Biblical Narratives and Characters

Artistic representations from biblical stories featuring religious figures in various emotional poses, emphasizing deep narratives.

ANGELICO, Fra (1387-1455). The Annunciation. 1430s. Detail of the angel. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera on wood. ITALY. TUSCANY. AREZZO. San Giovanni Valdarno. Museum of the Basilica de Santa Maria de la Gracia. Proc: MONACO. Monte-Carlo. Convent of the Franciscans.

The Annunciation

Christ as the Man ofSorrows. Artist, possibly by: Master of the Johnson Nativity, Italian, 15th century

North America, USA, New Mexico, Altar, Picuris Pueblo c. 1621

VIRGEN DEL PILAR - HACIA 1500 - DETALLE DE LA CABEZA - BARRO COCIDO Y POLICROMADO. Author: PEDRO MILLAN (SIGLO XV-SIGLO XVI). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

LA ANUNCIACION - SIGLO XVI - MANIERISMO - ESCUELA FLAMENCA. Author: MARCELLUS COFFERMANS (1520-1575). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. ESPIRITU SANTO. SAN GABRIEL ARCANGEL / ARCANGEL SAN GABRIEL.

Temptation Of Christ In The Wilderness Juan De Flandes (A.1496-1519 Netherlandish) National Gallery Of Art, Washington, D.c.

Our Lady of Mercy, called The Pilgrim of Quito” ca. 1730-40 Unknown This work belongs to the genre of "pilgrim images," cult images or likenesses of them that were taken on alms-gathering missions. In a scene reminiscent of the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt, a miracle-working image of the Virgin and Child venerated by the Mercedarians of Quito is transported on a mule led by a white-robed friar. A vignette in the background narrates a miracle that occurred at sea, between Portobello and Cartagena, when Dutch pirates seized and profaned the image of the Virgin whereupon the aggrieved image of the Christ Child threw itself into the sea. Both Virgin and Child were miraculously saved and restored to the care of the Mercedarians in Quito. Such stories emerged, or were invented, in connection with the actual practice of taking the image on missions to gather alms for the construction of a new church. During a period of nearly thirty years, from 1706 until 1735, the Quito Virgin was taken

Italy - Tuscany Region - Siena. Church of St. Domenico, St. Catherine Chapel. Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as Sodoma (1477 - c. 1549), Fainting and Ecstasy of St. Catherine (or St. Chatherine's stigmata). Fresco

Presentation of Mary in the Temple Bernaert van Orley (ca.1491-1541 Flemish)

Adoration of Christ Child by Jean Bourdichon, Watercolor on parchment, 1485-1499, 1457-1521, Usa, California, The Huntington,

The Adoration of the Magi, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1583, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Ground Floor Hall. Detail. Center left face of Virgin Mary Madonna halo: aureole light veil hair tied back red dress: garment looking at Jesus Christ.

Stained glass window of pilgrims, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig, Cathedral of St. Peter, altar of Epiphany, statue of the Virgin Mary, detail, close-up,

The Visitation. XVI century. Master M.S. It comes from Selmecba´nya. Year 1506. Hungarian National Gallery. Budapest. Hungary.

The Arrest of Christ. Dating: c. 1530 - c. 1550. Measurements: support: h 51.2 cm × w 80.8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jheronimus Bosch (manner of).

Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness Juan de Flandes (A. 1496-1519/Netherlandish) Oil on wood panel National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Farfa Chapel. Cycle of 14th Century Frescoes: Discovery of the True Cross. Church of San Francesco. Montegiorgio. Marche

Adoration of the Shepherds - Detail Jorg Stocker (1481-1525/German) Private Collection

Virgin and Child in a Niche by Netherlandish Painter; Oil on wood; circa 1500

Angel Musician, detail from The Virgin among the Virgins, 1450, by Gerard David (ca 1460-1523), oil on canvas, 120x213 cm.

Ancona (Italia, Marche), Pinacoteca Civica Podesti. Tiziano Vecellio, Crocifissione di Cristo con la Madonna e i santi Domenico e Giovanni Evangelista, 1558, olio su tela, (collocata in origine a San Domenico)

Madonna with Child and Saints, 16th century fresco by an unknown artist. Detail. Church of San Donato, Civita di Bagnoregio.

