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Depictions of biblical scenes in tempera on panels, showcasing the artistry of ancient Russian iconography and religious narratives.

The Descent of the Holy Spirit End of 15th Century Artist Unknown Icon Cathedral of St. Sophia Novgorod, Russia Tempera on canvas
The Descent of the Holy Spirit End of 15th Century Artist Unknown Icon Cathedral of St. Sophia Novgorod, Russia Tempera on canvas
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LOS TRES ANGELES DE AGAR - SIGLO XXI. Author: MONJAS BENEDICTINAS. Location: CONVENTO DE LAS BENEDICTINAS. MADRID. SPAIN.
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The Virgin and Child Enthroned. Date/Period: 1470 - 1499. Triptych. Height: 207 mm (8.14 in); Width: 428 mm (16.85 in). Author: Andreas Ritzos.
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The Ascension / Stained-glass / Le Mans
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Le Triomphe de la religion -  Cartoon shows Pope Pius VII, Cardinal Caprara, and other members of the clergy seeking to receive the spirit of light from the beneficial rays emanating from a dove at top center, parting the dark clouds of ignorance and intolerance; at top right, Jesus sits holding a crown of roses and extending palm fronds to the Virgin Mary, with a nun at her side; on left, women revolutionaries are struck by bolts of lightning issuing from a shield held by an archangel; at bottom left, a fiery pit claims other revolutionaries, while on the right, a group of new believers prays
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Adoration of Christ child by Fra Giovanni da Fiesole or Fra Angelico, tempera on panel, circa 1450, circa 1400-1455, Florentine School, Italy, Florence, San Marco Church, 177x148
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The National Museum. Carrying of the Cross. Passion of Christ.1486 fir wood panels from Knights Hospitallers' in Striegau. Warsaw. Poland.
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Colored woodcut 'Ascension of Christ' by an anonymous artist, late 15th century, depicting Christ ascending to heaven with surrounding figures.
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Plaque with the Holy Women at the Sepulchre ca. 1150-75 South Netherlandish The twelve surviving plaques in this series are divided among London, Paris, and New York. The group may have originally decorated a large cross base or a pulpit.. Plaque with the Holy Women at the Sepulchre. South Netherlandish. ca. 1150-75. Champlevé enamel, copper alloy, gilt. Made in Meuse valley, Netherlands. Enamels-Champlevé
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Close-up of mosaic in Church of St Peter; Gallicantu, Israel
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Maesta' of Duccio Altarpiece in the Cathedral of Siena, 1308-1311, by Duccio di Buoninsegna (ca 1255 - pre-1319), tempera on wood, 212x425 cm. Detail.
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Triptych Panel with the Lamentation early 16th century French. Triptych Panel with the Lamentation 468103
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Das Innere der Kathedrale der Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit in Sibiu Sibiu City, Romania - 01 April 2025, Interior of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Sibiu LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/RobertoxSorinx 23199813
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Ethiopia, Tigray (Tigray Kifle Hager), Aksum, Saint Mary of Zion church, frescos
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Jesus Christ, St Peter and St Paul mosaic, Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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FERRER, Jaume (15th century). The Last Supper. ca. 1370-1400. Catalan school. Gothic art. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. CATALONIA. LLEIDA. Solsona. Diocesan and Regional Museum. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. LLEIDA. Les Avellanes i Santa Linya.
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Greek Orthodox icon depicting Christ´s birth, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe
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St Matthew and the Angel, by Martini Simone, 1317, 14th Century, tempera and oil on panel. Italy: Campania: Naples: Capodimonte National Museum and Galleries. Detail. St Ludovico frame gold cope life scenes monks refectory table food pilgrims figures
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CRUCIFIJO. Location: FUNDACION RODRIGUEZ ACOSTA. GRANADA. SPANIEN.
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Mosaic in Medjugorje catholic sanctuary, Bosnia & Herzegovina : the wedding at Cana.
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Wall mosaic, Christ on sheets after his death, Tomb chapel, Holy grave, Jerusalem, Israel, Asia
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Middle Ages. International Gothic style. France. Book of property of the things, by Barthelemy l'Angels, 13th century. Miniature: Angles. 15th century. Conde Museum. Chantilly. France.
