Historical Religious Events

Artworks portraying significant historical religious moments, featuring ceremonies, ascents to power, and communal gatherings in rich, traditional styles.

The enthronement of Sultan Osman II, Anonymous
The enthronement of Sultan Osman II, Anonymous
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Painting by Jan Brueghel the Elder titled 'Adoration of the Kings', 1598. From the collection of the National Gallery, London.
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Franciszek Jurjewicz (1849-1919). Lithuanian painter. Pilgrims in the Vilnius Calvary, 1894. National Gallery of Art. Vilnius, Lithuania.
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Virgin of Guadeloupe with scenes of cross breeding, 18th century
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La Mosquée The Mosque. Date/Period: 1881. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 730 mm (28.74 in); Width: 920 mm (36.22 in). Author: Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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The city of Jerusalem, detail from The Preaching of St Stephen in Jerusalem, by Vittore Carpaccio (ca 1465-1525 or 1526).
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Rogation Day, Cornwall. William Holt Yates Titcomb (1858-1930). Oil on canvas. 35 1/2 x 66 1/2in
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Prayer in the Mosque 1871 Jean-Léon Gérôme French Gérôme painted this scene, which depicts the interior of the seventh-century mosque of Amr in Cairo, after his visit to Egypt in 1868. The rows of worshipers, ranging from the dignitary and his attendants to the loincloth-clad Muslim holy man, face Mecca during one of the five daily prayers. It is unlikely, however, that Gérôme witnessed a service at this particular mosque, which had fallen into disuse by 1868. Rather, the image is probably a composite of sketches and photographs of various sites. Gérôme traveled widely in the Middle East; more than two-thirds of his paintings are devoted to Orientalist subjects. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #6032. Prayer in the Mosque 00:00 / 01:03 Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies We're sorry, the transcript for this audio track is not available at this time. We are working to make it available as soon as possible.. Prayer in the Mosque 436482
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Jesus preaching by the lake David Vinckboons (1576-ca.1632 Flemish)
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Canonization of St. Francis, Chapel at the Sacro Monte, Orta San Giulio, Province of Novara, Italy, Europe
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Italy, Veneto, Venice, Doge of Venice and Signoria by Church of San Rocco, on Saint's Day
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Peasant wedding at Toropec, Russia, 18th century
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Hendrik van Minderhout / 'The procession of Christ the Redeemer in Antwerp, August 27, 1685', 1687-1688, Dutch School, Oil on canvas, 168 cm x 241 cm, P03339. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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Germany, Munich, Concert in Luttich, 1755
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Candlesticks of Christianity, sketch. Siemiradzki, Henryk (1843-1902), painter
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At the Cathedral of the Dormition in the Moscow Kremlin, Vereshchagin, Vasili Vasilyevich (1842-1904)
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Reception at the court of Sultan Selim III (1761-1807) in Topkapi Palace, late 18th century, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia
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Hungary, Budapest, The Harvest festival
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The Adoration of the Magi, Pieter Brueghel (II), 1590 - 1638 painting The worship of the kings. Winter face in a village, on the left the three kings at the Holy Family in a stable, on the right the ruins of a church. panel. oil paint (paint) adoration of the kings: the Wise Men present their gifts to the Christ-child (gold, frankincense and myrrh). public road in village
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Traditional Wallenstein Procession in Memmingen, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany
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Fresh from the Altar. Jessica Hayllar (1858-1940). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1890. 53.3 x 80cm
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Church service by Abel Grimmer, Oil on wood, 1597, 1570-1619, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 20x26
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Janis Rozentals (1866-1916). Latvian painter. Coming from Church (After the Service), 1894. Oil on canvas (175 x 103 cm). Detail. Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga, Latvia.
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Gaekwar's state elephants, Manipuri Bazaar, Bombay, India, c1924. Artist: Unknown
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St Mark's By Moonlight, Charles H. Mackie (Aldershot, England, 1862 - 1920) c. 1908-1912
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Franciszek Streitt (1839-1890). Polish painter. Burial of a Pauper in Germany, 1880. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow, Poland.
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Easter procession by Pryanishnikov, Illarion Mikhailovich (1840-1894)/ State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg/ 1893/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ 101,5x165/ Genre
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Portrait by Valentin Serov of the anointing of Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna at their coronation. 1897
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FIESTA DEL CRISTO DEL BUEN FIN EN BAHIA - SIGLO XX. Author: VICENTE MAESO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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THE PARDON IN BRITTANY, by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret 1886, French painting, oil on canvas. The traditional culture of the rural province of Brittany fascinated French artists in the late 19th century. In this beaux arts realist work, penitents wearing Breton costumes express remorse in a ritual procession (BSLOC_2017_9_69)
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The Royal Family of Great Britain, 1887. Chromo-lithograph after Emilie Chaese
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A country wedding in Toropec, Russia 18th century.
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The Arrival Of Sultan Abdülmecid At The Nusretiye Mosque, Jacobs, Jacob (1812-1879)
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Saint Petersburg. The Saint Isaac's Cathedral during the Easter Vigil by Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Anna Petrovna (1871-1955)/ Museum of Private Collections in A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow/ 1913/ Russia/ Watercolour, white colour, black chalk on pape
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Die Edignalinde, auch Tausendjaehrige Linde, ein Sommer-Linde (Tilia platyphyllos), auf dem Friedhof neben der Kirche Sankt Sebastian in Puch, Fuerstenfeldbruck, Bayern, Deutschland, um 1885, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, The Edignalinde, also thousand-year-old lime tree, a summer lime tree, in the cemetery next to the church of St Sebastian in Puch, Bavaria, around 1885, Historical, digitally restore
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Organ Rehearsal by Henry Lerolle; oil on canvas
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Gift (provenance), roadside cross, prayer, youngsters, genre scenes against the background of landscape, old people, cars, cereals
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Pilgrim next to Kiev Monastery Of Caves by Vasili Petrovich Vereshchagin, oil on canvas , 1905, 1835-1909, Russia, Vladimir , State Museum of Architecture, History and Art
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Lenin addressing the Communist Party Congress 1918 following the Russian Revolution. (Illustration)
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Mass in front of Ernest Psichari's grave Maurice Denis (1870-1943). "Mass in front of Ernest Psichari's grave". Paris, museum of romantic life.