M.1979.08.G

Question 6

Answer 6

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)

Study after Giovanni Battista Langetti: Saint Jerome in the Desert (from the Vecchia Collection), 1760–61

Black chalk on paper

The Norton Simon Foundation, F.1970.03.085.D

Question 7

Answer 7

Head of Christ (Mexico, c. 18th century)

Polychromed wood with glass and resin

Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mrs. Henrietta S. Cecil, P.1976.6

Question 8

Answer 8

Master of Alkmaar (Dutch, active c. 1475–c. 1515)

Scourging of Christ, c. 1500–1510

Oil on panel

Norton Simon Art Foundation, M.1969.36.1.P

Question 9

Answer 9

Master of Alkmaar (Dutch, active c. 1475–c. 1515)

Road to Calvary, c. 1500–1510

Oil on panel

Norton Simon Art Foundation, M.1969.36.2.P

Question 10

Answer 10

Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

The Engraved Passion: Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1512

Engraving

Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Crossett, 1968, P.1968.34.06