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Jesus Christ and devil by Duccio di Buoninsegna, tempera on panel, circa 1308-1311, circa 1255-1319, Italy, Siena, Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo, 48x50
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The exhumed body of the blessed is found intact and fresh, tile on altarpiece of the Blessed Humility, by Pietro Lorenzetti (ca 1280-1348), tempera and gold on wood panel.
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Ascension of Christ, Gothic frescoes from 1490, a highlight of medieval wall painting, by Johannes von Kastav, Romanesque Church of the Holy Trinity, 15th century, Hrastovlje, Slovenia, Hrastovlje, Slovenia, Europe
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The miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, scene from Gospel of Matthew, facsimile of 9th century codex kept at Bibliothique Nationale, Paris
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Greek orthodox icon depicting Christ's birth
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Wooden panel showing St John the Evangelist, St John the Baptist, the Virgin and St Augustine, by Bartolomeo degli Erri (active 1460-1476).
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Retablo de san Antonio Abad y san Pablo. 2/4 del siglo XV. San Antonio Abad tentado por los diablos. Pintura al temple de huevo sobre tabla y dorados. Procede de la iglesia del Salvador de Vilanova de Sixena (Huesca). Museu Diocesà de Lleida. Author: JAUME FERRER I.
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Mary on her deathbed is  surrounded by friends of the  family, while her son looks  down from Heaven, holding the  soul of his mother in the form  of an infant     Date: 1st century
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Jesus amongst the Doctors of the Synagogue, icon for the feast of Mid-Pentecost, art of the Capitals, early 19th century, Banca Intesa Collection of Russian Icons
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Icon of Our Lady of the Don (Picture 1). Watercolor by Acad. F. Solntsev, chromolithography by F. Dreher. Published between 1849 and 1853 in Moscow by Tip. A. Semena. Artistic style Russian, chromolithograph
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Christ and the Apostles, (I am the life), Icon, 17th Century.
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The Kizil Caves (Qizil Ming Oy; Kizil Cave of a Thousand Buddhas) are 236 Buddhist rock-cut caves located near Kizil Township in Xinjiang. The site is located on the northern bank of the Muzat River 75 kilometres by road northwest of Kucha (Kuqa). This area was a commercial hub of the Silk Road. The caves are said to be the earliest major Buddhist cave complex in Xinjiang, with development occurring between the 3rd and 8th centuries. Although the site has been both damaged and looted, at least 1000 square metres of wall paintings mostly Jataka stories remain.
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Miracle workers of Kiev-Pecherskaya Lavra
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Amiens cathedral illumination Last judgment tympanum
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Moni Skiadi Monastery near Mesanagros, 13th century cross-domed church, Rhodes, Greece, Europe
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Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple  c. 1305-1313,  Fresco Giotto di Bondone c. (1266-1337 /Florentine) Arena Chapel, Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua
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Master of the History of Saint Ladislaus (late 14th century-early 15th century). Italian painter. Saint Anne (Saint Anne Metterza) and Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Fragment of polyptych. Tempera and gold on table. Bourbon Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.
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'The Vision of the Holy Grail', 1891 (1934). Creator: John Henry Dearle.
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Icon: Crucifixion of Christ on Golgotha; Unknown Russian workshop (1700-1970); 18th century (1701-00-00-1800-00-00);Holy Spirit (iconogr.), John the Evangelist (Saint), John theologian (Saint), Jesus Christ, Longin (Legend.), Maria (Bible), Maria (Mother of Jesus Christ), Setnik (iconogr.), Crucifixion ( iconogr.), Angels, icons, inscriptions, crosses, maforion (iconogr.), message (provenance)
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Greek icon of Christ being laid in the tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is identified as the place both of the crucifixion and the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. Originally built by the mother of Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D.; the original Byzantine Church was destroyed by the Persians in A.D. 614.
