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Icons and Altarpieces of Saints

Artistic representations of saints in altarpieces and frescoes, rich in detail and colorful attire, illustrating religious significance through medieval artistry.

Saint Louis of France, Vittore Crivelli, 1481 - 1502
Saint Louis of France, Vittore Crivelli, 1481 - 1502
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Study for stained glass windows of Saint-Fran�ois Church. St Denis Emile Charles Hirsch (1832-1904). Study for stained glass windows of Saint-Fran�ois Church. Saint Denis, 1873.fray Juan de Aragon, Arzobispo de Coller, Sant Francesc. siglo XIII.Palma, Mallorca.Islas Baleares. Spain.San Nicolas, Dobra, siglo XVII, museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia,,Polonia, eastern europe.Sant'Elpidio a Mare (Italia, Marche - provincia di Fermo), Pinacoteca Civica Vittore. Vittore Crivelli, Trittico della Visitazione, (1490-95), proveniente dalla chiesa dei Minori Osservanti, tempera su tavola. Da sinistra a destra, San Giovanni Battista, Visitazione (visita di Maria alla cugina Elisabetta), San Francesco, nell'ordine superiore la CrocifissioneSaint Paul statue on the main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, CroatiaBasilica St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kiev, Ukraine. Saint Michael's is a functioning Greek Orthodox Monastery in Kiev. The monastery was created in the 1100's but was destroyed by the Soviet Union in the 1930's.RETABLO DE SAN MARCOS - 1346. Author: ARNAU BASSA (-1348). Location: Seo. MANRESA. Barcelona. SPAIN. SAN MARCO EVANGELISTA.St Bartholomew and the Commissioner, the hinge of the Triptych depicting the Nativity with Saints Francis and Bartholomew with two donors, 1519, Fra' Girolamo da Brescia (1470-1529).Saint Anthony Abbot Blessing the Animals, the Poor, and the Sick. Date/Period: Ca. 1400 - 1410. Detached leaf. Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment. Height: 237 mm (9.33 in); Width: 124 mm (4.88 in). Author: Master of St. Veronica.Stories of St Bridget, by Lotto Lorenzo, 1524, 16th Century, fresco. Italy. Lombardy. Bergamo. Trescore. Suardi Oratory. Detail. Vestiture of the Saint of group of people in the center stories Bridget yellow altar church candlesticks stairs/steps crucifixion saints crucifix Jesus ChristInitial I: A Martyr Saint. Lippo Vanni (Italian, active about 1340 - about 1375)Saint Miguel weighing souls by Juan de la Abadía (1469-1498) Spanish painter in the gothic Spanish-Flemish style. Dated 15th CenturyChrist in Majesty from the church of St. John tou Trafu. First half of the 17th century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands. Greece.Marriage of the Mother of God, 1677, gilded and polychrome wood, Francesc Generes, church of Sant Feliu, Girona art museum, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.RETABLO MAYOR-PREDELA-SAN JERONIMO. Author: PEDRO BERRUGUETE (1450-1504). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. AVILA. SPAIN. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).Saint BarbaraB.Daddi / Bartholomew and LaurenceSant'Elpidio a Mare (Italia, Marche - provincia di Fermo), Pinacoteca Civica Vittore. Vittore Crivelli, Trittico della Visitazione, (1490-95), proveniente dalla chiesa dei Minori Osservanti, tempera su tavola. Da sinistra a destra, San Giovanni Battista, Visitazione (visita di Maria alla cugina Elisabetta), San Francesco, nell'ordine superiore la CrocifissioneSaint Anthony of Padua. Date/Period: 1500 - 1510. Panel. Height: 98 mm (3.85 in); Width: 31 mm (1.22 in). Author: BERNARDO ZENALE.Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I) (c. 540 12 March 604), better known in English as Gregory the Great, was pope from 3 September 590 until his death. Gregory is well known for his writings. Portrait by Francisco de Zurbarán Date 1626-1627. oil on canvasJaume Huguet / Saint Augustine Disputing with the Heretics (detail), Tempera on wood, 1475-1486. Museum: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.Saint Ladislaus I of HungaryShown in this image is a Christian bishop in full pontificals. The illustration dates to 1882. .Absolon Stumme (active in Hamburg, 1486-1499). Scenes from the Life of the Virgin and the Childhood of Jesus. Wings of the Altarpiece of the Cathedral of Hamburg, 1499. Detail of the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows. Late Gothic. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.The Virgin of Sabaya, Nino, Luis, 1700LEOPOLD III the Pious, Margrave of Austria 1096-1136, founder of 3 abbeys, canonised 15th century, with his two children, from Family Tree of the House of Babenberg, 1489-92 triptych (detail)Saint Leo I (390-461). Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Engraving by Cibera in Christian Year, 1852. Colored.Retablo de Santa Maria de l'Escala, 1437-1439. San Benito. Sotabanco del retablo. Monestir de sant Esteve de Banyoles. Author: JOAN ANTIGO.Portrait of Ferdinand II of Aragon (152-1516) King of Sicily and King of Aragon. Dated 16th CenturySaint Francis Church. Lodi. Lombardy. Italy. EuropeFra Angelico / St. Dominic / S. MarcoThe coronation of David, miniature from Latin Bible from Saint Amand's Abbey, Latin manuscript, folio 165, France 16th Century.The Prophet Isaiah by Maestro de Becerril (active Early 16th-century) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / Renaissance / c. 1525 / Spain / Oil on wood / Bible / 90,8x87,7SEPULCRO DE DIEGO DE TORQUEMADA. Location: CATEDRAL. Tuy. Pontevedra. SPAIN. DIEGO DE TORQUEMADA (1564-1582).Monastery Icon--Neamt, Romania Byzantine Art St. Louis King of France with a Page by El Greco c.1590CAPILLA DE SANTIAGO - RETABLO MAYOR DE LOS LUNA - DET ALVARO DE LUNA (1390/1453). Author: SEGOVIA JUAN DE. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN.Retablo de la Virgen de los Ediles, también conocido como el retablo de la Virgen, San Miguel y San Jorge, 1451-1454. Arcángel san Miguel matando a satanás. Pintura al temple, rellenos de estuco y dorado con pan de oro sobre tabla. La Paeria, Lleida. Author: JAUME FERRER II.Medieval paintings of saints on rood screen inside church of Saint Andrew, Bramfield, Suffolk, England, UK, Saint LukePanel from an altarpiece showing Saint Anthony of Padua this side and Saint Accursius other side Early 1490s Oil and tooled gold on panelSaint Paul statue on the main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, CroatiaSant Jaume Sant Jaume, temple and gold on table, Valentí de Montoliu, 15th century, Diocesan Museum, Cathedral of the Virgin of the Snows, Ibiza cathedral, 13th century , Ibiza, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 23005400Saint Barbara, by Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467-1516).Pilate's trial of Jesus, predella of the Passion of the Lord, Francesc Comes, 1390-1415, tempera on wood, monastery of Puig de Maria, Majorca, Baleari...St. Augustine with members of the Brotherhood of Perugia, Augustine of Hippo, painting by Pietro Perugino, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the timeSt. Jerome Fra Angelico (1400-1455 Italian) Fresco Chapel of Nicholas V, Vatican PalaceARTE RENACIMIENTO. ESPAÑA. GRECO, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, llamado EL (Candía,1541-Toledo,1614). Pintor cretense, representante de la última fase del Manierismo. "SAN AGUSTIN" hacia 1590. Museo Santa Cruz de Toledo. Castilla-La Mancha.Emmerich, Henricus, Aimeric or Hemericius, 1174, 30 November 1204, from the Arpad family was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1196, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedportrait of Cardinal Juan Martínez Silíceo portrait of Cardinal Juan Martínez Silíceo Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23029018Portinari Triptych (left panel) St. Thomas & St. Anthony Abbot with Tommaso Portinari & His Children 1476-79 Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440-1482 Netherlandish) Oil on wood Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, ItalyMadonna Enthroned Between the Saints Francis and Liberale Giorgione (1477-1510 Italian) Parrocchiale