Biblical Narratives in Art

Dramatic depictions of biblical scenes, featuring intense emotions and historical contexts, showcasing various art styles through the ages.

Satyrs Spying on Nymphs, Satyrs peeping at Nymphs, Nymphs spied on by satyrs. In a hilly landscape, a group of naked women rests after bathing near a small lake, A group of women flees with raised arms from the satyrs who emerge from behind the rocks on the left., painter: Cornelis van Poelenburch, after 1627, copper (metal), oil paint (paint), support: height 37.5 cm × width 46 cm

LATERAL DEL TRIPTICO DE LAS TENTACIONES DE SAN ANTONIO - VUELO Y CAIDA DE SAN ANTONIO - 1505-1506 - OLEO/TABLA - 131,5 x 53 cm. Author: JHERONIMUS VAN AKEN-EL BOSCO-J. BOSCH. Location: MUSEO DE ARTE ANTIGUO. LISBOA. PORTUGAL. Anthony the Great.

Samson smiting the Philistines. nieznany malarz włoski, painter

FERRER CALATAYUD, Pedro (1870-1944). Contribution of blood. 1912. Spanish regular forces succor a wounded during the War of Africa (1909-1926). Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum.

GRABADO-EL MILAGRO DE LAS AGUAS DE MURILLO. Author: RAFAEL ESTEVE (1772-1847). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

'The Pharaon Perishing in Red Sea'. Flanders. Dimensions: 79,8x73 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Hans Jordaens III.

Battle of Arbelas or Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC). Combat between Alexander the Great and the Persian King Darius III. Painting by Jose del Castillo (1737-1793). Detail. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain.

Satyrs Spying on Nymphs, Satyrs peeping at Nymphs, Nymphs spied on by satyrs. In a hilly landscape, a group of naked women rests after bathing near a small lake, A group of women flees with raised arms from the satyrs who emerge from behind the rocks on the left., painter: Cornelis van Poelenburch, after 1627, copper (metal), oil paint (paint), support: height 37.5 cm × width 46 cm

Jean-Louis Forain, After Douai, French, 1852 - 1931, probably 1918, brush and black ink and black with watercolor on laid paper

Valentinus Taken Prisoner. "Valentinus Is Taken Prisoner; one of a series of twelve on the Insurrection of the Batavians against the Romans ". Dating: 1600 - 1613. Measurements: h 38 cm × w 52 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: OTTO VAN VEEN.

Luca Giordano / 'Perseo vencedor de Medusa', ca. 1698, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 223 cm x 91 cm, P00194. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN. Perseus. MEDUSA (PERSONAJE MITOLOGICO).

The Mill, by Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1645-48, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. The bright sails of the blades draw the viewerís eyes to the mill, which is perched on a bulwark under a dramatic sky. It is possible the scene is based on Rembrandt's fatherís mi (BSLOC_2016_5_15)

Photo reproduction of a painting with polar bears being held back from a rowing boat with spears and knives, This photo is part of an album., photograph, photo, album sheet, reproduction, photos, height 55 mm, width 82 mm, height 320 mm, width 265 mm, photographer, 1875 - 1875, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print

A Witches' Sabbath. Cornelis Saftleven; Dutch, 1607-1681. Date: 1640-1660. Dimensions: 21 3/8 × 30 3/4 in. (54.3 × 78.2 cm). Oil on panel. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

'Rural Firefighters'. France, 1857. Dimensions: 179x228 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: PIERRE PUVIS DE CHAVANNES.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Edward Jakob von Steinle (1810-1886/Austrian) Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany

Biblische Szene, Bibel, Joseph lässt seine Familie, darunter Jakob, in Goschen nieder, weil das Land ein fruchtbares Weideland ist und die Ägypter Hirten nicht mögen, Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendnung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt, Historisch Joseph settles Jacob in Goshen

(BODEGON DE CAZA) - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO FLAMENCO. Author: JAN FYT. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

The Triumph of Pulcinella. Date/Period: From 1760 until 1770. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 350 mm (13.77 in); Width: 575 mm (22.63 in). Author: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.

LAS BODAS DE CAMACHO - 1929-1930 - GRISALLA Y ORO SOBRE LIENZO - 4,20 x 1,56 m - COMEDOR DEL HOTEL ASTORIA DE NUEVA YORK. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: HOTEL WALDORF ASTORIA. NEW YORK.

Chaos. Date/Period: Ca. 1875. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,067 mm (42 in); Width: 3,048 mm (10 ft). Author: GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS.

