Biblical Themed Oil Paintings

Dramatic oil paintings depicting biblical stories and allegories, featuring dynamic compositions and rich color palettes, highlighting emotional and spiritual themes from art history.

Martyrdom of Saint Martha; about 1740-42 Oil on canvas Antonio Gonzalez Velazquez Spanish; 1723-1793

Johann Heiss (1640-1704). German painter. Phaethon's Fall, 1678. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.

Apotheosis of Henry IV, being taken up into heaven, and the proclamation of the reign of Queen, May 14, 1610, 1621-1625, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Detail from the Stories of Queen Marie de' Medici, 24 boards on canvas created for the Luxembourg Palace, Paris.

Juno Commands Argus to Guard Io, Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1655 - 1683

Theseus Finds His Father's Sword 1634 Laurent de La Hyre (1606-1656 French) Musee des Beaux-Arts, Caen

The Vision of Saint Jerome, c. 1660. Giovanni Battista Langetti (Italian, 1635-1676). Oil on canvas; framed: 238 x 187 x 13 cm (93 11/16 x 73 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.); unframed: 200.2 x 149.2 cm (78 13/16 x 58 3/4 in.).

Mstislav of Chernigov by Andrei Ivanovich Ivanov, Oil on canvas, 1812, 1775-1848, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Russian Museum, 285x205

Allegory of Music. Dated: 1764. Dimensions: overall: 103.5 x 130 cm (40 3/4 x 51 3/16 in.) framed: 130.8 x 157.5 cm (51 1/2 x 62 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Francois Boucher.

Luca Giordano / 'Hércules en la pira', ca. 1697, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 224 cm x 91 cm, P00162. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Thomas Jones (1742-1803). English painter. Landscape with Dido and Aeneas (Storm), 1769. Detail. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

Adam and Eve, by Domenichino (1581-1641), oil on canvas, 63x46 cm.

Psyche Rescued by Naiads, 1750 Attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre., Previously attributed to Hugues Taraval, Psyche sits at the centre and is supported by four female naiads. A male naiad can be seen behind the group, on the far right. From the collection of Madame de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, recorded in the inventory of l'hotel de Pompadour, Paris, 26 July 1764., Greek Mythology, Oil Painting, Old Master, Rococo, Oval, Greek gods, goddesses

Jakub and Rachel; Coypel, Antoine (CA 1661-1722); 1 PO. 18th century (1700-00-00-1799-00-00);Jakub (Bible), Rachel (wife of Jakub - Bible), goats, French painting, landscapes, biblical scenes, purchase (provenance)

Christ with Martha and Mary, Christ with Martha and Mary. On the left, Martha is in the kitchen at a table preparing food, on the table is a fish, on the floor more fish, a hare, birds, a cauliflower and an artichoke. On the right, Mary sits with an open book in her lap. Christ is seated between the two of them and gesturing to Mary with his left hand., painter: Vincent Malò (I), painter: Vincent Adriaenssen (rejected attribution), Antwerp, c. 1630 - c. 1634, canvas, oil paint (paint), height 147.4 cm × width 230.5 cm × thickness 4.3 cm, depth 12 cm

Satan touched by Ithuriel's sword, by Johann Heinrich Fussli (1741-1825).

The Death of Cleopatra; Gerard Hoet (Dutch, 1648 - 1733); Netherlands; about 1700 - 1710; Oil on canvas; 57.8 × 69.5 cm (22 3,4 × 27 3,8 in.)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Cupids Disarming Sleeping Nymphs, Italian, 1665-1747, c. 1690-1705, oil on copper

A spartan says goodbye to her son (avec ou dessus). In the middle is the son with helmet and dagger, behind him a winged genus with torch and bazuin. To the left of him is his mother who gives him a shield. Extremely left a woman with a girl and extremely right a seated old man. Under the image the title.

The Triumph of Bacchus' or 'The Drunkards', by Diego Velazquez, 17th Century. Velazquez, one of the few Spanish painters to depict mythological scenes, was often accused of treating the feats and tales of the classical gods with little respect, and even mockery. Actually, however, guided by his magnificent realism he simply brought the gods down to the mortal world. The best and most realistic way to present the triumph of the god of wine- Bacchus for the Romans and Dionysius for the Greeks- was to show him among a group of everyday drunkards. From the collection of the Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

The Death of Cleopatra, by Domenico Maria Muratori (1661-1744), painting.

The Rising of the Waters, Attributed to John Martin, 1789-1854, British, undated, Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm), ark, drowning, flood, Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve, islands, Old Testament, punishment, rain, religious and mythological subject, trees

Allegory of Peace and Justice. Date/Period: From 1753 until 54. Oil paintings. Oil on canvas. Author: CORRADO GIAQUINTO.

