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Biblical Women

Men frequently seem to take centre stage in the Bible’s stories: patriarchs and prophets, warriors and kings, priests and apostles. But look more closely and this is a narrative entirely impossible without women, who determine its course, enlarge its horizons, and live out its consequences at every point. They include military commanders, migrants, matriarchs, and queens, and are the close intimates of—and first witnesses—to Jesus. The exhibitions here bring to the fore some of these biblical women.

Sweet Magnolia by Alison Saar
silence (blood wedding) by Anita Dube
Man Chasing Woman by Sandro Chia

Hosea 2 Gomer and Hosea

Susanna and the Elders by Artemisia Gentileschi
The Lothair Crystal by Unknown Carolingian artist
Susanna and the Elders by Thomas Hart Benton

Additions to the Book of Daniel: Susanna Susanna and the Elders

Columned Sarcophagus with Biblical Scenes by Unknown artist
Christ and the Woman with the Issue of Blood by Unknown Artist
Christ Healing the Woman with the Issue of Blood by Unknown artist

Matthew 9:20–22; Mark 5:24b–34; Luke 8:42b–48 The Woman with the Issue of Blood

The Three Marys at the Tomb, from the St Albans Psalter, by an Unknown Miniaturist
Curiosity, by Gerard ter Borch
All Hail of the Myrrh-Bearers, by an Unknown Byzantine Artist

Matthew 28:1–10; Luke 24:1–11 The Women at the Tomb

Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Annunciation by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi
The Annunciation, by Filippo Lippi

Luke 1:26–38 The Annunciation

The Visitation by Unknown Cypriot Artist
The Visitation by Pontormo
The Visitation by El Greco

Luke 1:39–45 Quickening Creation

Henry Ford Hospital by Frida Kahlo
The Visitation by Master Heinrich of Constance
Alison Lapper Pregnant by Marc Quinn

Luke 1:46–56 Magnificat, The Song of Mary

Jesus is taken down from the Cross (Station of the Cross no. 13) by Engelbert Mveng
The Laufacher Pieta by The Laufacher Pieta
The Lamentation of Christ (Beweinung Christi) by Willem Key

Luke 2:34–35 A Sword Will Pierce Your Own Heart Also

Old Woman Reading, Probably the Prophetess Anna, by Rembrandt van Rijn
Presentation at the Temple, by Ambrogio Lorenzetti
An Old Woman with a Rosary, by Paul Cézanne

Luke 2:36–38 The Prophet Anna

Photoceramic portrait of Pietro Testi by Unknown artist [Fratelli Bucciolini Company]
Epitaph of the Lewe family with the resurrection of the youth at Naim (Epitaph der Familie Lewe mit der Erweckung des Jünglings zu Naim) by Veit Thiem
Archival photograph of Palma il Vecchio's Jesus and the Widow of Nain by Carlo Naya

Luke 7:11–17 The Widow of Nain

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More Exhibitions

General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist
Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist
The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall
Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci
The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster
Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist
The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven

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