Medieval Religious Paintings

Richly colored medieval paintings portraying religious narratives, figures of saints, and significant biblical moments in detailed compositions.

Altarpiece of the Virgin by Jaime Serra (1358-1395) Catalonian painter. Dated 14th Century

TheAnnunciation. Artist: Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, Italian, ca. 1340-1414

Recognition of the True Cross, Legend of the True Cross, Fresco Cycle, Piero della Francesca, Bacci Chapel, Cappella Bacci, Cappella Maggiore, 1452-1466, Basilica of St Francis, Basilica di San Francesco, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The pious women, detail from Calvary, fresco by Giacomo Jaquerio (1375-1453), St Vitus rectory, Piossasco. Italy, 11th century.

Pentecost, by an unknown 16th century Sardinian artist.

The Adoration of the Magi. Artist: Giotto di Bondone (Italian, Florentine, 1266/76-1337). Dimensions: 17 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (45.1 x 43.8 cm). Date: possibly ca. 1320.This picture--at once austere and tender--belongs to a series of seven showing the life of Christ. The masterly depiction of the stable, which is viewed from slightly below, and the columnar solidity of the figures are typical of Giotto, the founder of European painting. The impetuous action of the kneeling king, who picks up the Christ Child, and Mary's expression of concern translate the Biblical account into deeply human terms. As the sculptor Ghiberti declared (ca. 1450): "Giotto made art natural and gave it gentleness.". Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The Marriage of the Virgin 1304-5 Giotto (ca.1266-1337 Italian) Fresco Capella Scrovegni, Padua, Italy

fine arts, Paolo, Giovanni di (circa 1403 - 1482), painting, Adoration of the Magi, Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany,

BAUTISMO DE CRISTO. Author: ANONIMO SIGLO XV. Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Altarpiece from Guimerà, 1402 - 1412. God created Adam and Eve. Tempera on wood. 526 x 676 cm. Twenty three panels to have been conserved. From the parish church of Santa Maria in Guimerà (Alt Urgell). Museu Episcopal de Vic. Author: RAMON DE MUR.

The Flagellation, Luca di Tommè, c. 1365

SERRA, Jaume (1358-1397). Altarpiece of the Virgin. 1362 - 1375. Rright side upper detail of the resurrection. Italian gothic. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia.

St Peter and Six Stories, by circle Guido da Siena, 13th Century, panel. Italy: Tuscany: Siena: National Gallery of Art. Detail. Annunciation angel Virgin Mary houses

DE PREDIS, Cristoforo (1440-1486). Stories of Saint Joachim, Saint Anne, Virgin Mary, Jesus, the Baptist and the End of the World. 1476. Thomas, unbelieving the resurrection of Jesus, wants to touch his side. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Miniature Painting. ITALY. PIEDMONT. Turin. Royal Library.

Wedding at Cana Giotto di Bondone (c. 1266-1337 /Florentine) Fresco Arena Chapel, Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Fubwaschung of the Apostles. 1475/80 outer side of a Flugels from Speyer altar. (Master of the book; active late 15th to early 16th century. In the Middle Rhine)

Agnolo degli Erri, A Dominican Preaching, c 1470 A Dominican Preaching

Virgin and Child with St Francis and St John the Evangelist 1320-25 Pietro Lorenzetti (c1280-1348) Fresco, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi.

Annunciation, by perhaps by Maglione Ferrante, 15th Century, panel. Italy: Campania: Caserta: Aversa: Annunciata church. Whole artwork. Annunciation Archangel Gabriel Virgin Annunciate Madonna arcades

The Coronation of the Virgin. Dated: 1324. Dimensions: painted surface (score lines to score lines): 99.3 × 77.4 cm (39 1/8 × 30 1/2 in.) overall: 108.3 × 79 × 1.5 cm (42 5/8 × 31 1/8 × 9/16 in.) framed: 115.3 x 86 x 8.9 cm (45 3/8 x 33 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.). Medium: tempera on poplar panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the Washington Coronation.

The Fissiraga Tomb. Antonio Fissiraga presented to the Virgin Mary by St Francis and a bishop-saint, by Master of the Fissiraga Tomb, 1318, 14th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Lodi: San Francesco Church. Detail. Madonna Virgin Mary Infant Jesus/Christ Child/Baby Jesus/Child Jesus Saints man church model egg chain palace tower portico/porch baldachin

The Adoration of the Magi. Unknown

The Kiss of Judas from predella, Montepulciano cathedral, Italy

Adoration of the Magi, Paintings, Church of San Pietro, Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Annunciation, detail from the Antependium of St Peter Enthroned, ca 1280, by Guido da Siena (ca 1250 -1300), tempera and gold on wood, 100x141 cm.

Mass or Saint Gregory. The mass of the Holy Gregory. Gregorius kneels for the altar and sees the vision of Christ concealed from the grave surrounded by the passions. On the left the four church fathers kneel, on the right a monk with the Tiara, two nuns of the Brigitten Order and two bishops. From the monastery Mariënwater of the Brigitten Order too cold water.

Nativity, Simone di Filippo, circa 1380, Galleria degli Uffizi, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Altar of Corpus Christi by Master Vallbona. Tempera, stucco reliefs, gilded with gold leaf on wood and sheet metal colrat. Dated 14th Century

Saint Lawrence Buried in Saint Stephens Tomb. Scenes from the Life of Saint Lawrence, predella by Lorenzo di Niccolo (active 1391-1414) Brooklyn Museum, New York ca 1412 Italy, Florentine School Tempera on panel Painting Bible

Vestments and baptism of Augustine, scene from Stories of St Philip and St Augustine, by Guariento (active since 1338, died ca 1367), fresco, Church of the Eremitani (Hermits), Padua, Veneto. Italy, 14th century.