Castelfranco, VEAQUINAS, Thomas, Saint (1225-1274). Popular Peruvian art. Colonial baroque. Painting. SPAIN. Terrassa. Church of St. Miquel.Saint Maurus, the Abbot, venerated by a lame woman and a poor man. Colour process print.Saint Sirus, c. 1460, Vincenzo Foppa, Italian (Brescia), Italian (Brescia), c. 1427/30 - 1515/16, 21 5/8 x 12 in. (54.93 x 30.48 cm) (image)21 5/8 x 12 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. (54.93 x 31.91 x 3.18 cm) (panel), Tempera on panel, Italy, 15th century, During the Renaissance, altarpieces commonly portrayed biblical scenes, such as Madonna and Child. These two paintings, Saint Sirus and Saint Paul, were likely part of a larger altarpiece made up of many panels, called a polyptych. The presence of a saint on an altarpiece could have a number of meanings. The saint could be the patron saint of the church or city that housed the altarpiece, for example. The key to identifying saints is to look closely at the attributes shown with them. Saint Sirus wears a mitre, the pointed headpiece, and holds a crozier, or ceremonial staff. These attributes indicate Saint Sirus was a bishop. Saint Paul is shown with his usual physical characteristics-receding hairline and long, brown beard; he is also holding a swPortrait of Andreas Rudomina (1594-1631), Jesuit; 1. PO. 18th century (1701-00-00-1750-00-00);Rudomina, Andrzej (1594-1631), Jesuits, crucifixes, portraits in the interior, portraits with inscription, putta, Chinese costumes, purchase (provenance)Giovanni Bellini: Saint Benedict and Saint AugustineFrench 19th century illustration of Saint Philomena a young consecrated virgin whose remains were discovered on May 24/25 1802 in the Catacomb of Priscilla.Virgin Mary with people by Piero della Francesca, tempera and oil on wood, circa 1460, circa 1415-1492, Italy, Sansepolcro, Museo Civico, 134x91fine arts, Maelesskircher, Gabriel, (circa 1425 - 1495), painting ""Saint Odile praying for the soul of her father"", oil on wood, 78 x 41 cm, Munich, Germany, 1475,Saint Theodosius of Chernigov, Russian icon S JERONIMO. Author: FERNANDO GALLEGO. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. SALAMANCA. SPAIN. SAN JERONIMO CARDENAL.St.Matthew the EvangelistSAN BASILIO Y SAN ATANASIO-PADRES DE LA IGLESIA GRIEGA ORTODOXA-PINTURA BARROCA ESPAÑOLA. Author: ALONSO SANCHEZ COELLO (1531-1588). Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.Santa Maria in Aracoeli basilica, Rome, Italy. San Bernardino of Siena chapel. Fresco.Madonna and Child with Saints, by Sano di Pietro, 15th Century, tempera,Saint Stephen of HungarySt. Lawrence and St. Stephen - 1580 - oil on canvas. Author: ALONSO SANCHEZ COELLO (1531-1588). Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.SAN NICOLAS - SIGLO XIII. Location: GALERIA DE LOS ICONOS. NOVGOROD. RUSSIA. SAN NICOLAS DE BARI.Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina / 'The Eucharistic Christ'. 1520 - 1530. Oil on panel. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.Peter the Hermit (1050-1115) priest of Amiens and a key figure during the First Crusade. Peter the Hermit preaching the First Crusade in front of Pope Urban II, 1095, chanting "Deus Vult" or "God Wills it". Chromolithography. Drawing by Fernando Xumetra (1860-1920). La Civilizacion (The Civilization), volume III, 1882.Imagen religiosa troquelada de San Luis Gonzaga (1568-1591), religioso jesuita italiano. Impreso en Alemania. Año 1900.Bliżej Kultury unknownPainting by El Greco, actually Dominikos Theotokopoulos (1541 in Candia on Crete; - April 7, 1614 in Toledo), picture of Cardinal Fernando Nino de Guevara (in Toledo; - January 8, 1609 in Seville) was Archbishop of Seville (and Spanish Grand Inquisitor (digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, painting by El Greco, actually Dominikos Theotokopoulos (1541 in Candia on Crete; - April 7, 1614 in Toledo), picture of Cardinal Fernando Nino de Guevara (in Toledo; - January 8, 1609 in Seville) was Archbishop of Seville (Spanish Grand Inquisitor (digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century'.Sant Jaume, temple y oro sobre tabla, Valentí de Montoliu, siglo XV, Museo Diocesano, catedral de la Virgen de las Nieves, catedral de Ibiza, siglo XIII , Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.SACRISTIA-BOVEDA DE CAÑON-S XVII-DET S JERONIMO CON LOS MONJES-PINTURA BARROCA ESPAÑOLA -. Location: MONASTERIO-SACRISTIA. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).Saint Gaudiosus by Gerolamo Romanino, oil on wood, circa 1524, 1485/6-1566, Venetian School, England, London, National Gallery, 74,2x65,2The Capon Aghassi, Chief of the White Eunuchs of the Sultan. Dating: 1700 - 1737. Place: Istanbul. Measurements: h 39.5 cm × w 31.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jean Baptiste Vanmour (workshop of).HENRY VII (1457 - 1509) Making obeisance before the altar at his Coronation Angels. John Melhuish Strudwick (1849-1937). Oil on panel. Signed and dated 1895. 71.2 x 26.4cm.Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor ca. 1515 South Netherlandish. Roundel with Saint Basil the Great with a Donor. South Netherlandish. ca. 1515. Colorless glass, vitreous paint and silver stain. Glass-StainedSt Francis marries poverty, by Domenico di Bartolomeo from Venice, known as Domenico Veneziano (ca 1400-1461), painting.Saint Nicholas altarpiece in the Church of Saint Michael in Vugrovec, CroatiaSaint Benedict; about 1535; Uncolored glass with silver stain and paint Master of the Saint Alexis Roundels; German Cologne; active 1530-40The figure represented here is a German bishop between 1500 and 1550. The illustration dates to 1882. .Shows Paul and a messenger delivering letters from Paul in the New Testament, created by Georg Lemberger in 1524 using woodcut and color, illustrating biblical correspondence.Fresco of Pope Pius VI., Basilica St.Anna, Altoetting, Bavaria, Germany, EuropeApostle James, son of Alphaeus or the Younger, (d, c. 62 in Jerusalem) with Matthew and Andrew, Persons of Biblical History, Historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not statedItaly, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Saint Aloysius Gonzaga Coronated with Roses by an AngelSaint Christopher as Cynocephaly, Russian icon Vincenzo Foppa, Saint Anthony of Padua, Italian, c. 1430-1515-1516, c. 1495-1500, oil () on panelStatue of Saints Cyril and MethodiusBanner of the Confraternity of San Rocco, by Giovanni Paolo Cavagna (1556-1627), painting, Church of San Rocco, Bergamo, Italy.JERONIMO, San (347-h.420). Padre y doctor de la iglesia. "SAN JERONIMO CON LA CRUZ Y EL LEON". Pintura flamenca de estilo neogótica, perteneciente a la TABLA DE SAN BARTOLOME (s.XVI), atribuida a Pieter DE MOOR. Iglesia de Santa María del Puerto. Santoña. Cantabria. España.Saint Anthony of Padua. 15th c. Valencian school. Gothic art. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. NAVARRE. Pamplona. Navarra Museum. Proc: SPAIN. ARAGON. ZARAGOZA. Calatayud.Saint Menas on horseback, Byzantine icon Resurrection of Piotrowin; Makowski, Tadeusz (1882-1932); around 1906 (1906-00-00-1906-00-00);Resurrection of Piotrowin (iconogr.), Krakow bishops, contemporary painting, religious scenes, purchase (provenance)fragmento de retablo con San Juan Evangelista, finales del siglo XV o principios del siglo XVI, temple sobre madera, Museo diocesano de Mallorca, Palma,Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.UK, England, West Sussex, Chichester, Chichester Cathedral, 16th Century Paintings by Lambert Barnard showing Representations of the Bishops of ChichesterAnglo-Norman king with crown, seated on a throne, wearing fur-lined mantle, embroidered long tunics. From the Winchester Psalter, Cotton MS Nero C iv. Royal state habit of the 11th century. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.EYCK, Hubert van (1370-1426). The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. 1425-1432. BELGIUM. Ghent. Saint Bavo Cathedral. Portrait of Jodocus Vyd, deputy burgomaster of Ghent and donor of the altarpiece. Lower section of the closed altarpiece. Flemish art. Oil on wood.