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Greek Orthodox icon depicting Jesus, who is shown twice, and his apostles on Lake Tiberias, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe
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Greek orthodox icon depicting Jesus (shown twice) and his apostles on Lake Tiberias
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Vorschaubild, Heinrich II. erhält die Krone, die heilige Lanze und das Reichsschwert von Gottes Gnaden, heute in der königlichen Bibliothek in München...
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The Deposition and the Entombment, Anonymous, c. 1290
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Greek icon showing Christ and God enthroned; from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This church is identified as the place both of the crucifixion and the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth; originally built by the mother of Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D. The original Byzantine church was destroyed by the Persians in A.D. 614.
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the life of christ. (Colognes. 1410/20)
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Embroidered altar frontal with the Adoration of the Kings. s.XV. Gothic art. Tapestry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Vic. Vic Episcopal Museum. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. GERONA. Sant Joan de les Abadesses.
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God the Father surrounded by angels, altarpiece from Verdu, 1432-34, by Jaume Ferrer II known as The Younger (active between 1430 and 1460-1470), oil on canvas, 159x93 cm.
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ROMANIA, NEAR SUCEAVA, VORONET MONASTERY (1488), THE LAST JUDGMENT, WESTERN WALL FRESCO, DETAIL
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Grèce, Macédoine, Thessalonique, Greek orthodox icon depicting Jesus (shown twice) and his apostles on Lake Tiberias
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Polychrome wooden tomb scene depicting the deposition from the cross in the church of Saint Gal, Langeac, Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France, Europe
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Inset depicting Christ's descent into Limbo, panel from the Armadio degli Argenti (Silver Chest) with the life of Jesus, 1451-1453, by Giovanni da Fiesole known as Fra Angelico (1400-ca 1455), tempera on wood.
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Old Italian Masters: The Three Marys at the Sepulcher, 1888-1892. Timothy Cole (American, 1852-1931). Wood engraving;
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Raising of young man from Nain / Mural
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MUSEO-EL COMPROMISO DE CASPE - 1604. Author: MATARANA BARTOLOME. Location: COLEGIO CORPUS CHRISTI. Valencia. SPAIN. FERNANDO I DE ARAGON Y SICILIA. FERNANDO I DE ANTEQUERA REY DE ARAGON. ARAGON FERNANDO I. SAN VICENTE FERRER. FERNANDO DE ANTEQUERA.
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William Herbert, Station of the Cross No 12  Jesus Dies Upon the Cross, c 1936 Station of the Cross No. 12: Jesus Dies Upon the Cross
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HIstoric Mosaics from the Dome of  St-Sophia's Church, Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki, Greece,  Vintage Lithograph by Charles Texier,
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History of the Old Testament. Genesis. The Creation of the Man. Byzantine mosaic, 12th-13th centuries. Cathedral of Monreale, founded by William II in 1174. Monreale, Sicily, Italy.
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Obraz rostovskikh chudotvortsev.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian
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Kenya, Marsabit County, Kalacha. Attractive Ethiopian-style murals depicting biblical scenes adorn the walls of the Catholic Mission Church at Kalacha
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EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, lower half of central panel. Flemish art. Oil on wood.
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Commemoration of the second council of Nice, 9th-10th century (1849). Artist: Unknown
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Sanctuary of San Giovanni Rotondo, the new Sanctuary of Padre Pio, Gargano, Apulia, Italy, Europe
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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Russian icon   / Private Collection / Russian icon painting / End of 19th cen. / Russia, Moscow School / Tempera on panel / Bible /
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Mary Magdalene washing Christ's feet with her hair, by Pedro Serra or Pere Serra (active between 1363 and 1399), painting on wood.
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Celestial Jerusalem. Saint-Antoine-le-Grand orthodox church
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Details From Monastery On Island In Lake Tana Close To Bahir Dar; Ethiopia
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Sacrificial lamb. Saint-Antoine-le-Grand  orthodox church
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Design of tapestry by Marcel Laforet in the church of the Congregation of Sacred Hearts, Leuven, Belgium with grave in crypt of Father Damien, Saint Damien of Molokai, Jozef De Veuster, Roman Catholic missionary who ministered to lepers on the island of Molokai, Hawaii
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