Lot and his Daughters by Pacelli, Matteo (1651-1732) State Open-air Museum Tsarskoye Selo, St. Petersburg End of 17th cen. Italy, School of Neaple Oil on canvas Painting Bible

Luca Giordano / 'The Sacrifice of Isaac', 1695-1696, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 95 cm x 196 cm, P05452. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxane of Bactria, Gerard Hoet (I), 1670 - 1733 painting The marriage of Alexander the Great with Roxane of Bactria. The marriage is blessed on the left in the foreground by a priest in a burning altar, for a niche with a statue of Juno. On the left the soldiers from the result of Alexander. On the right a group of dancing women, rights at the back are musicians on a balcony. Pendant of SK-A-162. panel. oil paint (paint) marriage of Alexander and Roxana

The Fight between Aeneas and King Turnus, from Virgils Aeneid. Giacomo del Po (Italy, Naples, 1652-1726). Italy, circa 1700. Paintings. Oil on copper

David with the Head of Goliath. Date/Period: Ca. 1650. Painting. Oil on canvas Oil on canvas. Height: 1,205 mm (47.44 in); Width: 1,020 mm (40.15 in). Author: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri).

'Finding of Moses'. Italy, Second half of the 1690s. Dimensions: 91x110 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Marco Antonio Franceschini (Marcantonio).

Consul Titus Manlius orders the Beheading of his son, Ferdinand Bol, 1661 - 1663 painting Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus lets his son behead. The consul is on a throne between two columns. On the ground the body of the son; The executioner keeps the severed head up. On the right a soldier with a horse. In the background buildings of Rome. canvas. oil paint (paint) Torquatus has his son beheaded because he has fought an enemy in single combat against the strict orders of his father

Camillia at War from Virgil's Aeneid. Giacomo del Po (Italy, Naples, 1652-1726). 1708-1710. Paintings. Oil on copper

'Rape of the Sabine Women'. Italy, Circa 1689. Dimensions: 119,5x167,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Luca Giordano (workshop).

The Fountain of Love; Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732 - 1806); France; about 1785; Oil on canvas; 64.1 × 52.7 cm (25 1,4 × 20 3,4 in.)

'Chronos, Mars, Cupid and Venus (copy)'. Italy. Dimensions: 130x172 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino) (workshop).

Gioacchino Assereto / 'Moses Drawing Water from the Rock', ca. 1640, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 245 cm x 300 cm, P01134. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Baptism of Christ. Dated: c. 1535/1540. Dimensions: overall: 129.5 x 132 cm (51 x 51 15/16 in.) framed: 177 x 178.8 x 10.2 cm (69 11/16 x 70 3/8 x 4 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Paris Bordone.

Theagenes receives the palm of honor from Chariclea, Abraham Bloemaert, 1626

'Allegory of the Arts'. Italy, Between 1635 and 1640. Dimensions: 152x140 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Strozzi, Bernardo (Il Cappuccino, Il Prete Genovese).

'Jacob Meeting Rachel'. Italy, Second half of the 1690s. Dimensions: 112x90,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Marco Antonio Franceschini (Marcantonio).

Venus brings healing herbs to the wounded Aeneas, Painting by Hendrik Krock, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Diana Discovers Callisto Pregnant - 1720/21 - 100x135 cm - oil on canvas. Author: GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (1696-1770). Location: ACADEMIA DE BELLAS ARTES. Venedig. ITALIA. NYMPH CALLISTO. DIANA CAZADORA-DIOSA EN LA MITOLOGIA ROMANA.

Judith in the Tent of Holofernes by Liss, Johann (1597-1631)/ National Gallery, London/ c. 1622/ Germany/ Oil on canvas/ Baroque/ 128,5x99/ Bible

Juno Commanding Argus To Keep Watch On Io, Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem, 1655 - 1683 painting Juno gives the shepherd Argus to guard io. On the left in the form of a cow. Behind Juno her triumphal wagon and two peacocks. panel. oil paint (paint) Juno appoints Argus to watch the cow (Io metamorphosed)

Putti with Mirrors. Dating: 1725 - 1744. Measurements: h 30 cm × w 35 cm; d 4 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jacob de Wit.

Venus and Mars. Date/Period: From 1633 until 1634. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,575 mm (62 in); Width: 1,898 mm (74.72 in). Author: NICOLAS POUSSIN.

LA JUSTICIA Y LA PAZ - SIGLO XVIII. Author: MARIANO SALVADOR MAELLA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Drunkeness of Silene, Carle Vanloo, (1705-1765/French)

LA TUNICA DE JOSE - DETALLE DE LOS HERMANOS DE JOSE CON LA TUNICA - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL - RESTAURADO EN 1989 - Conjunto 7331. Author: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ (1599-1660). Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Merry Company on a Terrace', c1673-1675. Artist: Jan Steen. Jan Havickszoon Steen (1626-1679) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, one of the leading genre painters of the 17th century.

