Biblical Art Museum Closed | NYC

The Museum of Biblical Art in New York City is currently closed but will reopen February 11 for the premier of the exhibition Passion in Venice: Crivello to Tintoretto and Veronesa. This will be the first exhibition ever to focus on the image of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, an artistic figure than enjoyed a dynamic history in Venice and the Veneto than anywhere else in Western Europe.


Its origins rooted in Byzantium, the figure entered Venetian art in the late Middle Ages after which it flourished locally for centuries, eventually acquiring its own name in dialect, Cristo Passo. More than 60 works, by such celebrated masters as Crivelli, Giambono, Lotto, Tintoretto, Veronese, Durer, Manet, and Cezanne, from museums in the U.S. and Europe will illustrate the rich visual tradition of the sorrowful Christ in Venice across different media, including illuminated manuscripts, paintings, prints, sculpture, and liturgical objects.