Discovery of the Joseph's Silver Cup in Benjamin's Sack Law, Jacob Willemsz de (ca 1610 1675)

Umbria Terni Narni S. Margherita5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Post-medieval: 1987, 73 photos Architecture (late 15th century), frescoes 1982, 28 photos Architecture, frescoes, painting, sculpture German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Samson and Delilah, Rembrandt, 1628-1629, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany, Europe

The Building of the Trojan Horse by Tiepolo, Giandomenico (1727-1804)/ National Gallery, London/ ca 1760/ Italy, Venetian School/ Oil on canvas/ Baroque/ 38,8x66,7/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History

People listening to prophet by Giovanni Paolo Panini, Oil on canvas, 1738, 1691-1765, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 75x105

Vicente Carducho (1576-1638). Italian painter who developed his artistic activity in Spain. "The Capture of Antequera". Oil on canvas (141 x 407 cm), 1602. Detail. Army Museum. Toledo, Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain). Author: Vicente Carducho (1576-1638). Italian painter.

Encounter Between Rebecca And Isaac Vaccaro (Italian)

Arnold Böcklin (born 16 October 1827, died January 1901), Swiss painter, draughtsman, graphic artist and sculptor of Symbolism: Diana's Hunt (1862), Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Work of art, Historical, Dramatic scene in the forest with fleeing woman and dense vegetation

'The Regina Martyrum' (detail), 1780. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: BASILICA DEL PILAR. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

La Rancune en brancard, abattu dans le bourbier, 1726, Scarron's Le Roman Comique, black chalk heightened with white chalk on blue laid paper, overall: 32.6 x 27.8 cm (12 13/16 x 10 15/16 in.), Opperman 1977, no. 174, Jean-Baptiste Oudry (artist) French, 1686 - 1755

'Prisión del condestable de Montmorency, en la Batalla de San Quintín', 1692-1693, Oil on canvas, 53 cm x 168 cm, P00187. Author: LUCA GIORDANO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Antwerp, Sadeler, Johann (I), Vos, Maerten de, Bonorum et Malorum consensio, History of the family of Set, On judging good and bad, Beginning of the flood, verso under - stamped, The beginning of the flood. It is raining and in the foreground people are trying to save themselves by going to higher ground. Others are drowning. In the background Noah's ark. The print has a Latin caption., print, prints, height 190 mm, width 279 mm, South Netherlands, 1550 - 1600-08, print maker, printmaker, 1586 - 1586, paper, papier, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1532 - 1603-12-04, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Work conception, after design by, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

The Death of Sophonisba, Queen of Numidia, The death of Sophonisba, queen of Numidia. Sophonisba accepts the poison cup, beside her a servant kneels, painter: Benjamin Wolff, 1816, canvas, oil paint (paint), height 265 cm × width 360 cmheight 293.5 cm × width 373.5 cm × depth 8.6 cm

Children Playing Robert Loftin Newman (American, 1827-1912). Children Playing, n.d. Oil on canvas, 10 x 14 1/8 in. (25.4 x 35.8 cm). American Art n.d.

Village scene by Leandro Bassano, oil on canvas, 1557-1622, Russia, Tula, State Art Museum, 80x121

Alexander and Bucephalus G 002624 Alexander and Bucephalus

Cristoforo Magnani (ca. 1550-1582). Italian painter. Adoration of the Magi. Oil on canvas, 1578. Museo Civico Ala Ponzone. Cremona Lombardy. Italy.

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). OSSIAN. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres / 'The Dream of Ossian', 1813, Oil on canvas, 348 x 275 cm. Credit: Album / Joseph Martin

The Three Ages of Humans. Artist: Dosso Dossi (Giovanni de Lutero) (Italian, Tramuschio ca. 1486-1541/42 Ferrara). Dimensions: 30 1/2 x 44 in. (77.5 x 111.8 cm).The three ages of humankind are represented by two boys peeping behind a bush, by two lovers, and by two old men. But the primary subject is a pastoral landscape (indeed, the old men were a second thought). Landscape was a genre inspired by classical literature and intended above all to delight the eye. Dosso's wit, much prized at the court of Ferrara, is seen in the detail of the goats that appear to spy on the young lovers. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Summer, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1625 painting Summer. In a landscape, a rider turns on a prancing horse to a carriage pulled by four fungi. Part of a series with the four seasons, SK-A-1771/1774. panel. oil paint (paint) summer landscape; landscape symbolizing summer (the four seasons of the year). four-wheeled vehicle drawn by more than three animals

Firefighters by Pierre Cecil Puvis de Chavannes, oil on canvas, 1857, 1824-1898, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 176x226

Empress Giving Alms by Baron Mikhail Petrovich Klodt, oil on canvas , 1880, 1835-1914, Russia, Vladimir, State Museum of Architecture, History and Art, 99x153

'Felipe II, con sus arquitectos, inspecciona las obras de El Escorial', ca. 1692, Oil on canvas, 53 cm x 168 cm, P00189. Author: LUCA GIORDANO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. PHILIP II OF SPAIN.