Queen Zenobia by Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) / State Hermitage, St. Petersburg / 1640s / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History / 156x194,5

18th century Beauvais tapestry based on design by Francois Boucher depicting Bacchus and Ariadne, from the series The Love of the Gods, 1752.

Mercury and Argus by Fabritius, Carel (1622-1654) / Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Baroque / 1645-1647 / Holland / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 73,5x104

Perseus holding head of medusa by Pieter Paul Rubens, oil on canvas , 1620s, 1577-1640, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Hermitage, 99, 5x139

Samson and Delilah C. 1604/1614; Oil on panel, (Cincinnati Art Museum). By Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640). Rubens was born in Siegen in Germany, but from the age of 10 he lived and went to school in Antwerp, Belgium, where he became an important Flemish Artist.

Marriage of Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, with Roxana of Bacteriane, Gerard Hoet (I), 1670 - 1733

Death of Belisarius. Wagenschön, Franz Xaver (1726-1790), painter

Leda and the Swan. C. 1532. (Antinio Allegri; gen. Correggio; 1489 - Correggio-1534)

'Cupid Untying the Zone of Venus'. Great Britain, 1788. Dimensions: 127,5x101 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

Judith Beheading Holofernes - Artemisia Gentileschi, circa 1620 - Two women pin down a man on a bed. With one hand, Judith holds his head; with the other, she slices his throat with a long sword. The intensity of the scene is highlighted by the dripping blood soaking the white bed sheets and the man's eyes wide open conscious, but helpless. Artemisia is more a champion of strong women rather than a woman obsessed with violence and revenge.

Henry Fuseli, 1741-1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766-70; 1779 on), Dido, 1781. Oil on canvas.

Athena and Odysseus. Keyert, Rienk (1709-1775), painter

Death of Epaminondas. Smuglewicz, Franciszek (1745-1807), painter

Farewell between a Spartan woman and her son, 1795 print In the middle is the son with helmet and dagger, behind him a winged genus with torch and trumpet. His mother is sitting on his left who awardes him a shield. On the far left a woman with a girl and a sitting old man on the far right. Under the image the title. paper engraving / etching (story of) the women of Sparta. taking leave

Fuseli / Ruetli Oath / 1780

'Orgy'. Austria, First half of the 18th century. Dimensions: 58,5x84,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: JOHANN GEORG PLATZER.

Martyrdom of St Stephen, by Ludovico Cardi known as il Cigoli (1559-1613), painting.

Golden shower by Jacques Blanchard, oil on canvas, 1600-1638, 17th century, Russia, St Petersburg, State Open-air Museum Tsarskoye Selo, 112x169

Joseph and Potiphar's wife, Felice Ramelli, 1726

Triumph of Hercules and the Four Seasons (Trionfo di Ercole e le Quattro Stagioni), by Giuseppe Maria Crespi known as lo Spagnuolo (or Spagnolo), 1691, 17th Century, fresco

Giandomenico Tiepolo / 'The Disrobing of Christ', 1772, Italian School, Oil on canvas, 124,5 cm x 144,5 cm, P00359. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, Nicolas Bertin, 1690 - 1710 painting Interior of a bedroom in which the naked wife of Potifar pulls Joseph from her bed to his cloak. Pendant of SK-A-41. panel. oil paint (paint) Potiphar's wife catches Joseph by his robe, usually while lying in bed; Joseph escapes leaving his cloak behind in her hands (possibly with a naked child lying in a crib)

Netherlands / Israel: Samson and Delilah’. Oil on canvas painting by Jan Lievens (24 October 1607 - 4 June 1674), c. 1630-1635.

Nymphs cutting off the beard of Pan, Greek shepherd god, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a historical work of art

Bacchanal by Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / Baroque / 1625-1626 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 122x169

Isaac Blessing Jacob. Nicolas-Guy Brenet (France, Paris, 1728-1792). France, 1768. Paintings. Oil on canvas

'The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins (detail)', 17th century, Oil on panel, P02724. Author: PEETER LISAERT III (1574-1630). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

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Celadon Discovered by Galatea and Her Nymphs Oil on canvas Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays French; 1729-1765

ITALY. Vicenza. Villa Valmarana. Rinaldo and Armida', 1757. Fresco painting placed in Tasso room. Rinaldo and Armida's story comes from Torquato Tasso's 'Jerusalem Delivered'. Rococo. Fresco.

EL CANTICO DE LA PROFETISA MARIA - 1687 - OLEO/COBRE - BARROCO ITALIANO - 58X84 - NP 159. Author: LUCA GIORDANO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. MARIA PROFETISA HERMANA DE MOISES.