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Zenobius, John the Baptist, Reparata and John the Evangelist Nardo di Cione (Italian, Florentine, active 1343-1356/1366). Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Zenobius, John the Baptist, Reparata and John the Evangelist, mid 14th century. Tempera and tooled gold on panel, 77 1/2 x 39 1/2 in. (196.9 x 100.3 cm). In 1348, the bubonic plague killed more than half the population of Florence, causing profound social, economic, and psychic devastation. In the plagues aftermath Nardo di Cione painted this large altarpiece, likely for the Duomo, the most important church in the city. There is a red and white banner near Jesus, who holds a bird in his hand; both are symbols of the Resurrection, his future triumph over death. For devout Christian survivors of the pandemic, this would have been a powerful image of salvation. The Duomo housed the relics of two of the saints depicted here: Zenobius (upper left), the first Bishop of Florence, and the city

Crown and sculpture of Sacrifice of Isaac (gifts of the Magi, in foreground), from Adoration of the Magi, tripytch, c.1495 (with donors Scheyven and Patron saints Peter Agnes and Joseph) (detail)

APARICION DE CRISTO A LA VIRGEN - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: FERNANDO YAÑEZ DE ALMEDINA (1480-1536). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPANIEN. JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. CRISTO RESUCITADO.

SAN JUAN. Author: RISUEÑO JOSE. Location: CARTUJA. GRANADA. SPAIN. SAN JUAN BAUTISTA.

The Temptation Of St Anthony. Temptation of Saint Antonius. In the foreground the praying hermit. On the right an inn with a roof in the shape of the head of an old woman, front is a tempting young naked woman. In the background on the left a burning monastery, all sorts of monsters fly through the air.

SODOMA, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, also called Il (1477-1549). Saint Catherine's Chapel. 1526. ITALY. Siena. Church of San Domenico. The ecstasy of Saint Catherine. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Fresco.

Heraldic Roundel with Saints John the Evangelist and Christina 1500-1510 South Netherlandish. Heraldic Roundel with Saints John the Evangelist and Christina 475652

Diptych with Christ as Man of Sorrows and Virgin Mary by Master of Dinkelsbuhler Kalvarienherges; Tempera on wood; c. 1470; Stiftsmusuem; Museen der Stadt Aschaffenburg; Germany

Gallerie dell'Accademia. Christ Washing the Feet of the Apostles by Giovanni Agostino da Lodi. Wood panel, 1500.

Illustration of Jesus Christ by Giampietrino, tempera on panel, 16th century, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 50x39

SOR MARGARITA DE LA CRUZ- HIJA DE LA EMPERATRIZ MARIA DE AUSTRIA - PROFESA EN LAS DESCALZAS - SIGLO XVII. Author: ESCUELA ESPAÑOLA. Location: DESCALZAS REALES-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Painting titled 'The Adoration of the Kings' by Master of Liesborn, a Westphalian painter. Dated 15th Century

Adoration of the Infant Jesus, by Giuseppe Giovenone (1486 or 1487-1555).

South German 15th Century (Swabian or Franconian), The Holy Kinship, c 1480 1490 The Holy Kinship

The Adoration - Detail (Babera Virgin) by Hans Memling, (1433-1494)

St. Nicolas pronounce a judgment of Solomon, St. Nicolas de Veroce church, Haute-Savoie, France, Europe

Christ appearing to the Magdalen by Jan van Scorel (1495-1562)

The main Mother of Our Lady of Ostrobramska; Krzyż Anowie, Konrad (1872-1922); 1907 (1907-00-00-1907-00-00);Modernism (style), purchase (provenance)

Apparition of Virgin Mary to LEOPOLD III, c.1073-1136 Margrave of Austria and saint, during a hunt

Vitrail: donor in prayer (face B), 16th century ". Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, Petit Palais. 26978-12 Catholic, Chretian Christian, Donator, Pray, Priere, Vitrail

Birth of the Virgin, by the Master of the Osservanza (active 1430-1450). Detail.

Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows by Adrain Isenbrandt dating from 1530, Church of our Lady, Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Religious illustration with Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ by Jan van Eyck, oil on wood, circa 1425, 1390-1441, Germany, Berlin, Staatliche Museen, 31x14

ANGELES PROCESIONALES - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTA CLARA. CARMONA. Seville. SPAIN.

Jesus Christ with samaritan by Carlo Maratta, oil on canvas, 1625-1713, Russia, Sevastopol , M. Kroshitsky Art Museum

Mary Magdalene Altar of the Tailors, Lübeck around 1500, detail angel, St., Saint, Saint

Detail from the Rosary Madonna, angels scattering petals, painting by Lorenzo Lotto, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original.

Gavelli, fraz. di Sant'Anatolia di Narco (Italia, Umbria, Valnerina. - provincia di Perugia), chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo. Zona absidale ciclo di affreschi di Giovanni di Pietro, detto Lo Spagna, Incoronazione della Vergine (catino absidale), i SS. Pietro e Paolo, San Michele Arcangelo, il Miracolo del Gargano (tamburo)

John Leading Mary from the Tomb William Dyce (1806-1864 British)

The Annunciation. Circle of Pieter Pourbus (1523/1524-1584). Oil on panel. 90.8 x 77.5cm.