Men reading , 1821-1823, by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).

The Tempest. Prospero and Ariel, Severn, Joseph (1793-1879)

Aleksander Gierymski (1850-1901). Polish painter. Italian Siesta, 1876-1880. Silesian Museum. Katowice, Poland.

Beauvais, The Inconstant, The Silenus, The Charlatan, 1899 By Charles Conder, Greek Mythology, Theatre

Apollo killing python; Unknown Flemish painter; around 1625 (1620-00-00-1630-00-00);Apollo (Mitol.), Python (Mitol.), Flemish painting, landscapes, mythological scenes

Battle, Anonymous, Italy, c. 1600 - 1700

Apollo and Hyacinthus by Giambattista Tiepolo, oil on canvas, circa 1753, 1696-1770, Venetian School, Spain, Madrid, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collections, 287x232

The Hospitalite of Abraham', c1820-1857. Artist: Achille Deveria. Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Deveria (1800-1857) was a French painter and lithographer known for his portraits of famous writers and artists.

GIORGIONE, Giorgio da Castelfranco, called (1477-1510). The Three Philosophers (Tre filosofi ). 1508 - 1509. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Venetian school. Oil on wood. AUSTRIA. VIENNA. Vienna. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Museum of Art History).

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, A Man Driving a Team of Six Girls, between 1778 and 1780. Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper.

Herdsmen Driving Cattle across a Stream, c. 1760, oil and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper laid down on board, overall: 29.5 x 29.9 cm (11 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.), Jean-Baptiste Deshays (artist) French, 1729 - 1765

Robert Smirke, 1752-1845, British, One from Illustrations to Shakespeare.

The Flight into Egypt. Date/Period: Ca. 1605. Painting. Oil on silvered copper. Height: 9.80 mm (0.38 in); Width: 7.60 mm (0.29 in). Author: Adam Elsheimer.

Coach in a Thunderstorm, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740-1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771), ca. 1795, Oil on millboard (attached to stretcher); verso: oil sketch, Support (PTG): 16 3/4 x 24 inches (42.5 x 61 cm), carriage, cliff, coach, fear, frightened, genre subject, girl, horses (animals), lightning, men, meteorology, road, scared, science, science, thunderstorm, tree, woman

Masque of Love, John Duncan (Dundee, Scotland, 1866 - 1945) 1900-1924

Wounded Amazon Camilla by Savitsky, Georgi Konstantinovich (1887-1949)/ Private Collection/ 1922/ Russia/ Oil on wood/ History painting/ 62x80/ Genre,Mythology, Allegory and Literature

Don Juan Discovered by Haydee Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893/British) Musee D'Orsay, Paris

David Takes Saul's Spear and Water Bottle James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York, USA

BATALLA - SIGLO XIX - DIBUJO. Author: LAMEYER FRANCISCO. Location: MUSEO ROMANTICO-DIBUJO, MADRID, SPAIN.

JUEGOS DE NINOS - ROBANDO NIDOS - SIGLO XVIII. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA (1746-1828). Location: FUNDACION SANTAMARCA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Noah's Ark, Anonymous, 1575 - 1599

'Moses and the Burning Bush'. France, 1642-1645. Dimensions: 136x106,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: SEBASTIEN BOURDON.

The Deluge by Vereshchagin, Vasili Petrovich (1835-1909) / State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg / Russian Painting of 19th cen. / 1869 / Russia / Oil on canvas / Bible / 53x73,5

Procession of the Trojan Horse into Troy 1727 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770/Italian) Oil on canvas National Gallery, London

Automedon with the Horses of Achilles; 1868 Oil on canvas Alexandre-Georges-Henri Regnault French; 1843-1871

Shepherd playing a pipe; Londonio, Francesco (1723-1783); 3 18th century (1751-00-00-1775-00-00);

EL PALO VOLADOR - BIOMBO MEXICANO - SIGLO XVII - DET CABALLEROS E INDIGENAS DANZATES- Conj 3483. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Abraham with the three Angels, Francesco Zugno, 1750 - 1780 painting Abraham kneels for the three angels, left Sara at the house. Based on a composition of Tiepolo. Pendant of SK-A-3435. oil paint (paint). canvas painting Abraham kneels before the angels

The Prairie on Fire. Alvan Fisher; American, 1792-1863. Date: 1827. Dimensions: 61 × 83.8 cm (24 × 33 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Thunderstorm by Gaspard Dughet, Oil on canvas, 1660s, 1615-1675, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 40x62, 5

St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness. Moretto da Brescia (Allessandro Bonvicino) (Italy, Brescia, 1498-1554). Italy, circa 1535. Paintings. Oil on panel

PUEBLO DE ARMADORES - DETALLE - 1929-1934 - 10 x 10 m - OLEO/ORO SOBRE LIENZO. Author: SERT JOSE MARIA. Location: MUSEO DE SAN TELMO. DONOSTI-SAN SEBASTIAN. Guipuzcoa. SPAIN.

