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Brosseau Center for Learning: Let’s Get Medieval

Kate Meyer, curator
Cara Nordengren, curator

February 11, 2025–March 9, 2025

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selections from the collection for Sarah Dyer’s HA 393/HA 595 The Medieval Fantasy.

Works of art

Mars, Master I. B. (active circa 1523–1530) — Master I. B. (active circa 1523–1530)

Mars, 1528

Saint Michael presenting donor to Virgin and Child plaque, Hennequin du Vivier — Hennequin du Vivier

Saint Michael presenting donor to Virgin and Child plaque, late 1300s

Christ Entering Jerusalem, Georg Pencz (1500–1550) — Georg Pencz (1500–1550)

Christ Entering Jerusalem, circa 1530

reliquary of the True Cross — reliquary of the True Cross, circa 1500

Temptation of Christ, Georg Pencz (1500–1550) — Georg Pencz (1500–1550)

Temptation of Christ, circa 1530

Der Ritter (The Knight) plaquette, Hans Holbein the younger (1497–1543) — Hans Holbein the younger (1497–1543)

Der Ritter (The Knight) plaquette, 1600s

Pharisees Wish to Stone Christ, Georg Pencz (1500–1550) — Georg Pencz (1500–1550)

Pharisees Wish to Stone Christ, circa 1530

Annunciation — Annunciation, circa 1450

Sündenfall und Erlösung des Menschengeschlectes (Fall and Redemption of Man), Albrecht Altdorfer (circa 1480–1538) — Albrecht Altdorfer (circa 1480–1538)

Sündenfall und Erlösung des Menschengeschlectes (Fall and Redemption of Man), circa 1513

Presentation in the Temple — Presentation in the Temple, 1500s

Saint Sebastian — Saint Sebastian, late 1400s

Creation: the six works of Creation; God forming Eve from Adam’s rib, The First Antwerp Woodcutter (active 1485–1491) — The First Antwerp Woodcutter (active 1485–1491)

Creation: the six works of Creation; God forming Eve from Adam’s rib, circa 1487

Apostle (probably once part of altarpiece) — Apostle (probably once part of altarpiece), circa 1420

Let's Get Medieval, Lindsay Draws — Lindsay Draws

Let's Get Medieval, 2012

Standard-Bearer With the Arms of Zug, Urs Graf (circa 1485–1527) — Urs Graf (circa 1485–1527)

Standard-Bearer With the Arms of Zug, 1520–1521

head of a lion — head of a lion, 1100s

Apostle (probably once part of altarpiece) — Apostle (probably once part of altarpiece), circa 1420

Christ Healing Man Possessed, Georg Pencz (1500–1550) — Georg Pencz (1500–1550)

Christ Healing Man Possessed, circa 1530

John the Apostle Boiling in Oil — John the Apostle Boiling in Oil, 1500s

St. Jerome and the Lion — St. Jerome and the Lion, circa 1480

Crucifixion plaque (part of diptych) — Crucifixion plaque (part of diptych), late 1300s

The Crucifixion — The Crucifixion, circa 1480

chrismatory — chrismatory, circa 1450

page from a book of hours (from Vigil for the Dead, part of the reading for the first nocturn) — page from a book of hours (from Vigil for the Dead, part of the reading for the first nocturn), late 1400s

Flight into Egypt — Flight into Egypt, 1500s

Death and the Knight, from the Dance of Death, Hans Holbein the younger (1497–1543); Hans Lützelburger (active circa 1516–1526) — Hans Holbein the younger (1497–1543); Hans Lützelburger (active circa 1516–1526)

Death and the Knight, from the Dance of Death, before 1538

St. Augustine with Two Praying Monks — St. Augustine with Two Praying Monks, circa 1500

pax with the Pietà — pax with the Pietà, circa 1500

Madonna and Child between Two Angels, with a Kneeling Donor, His Wife and Child, Guiduccio Palmerucci (1280–circa 1349) — Guiduccio Palmerucci (1280–circa 1349)

Madonna and Child between Two Angels, with a Kneeling Donor, His Wife and Child, circa 1340s

basin with lion of Saint Mark — basin with lion of Saint Mark, circa 1580

The Snare of the Fowler, Erhard Schön (circa 1491–1542) — Erhard Schön (circa 1491–1542)

The Snare of the Fowler, 1530–1535

Scene from Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying, School of the Upper Rhine — School of the Upper Rhine

Scene from Ars Moriendi: The Art of Dying, late 1400s

The Flagellation — The Flagellation, 1500s

The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual), Iohannes Bämler (active circa 1450–1475); Artist Unknown — Iohannes Bämler (active circa 1450–1475); Artist Unknown

The Bride of Christ (1 column of text & illustration) from Buch der Kunst, da durch der weltliche Mensch mag geistlich werden (Book of Art through which the worldly man may become spiritual), 1477

Philip and James, Sebald Beham (1500–1550) — Sebald Beham (1500–1550)

Philip and James, 1520

a page from an antiphonal — a page from an antiphonal, 1400s

Andrew Evyngar, 1535, All Hallows, Barking, London (tomb rubbing) — Andrew Evyngar, 1535, All Hallows, Barking, London (tomb rubbing), 1535

Figure of the crucified Christ — Figure of the crucified Christ, 1200–1250

coffret panel with scenes from the courtly romance, "La Chastelaine de Vergi" — coffret panel with scenes from the courtly romance, "La Chastelaine de Vergi", circa 1300–1375

Illuminated manuscript bifolio/double leaf — Illuminated manuscript bifolio/double leaf, 1400s

Crucifixion with Four Saints — Crucifixion with Four Saints, 1400s

pleurant (mourner) from the tomb of the King of Aragon 1417, Pere Oller (active 1394–1456) — Pere Oller (active 1394–1456)

pleurant (mourner) from the tomb of the King of Aragon 1417, early 1400s

Christ Child — Christ Child, circa 1220

illustrated music manuscript leaf — illustrated music manuscript leaf, 1500s

pax - Crucifixion with Virgin and St. John, Pierre Reymond (circa 1513–after 1584) — Pierre Reymond (circa 1513–after 1584)

pax - Crucifixion with Virgin and St. John, mid 1500s