Crucifixion
Sandro Botticelli
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Cambridge
Harvard University
The Harvard University holds 1 Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces in the Paintale collection, including works by Sandro Botticelli. Each painting page unpacks the symbolism, technique, and provenance of the work — turning a gallery visit, or a search for a single canvas, into a deeper encounter with the period.
Tragedy & Death
Famous paintings at the Harvard University
About the Harvard University’s Renaissance and Baroque collection
The Harvard University’s holdings of Renaissance and Baroque painting in Cambridge sit among the most significant surviving collections of pre-modern European art. The works in this group — 1 paintings — span the themes of tragedy & death and the hands of artists from Sandro Botticelli.
If you’re planning a visit, use this page as a starting list of the must-see paintings. If you’re researching from a desk, each painting page goes deeper than a museum label: the patron, the symbolism a 17th-century viewer would have recognised, the technique under the surface, and where the painting fits in Harvard University’s longer history.