Apollo by Karl Pavlovich Briullov, Oil on canvas, 1851-1852, 1799-1852, Russia, Minsk, National Art Museum of Belorussian Republic, 62x74, 4

'Dismounted Riders at the Inn'. Holland. Dimensions: 30x37 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Philips Wouwerman ( ).

'Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides'. Italy, 1550s. Dimensions: 38x155 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: LAMBERT SUSTRIS.

"EL PASO DE UN CONTROL" - 1859 - OLEO ON TABLE - 41,5X32 CM. Author: BECQUER VALERIANO. Location: BANCO URQUIJO. Bilbao. Biscay. SPAIN.

Paul-Albert Baudouin (1844-1931). "History of wheat: bread. Sketch for the school on rue Dombasle.". Oil on canvas. 1880. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 61091-8 Farmer, ble, detail, sketch, oven, bread, peasant, oil on canvas

Apollo killing Python (Ovid, Metamorphoses, I, 438ff.). nieznany malarz flamandzki, painter

Jose Otero Abeledo called Laxeiro (1908-1996). Spanish painter. Rezando, ca. 1930-1945 (Praying, ca.1930-1945). Museum of Fine Arts. A Coru-a, Galicia, Spain.

Westward the Course of Empire takes its way, 1861 Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Scene Of War And Fire 16th Century Gillis Mostaert (1534-1598 Netherlandish) Oil On Wood Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Adoration by the shepherds, draughtsman: Meester van de Liechtensteinse Aanbidding, 1549, prepared paper, pen, brush, h 274 mm × w 179 mm

The Power of Eloquence (La forza dell'Eloquenza), by Giambattista Tiepolo, 1724 - 1725, 18th Century, fresco

Francisco de Herrera The Younger / 'The Dream of Saint Joseph'. Ca. 1662. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Ecce Homo. Norblin de la Gourdaine, Jean Pierre (1745-1830), graphic artist

Saint George and the Dragon, Raphael, circa 1506, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

The execution of a witch, 1820-1824, by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).

Franciszek Murko (1859-1910), Sielanka; Czernecki, Jan (Wieliczka, Kraków; Publisher; 1905-1939); 1912 (1912-00-00-1912-00-00);

War scene by Adam Frans van der Meulen, Oil on wood, 1632-1690, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 13, 8x17, 2

The Return of Columbus to the Spanish Court (Detail) Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920 Spanish)

Legend of a Knight (end panel of a cassone), Anonymous, 1450 - 1474

The Apotheosis of Cornelis de Witt, with the Dutch Raid on the Medway in the background, Jan de Baen (copy after), 1667 - 1700 painting Glorification of Cornelis de Witt, with the trip to Chatham (June 1667) in the background. On the left a horn of abundance with symbols of prosperity and wealth of the country. Fame with trumpets and putti with a laurel wreath in the air. De Witt has been presented in armor and with commandostaf as a sign of his function as a proxy of the States General in the fleet. canvas. oil paint (paint) Raid on the Medway Chatham

The Yard of the Inn at Emmaus David Ryckaert III Flemish. The Yard of the Inn at Emmaus. David Ryckaert III (Flemish, 1612-1661). Oil on canvas. Paintings

Razin, Fyodor Georgievich (*1927) Regional Art Museum, Magnitogorsk 1962 127x153 Oil on canvas Soviet Art Russia History

'The Swing', (detail), 1787, Oil on canvas. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes. 1515-1516. cartoon by Raphael, born 1483 - died 1520

The Money Diggers John Quidor (American, 1801-1881). The Money Diggers, 1832. Oil on canvas, 15 15/16 x 20 15/16 in. (40.5 x 53.2 cm). Early ethnic stereotypes animate this painting based on one of the American author Washington Irvings raucous stories of life in colonial New York. In this scene from “The Adventure of the Black Fisherman,” three money-mad characters hunt for treasure supposed to have been buried in a Dutch New York cemetery at the time of the British takeover. In painting the miserly Dutchman, the sinister German sorcerer, and the superstitious black fisherman who led the group to the spot, John Quidor followed Irvings descriptions exactly, down to the green lenses in Dr. Knipperhausens glasses. American Art 1832

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