Estonia. Tallin. St Nicola Church. Painting

Angels with Attributes of the Passion: Angel Holding the Vessel and Towel for Washing the Hands of Pontius Pilate, 1627, Simon Vouet, French, 1590-1649, 41 1/16 x 30 7/8 in. (104.3 x 78.42 cm) (canvas), Oil on canvas, France, 17th century, This angel carries symbols of the Passionthe events associated with Jesus Christ’s suffering and death. The pitcher, basin, and cloth represent those used by Pontius Pilate to wash his hands of responsibility for Christ’s crucifixion.The painting belongs to a series of twelve angels carrying symbols of the Passion, which were painted for a private patron in Rome, Ascanio Filomarino, later appointed a cardinal of the Church and archbishop of Naples.

Diptych of the Mother of God (Milk Giver) and the Pity of Christ. (C. 1500) Unknown artist, oil on board paint. Netherlands. Monastery of Pedralbes.

St. Stephen and St. Bruno (). Gherado di Jacopo (called Starnina) (Italy, Florence, active 1360-1413). Italy, 1404 - 1407. Paintings. Tempera and gold on panel

Zoroaster (Old Persian: Zarathustra, in modern Persian Zardosht) is generally thought to have lived about the 11th or 10th century BCE. Zoroastrianism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of Zoroaster as prophet. The term Zoroastrianism is, in general usage, essentially synonymous with Mazdaism (the worship of Ahura Mazda, exalted by Zoroaster as the supreme divine authority). In Zoroastrianism, the Creator Ahura Mazda is all good, and no evil originates from Him. Thus, in Zoroastrianism good and evil have distinct sources, with evil (druj) trying to destroy the creation of Mazda (asha), and good trying to sustain it. In some form, it served as the national- or state religion of a significant portion of the Iranian people for many centuries.

Jan van Eyck, The Annunciation, c 1434 1436 The Annunciation

Russia, Saint Petersburg, State Russian Museum, Mother of God of Tenderness Towards Evil Hearts, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, 1914-1915

Reliquary bust of Saint Balbina, Pasquier or Jan II Borman. 1520, carved and polychrome oak wood,Vitoria, María Inmaculada Cathedral, Álava, Spain

MEMLING, Hans (1433-1494). The Weeping of the Holy Women. SPAIN. Granada. Royal Chapel. Flemish art. Oil on wood.

An 18th century fresco depicting the life of St. Francis of Assisi, Monastery of Saorge, Alpes Maritimes, Provence, France, Europe

Minstrel angel, detail from the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, by Vittore Carpaccio (ca 1465-1525 or 1526).

panteon de Santa Catalina Thomas -Valldemossa, 1533 - Palma, 1574-, iglesia de Santa Magdalena,fundada en el siglo XIV y reconstruida en 1740, Palma, Mallorca, islas baleares, Spain.

Deposition diptych: the pious women, 1492-1494, by Hans Memling (ca 1430-1494), oil on panel, 54x38 cm.

Detail from a painting of the Holy Family with Saint Anne by El Greco (1541-1614) a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. Dated 16th Century

St Magdalene reading, by Adrien Ysenbrandt (ca 1500-1551), oil on panel.

Charlemagne, Charles the Great or Carolus Magnus, 747-814, King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans, and his wife Hildegarde de Vintzgau or Hildegard, 758-783

Christ appearing to the Magdalen by Jan van Scorel (1495-1562)

The Good Shepherd Sebastino Ferrarese (16th C. Italian)

EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. Angel musicians, from the right side of the Ghent Altarpiece. Flemish art. Oil on wood.

Convent Thoughts, Charles Allston Collins, 1851,

MARIA DE MOLINA (1265-1321). Queen of Castile (1284-1295), wife of Sancho IV. MarÕa de Molina with the nuns of the Convent of the Huelgas Reales. Anonymous of the 13th c. Oil. SPAIN. Valladolid. Convent of Las Huelgas Reales.

He circumcised the circumcised, the circumcision of Jesus Christ, 16th century, attributed to the mestre of Calvià, parish church, Ruberts, Sigelles, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

An Augustinian Friar () Praying. Painting. Oil on oak. Height: 34.2 cm (13.4 in); Width: 26.8 cm (10.5 in). Author: Gerard David.

Traditions in Germany around 1820, Thuringia, digitally retouched reproduction of a template from about 1850, by Albert Kretschmer February 27, 1825 - 11th July 1891, German painter and costumeist 1f -4913804

A bishop wearing spectacles and a monk reading a book. Reproduction of a painting after Pisanello.

Clergyman, detail of Saint Francis canonized by Pope Gregory IX, polychrome terracotta statue by Dionigi Bussola (1615-1687), 20th Chapel, Sacred Mountain of Orta (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2003), Orta San Giulio, Piedmont, Italy, 17th century.

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). German painter. Blessing Child Jesus, c.1520. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.

Holy Family, Serrone Master, 1615

Europe, Germany, Wittenberg. Keterina, wife of Martin Luther

Virgin in Glory (Detail) 1524 Jan Provost the Younger (1465-1529 Netherlandish)

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