Elias van Nijmegen, Abigael for David, wallpaper painting canvas linen oil painting, Abigael is the wife of Nabal rich rancher David is on the run from Saul and protects the herds of Nabal with his men. At given moment, David wants something in return, namely food wool and protection, but Nabal refuses. David intends to attack Nabal. This belongs to Abigael, who hurriedly "load two hundred loaves of bread, two leather sacks of wine and five prepared sheep and five measures of roasted corn and hundred pieces of raisins and two hundred lumps of figs" and rushes to David. Because Abigael is driving behind these supplies, David first sees the servants; Still angry with Nabal, he swears to kill all of Nabal's male family. Then comes Abigael to say that Nabal is stupid man to whom David should not listen and offers all foodstuffs as gift. David accepts and abandons trip against Nabal. Back home with Nabal Abigael tells what she has done the man gets heart attack and dies ten days later. Davi

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825). French painter. Neoclassical. The Intervention of the Sabine Women, 1799. Louvre. Paris. France.

Lelio Orsi (1511-1587). Italian painter. Saint George and the Dragon, 1550. Farnese Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

'Bacchanalia'. France, First Half of 17th Century. Dimensions: 98x82 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Nicolas Chapron.

Apollo and the Sibyl Coneaische. (Giovanni Domenico Cerrini 1609 Perugia Rome-1681)

Anonymous. German school. "Diane and Endymion". Wood oil, 1600-1700. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 70009-18 Arc, weapon, quiver, hunting, divinity, woman, man, oil on wood, garden, libertine, libertine, libertine, Greek mythology, nudite, work of art, mythological character, sensuality, sensual, sensual, painting, 18th century, naked, naked

BRUNI, Fyodor (1800-1875). The copper snake. 19th c. Classicism. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum.

Alexanders generosity, Alexanders generosity by Jerome-Martin Langlois, Alexander the Great, Painting from 1819, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

DOMINGO MARQUES, Francisco (1842-1920). Last days of Sagunt. 1869. Second Punic War (218-201 BC). Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. Generalitat Palace.

José de Madrazo's painting of the death of Viriatus. Viriatus (also spelled Viriathus; known as Viriato in Portuguese; died 139 BC) was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of western Hispania (Portugal). 1807

Frans II Francken / 'Agar y el ángel', Flemish School, Oil on copper, 68 cm x 86 cm, P02739. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Parijs, Lesueur, Eustache, Amsterdam, Cootwijck, Jurriaan, Hagar in the desert, Paris, verso bottom center - stamped, Hagar lies on the ground in a mountainous landscape. An angel points her to a source of water. On the right lies Ishmael, the child of Hagar, hidden under a bush., print, prints, Round shape with the text: School for graphic subjects in Utrecht and an image of a pentagon, verso top left - stamped, width 177 mm, height, 136 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1714-05-10 - 1798-01-16, print maker, printmaker, 1759 - 1759, paper, papier, print drawing, Frans, 1617-11-19 - 1655-04-30, intermediary draughtsman

Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham' by adriaen van der werff, late 17th/early 18th century. From the Musee du Louvre, Paris, France.

'Crossing the Ford'. France, 1730s. Dimensions: 59x72 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: FRANCOIS BOUCHER.

Double portrait of a young couple as Granida and Daiphilo, Jan Mijtens, c. 1640 - c. 1670

The Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de' Medici, May 14, 1610, 1621-1625, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), oil on canvas, 394x727 cm. Detail from the Stories of Queen Maria de Medici, 24 boards on canvas created for the Luxembourg Palace, Paris.

Phaeton's sisters, by Santi Di Tito (1536-1603). Studiolo (small study) of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Italy, 16th century.

Venice Triumphant, Guardi, Giovanni Antonio (1699-1760)

Esther before Ahasuerus Artemisia Gentileschi Italian The most famous woman painter of the seventeenth century, Gentileschi worked in Rome, Florence, Venice, and Naples. This painting, among her most ambitious, represents the Jewish heroine Esther, who appeared before her husband, King Ahasuerus of Persia, in order to stave off a massacre of the Jewish people, breaking with court protocol and thereby risking death. Rather than turn to historical recreation, contemporary theater informed how Gentileschi conceived this dramatic scene, in which Esther faints before the king grants her request. An African page restraining a dog was painted out by the artist, but is partly visible beneath the marble pavement to the left of the kings knee.. Esther before Ahasuerus. Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, born Rome 1593-died Naples 1654 or later). Oil on canvas. Paintings

Jacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 29 December 1825) was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style 1824 Mars desarme par Venus

Job, by Assereto Gioacchino, 17th Century, oil on canvas, cm 100 x 115

Theseus and Ariadne. Date/Period: 1657. Painting. Height: 2,010 mm (79.13 in); Width: 1,670 mm (65.74 in). Author: Willem Strijcker.

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