Biblical Narratives in Art

Artworks depicting significant biblical events and figures, showing emotional scenes and traditional portrayals from historical texts and engravings.

Extreme Unction for a dying man Date: 1820
Extreme Unction for a dying man Date: 1820
152 assets in this story
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Scene from the biblical story, story of the raising of the daughter of Jairus, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900
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New Testament. Jesus in the House of Martha and Mary. Engraving by Paris. The Iberian Illustration, 1885.
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Christ arouses the daughter of Jairus, master of Antwerp (i) (attributed to), 1485 - 1491 print Daughter of Jairus in bed, Christ on the side makes blessing gesture. Jairus is at the end of the foot Low Countries paper raising of the daughter of Jairus, who is lying in bed (Matthew 9:18-19, 9:23-26; Mark 5:21-24, 5:35-43; Luke 8:40-42, 8:49-56)
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Scene from the biblical story, David spares Saul, central biblical story in which David had the opportunity several times to kill the jealous King Saul but spared him, authentic reproduction of a school mural, historical, around 1900
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In L'Assiette au Beurre satirical magazine; Edition: Black Masses. Coloured illustration: A man backed up against the wall surrounded by shrouded people sitting down, a basket upturned. Caption: Go to Mass!
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Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226). Italian Catholic friar. Painting by J F Weerts. Last moments. Artistic Illustration, 1885, Spain. Later colouration.
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An Englishman sits smoking a hookah as an Asian man approaches making a salaam. Engraving by W. Humphrys, c. 1834, after W. Daniell.
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A monk carries a small child at night, while on his back he carries a bundle in which the face of a woman is visible: he is delivering them to a convent. Etching.
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Death Rocks the Cradle, Life is over, The Infant Sleeps, to wake no more - Vintage illustration of baby dying
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The mausoleum at Frogmore, the burial place of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert. Date: 1901
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Richard I while lying on his deathbed forgives his slayer who is brought before him
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Felix of Nola refreshing his bishop, historic steel engraving from 1860
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Saint Catherine. Engraving by A. Wierix III.
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Christopher Columbus on his deathbed, he died on May 20, 1506 in Valladolid, Spain, as a sick, forgotten man who thought he had ended up in India until the very last, monk on the deathbed of an elderly man, religious atmosphere, historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original, record date not stated
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'The Nativity', c1900 (1903-1904). Artist: Charles Holroyd.
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A woman with two small children pleads for alms from a man dressed in a cape and feathered cap. Engraving by C. Heath, 1824 after H. Corbould.
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Friedrich der Große, Friedrich II. 1712, 1786 nach der Schlacht von Torgau am 3. November 1760 auf der Altartreppe der Dorfkirche von Elsnig, beim Bri...
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Spectators gather around the bed of the dying Czar. Engraving.
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fine arts, Middle Ages, Germany, painting, ""Convicts in the Stocks praying to Saint Wolfgang"", by the ""Pipping Master"", Pipping, Germany, 1480,
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Cloister scene with Guinevere, by Gustave Dore, from Idylls of the King, (1832-1883), USA, Illinois, Chicago, Newberry Library
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Saint rita of cascia
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Ink drawing with wash by an anonymous artist depicting a burial scene (Grablegung), focusing on figures and ritual actions.
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Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523). German writer and theologian. Engraving in Germania, 1882. Colored.
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A lawyer who writes the last will of Eudamidas I, a Spartan king, Sparta/a lawyer writing the last will and testament of Eudamidas I, a Spartan king, Sparta, historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original model from the 19th century, exact original date not known, subsequently colors
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Morning on Pentecost according to the picture of Carl Karger. A clip from a German magazine. Brend'amour, Franz Robert Richard (1831 1915), Karger, Carl (1848 1913)
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Martin Luther continues the translation of the Bible with the help of Melanchton, two persons, room, desk, shelf, books, curtain, religion, Christianity, years 1523-1524, 16th century, historical illustration around 1860
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Fresco Wieskirche An image of a beautiful religious fresco inside the Wieskirche in Germany Bavaria Copyright: xZoonar.com/magannx 3501372
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Krakow Cathedral Tombstone of Michał Skotnicki Krieger, Ignacy (1820 1889)
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Saint John of God. Colour photogravure, 1898.
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Famous religious paintings. Joseph's Dream and Flight into Egypt, in Church of the Nativity. 1898, West Bank, Bethlehem
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Biblical story, St. Robert makes his dying profession of faith, Historical steel engraving from 1860
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Christ sits at the bedside of Jairus's sickening daughter. Etching by E.F. Mohn after G.C. von Max.
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The Emperor Napoleon III lying in state sourrounded by mourners. Wood engraving.
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Detail of the Death of St. Francis and Inspection of Stigmata. circa 1320, by Giotto, Bardi Chapel, Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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Grave monument by the Albertis at the Staglieno cemetery in Genoa; Staglieno - Monumento de Albertis. Campo Santo de Genoa. Part of travel album with photos and drawings by Manuel Mayo 1876.
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Bishop Ketteler blessing the body of Prince Lichnowsky, wood engraving, c 1880
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He kills a slave to establish whether the departing of the soul leads to weight loss (it doesn't)
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Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). Italian pope (1878-1903). Born Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci. Election of Pope Leo XIII. Preliminaries for the celebration of the conclave in the Vatican. Interior of the cell of a conclavist cardinal. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.
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Saint Vincent de Paul. Line engraving by P. Baquoy after N. A. Monsiaux.
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A Saadi, or Egyptian shaman using snakes and incantations to cure a sick man. Engraving by T. Wallis, 1806, after W.M. Craig.
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In 17th century France, a hysterical nun breaks loose from her bonds and terrifies the convent with her insistence that she is possessed by demons Date: 17th century
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John The Baptist Beheaded in Prison Artist Unknown
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Christus Na de Geseling, Georg Andreas Wolfgang, after Johannes Heinrich Schönfeld, 1641 - 1716 print paper etching / engraving 'Herrgottsruhbild' (Christ resting after his tortures)
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THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL TO THE LATE LORD DERBY AT KNOWSLEY, 1872 engraving
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Religious men treating a patient at St Andrew Hospital, Cuzco, by Marcos Zapata (between ca 1710 and 1720-1773). Detail.
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San Francisco Caracciolo (1563-1608), fundador de la Orden de Clérigos Regulares Menores. Grabado de 1852.
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Ivan the Terrible next to the Body of the Son He Has Killed - Vyacheslav Schwarz, 1864
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John King mourning the Death of Robert O'Hara Burke, Burke and Wills Expedition in Australia
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Little girl praying while her family looks on
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A cardinal in a cell, chamber in Vatican during Conclave, Rome Italy, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally restored, historical, A cardinal in a cell, chamber in Vatican during Conclave, Rome Italy, reproduction of an image, woodcut from the year 1881, digitally improved, historical
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The murder of the passage of the Trinity.
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'Indian Gratitude - Peruvians attending Las Cassas', (19th century). Artist: Unknown