RETABLO DEL ARZOBISPO DON SANCHO DE ROJAS- DET DE LA MISA DE SAN GREGORIO- 1415-1420- TEMPLE/TABLA- GOTICO ESPAÑOL- NP 1321- CONJUNTO 59699. Author: JUAN RODRÍGUEZ DE TOLEDO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. JESUS. CRISTO RESUCITADO. SAN GREGORIO MAGNO. PAPA GREGORIO I MAGNO.

Lazarus Raised by Giotto, (Circa 1266-1337)

Italy - Umbria region - Perugia. Church of St. Domenico. Umbrian school (14th century), Virgin with Child and St. Lucy, fresco detail

The Majesty, by Martini Simone, 1313 - 1315, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala del Mappamondo. Detail. The personages of the heavenly court on the left side of the throne halos: aureoles order: tier rhythm baldachin saints angels blue yellow gold brown hues: shades red.

Particular, Santa Maria in Piano abbey, Loreto Aprutino, Abruzzo, Italy

Ramon de Mur / El infierno, detalle del 'Retablo de Guimerá', 1412, siglo XV, proveniente de Guimera, Urgell. Museu d'Art Medieval MEV.

St Peter and Six Stories, by circle Guido da Siena, 13th Century, panel. Italy: Tuscany: Siena: National Gallery of Art. Whole artwork. St Peter six stories annunciation conversion temptation Crucifixion of St Peter nativity imprisonment red

Fra Angelico /Women by the Tomb/ c.1437

Stained glass window of St Edmund being martyred by Danes, 9th century. Artist: Unknown

The Nativity of the Virgin. Date/Period: 1448/1452. Painting. Tempera and gold on panel. Width: 57 cm. Height: 41.7 x d3.5 cm (framed). Author: SANO DI PIETRO.

St Ursula with the eleven thousand virgins, detail from the cycle of frescoes of St Ursula's life, church of St Ursula, 1344-1345, Vigo di Cadore, Veneto. Italy, 14th-15th century.

Death of Mary Magdalene, detail from the altarpiece of St Mary Magdalene (1437-1452), by Bernat Martorell (ca 1400-1452), painted on wood. Catalan Gothic art.

Sp.Aretino /Maurus Saves Placidus/ C14

New Testament. At the top, the Annunciation and the Visitation. At the bottom, the Birth of Christ. Miniature. Chantilly Castle. France.

Pentecost. Miniature of choirbook. 15th-16th century. Arxive of Osma-Burgos. Castile and Leon. Spain.

fine arts, Middle Ages, tapestry, Adoration of the Magi, tapestry from the Dominican convent of Bamberg, Germany, circa 1500, 201 x 89 cm, Bavarian National Museum, Munich,

Saint Peter Martyr Exorcizing a Woman Possessed by a Devil 1440-1455 Italy. Tempera on panel . Antonio Vivarini

Fresco on the 2nd northern pillar, Visitation 1472, detail, St., Saint, Saint

Doubting Thomas / Toscani

The Procession to Calvary; about 1437-44 Tempera on poplar panel Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo); Italian; about 1400-1450

TABLA DE LA NATIVIDAD O TABLA DEL NACIMIENTO DEL RETABLO DE LA RESURRECCION DEL SANTO SEPULCRO - 1382 - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Author: JAIME SERRA (1358-1395) JAUME SERRA. Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

LOERT, Joan (14th century). Altarpiece of Saint Quiteria. 1330 - 1339. Detail. Scene of baptism. Gothic art. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. BALEARES. MALLORCA. Palma de Mallorca. Mallorca Museum.

The Annunciation. Tommaso del Mazza (Italian, active 1377 - 1392)

Coronation of Alexander III as Pope 1159, 1407, fresco. Museum: PALAZZO PUBBLICO, SIENA, ITALIA. Author: SPINELLO ARETINO. ALEJANDRO III.

Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ, saints and angels by Pietro Lorenzetti, tempera on panel, 1329, circa 1300-circa 1348, Italy, Siena, Pinacoteca Nazionale, 171x161

Jeroni Xanxo / Retablo de La Piedad realizado para la Catedral de la Seu d'Urgell, 1548.

Carmine Altarpiece, by Lorenzetti Pietro, 1329, 14th Century, tempera on panel transferred to canvas. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, National Gallery of Art. Detail. St Albert Siculus patriarch of Jerusalem delivering the Carmelite Rule to St Brocard (central compartment of the predella)..

Fra Angelico /Lamentation of Christ/1436

HISTORIA DE SAN FRANCISCO - EL PESEBRE DE GRECCIO- DETALLE - 1297/1300 - FRESCO - 270x130 - ESCUELA FLORENTINA. Author: GIOTTO DE BONDONE (1266-1337). Location: BASILICA DE SAN FRANCISCO. ASSISI. ITALIA. SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS.

The risen Jesus says to Thomas: Put your finger here and be not faithless. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

A 16th century painting depicting Jesus washing his disciples' feet, St. Antony's Chapel, Bessans, Savoie, France, Europe

Painting by Fra Angelico or Beato Angelico (probably born between around 1395 and 1399 in Vicchio di Mugello near Florence. 18 February 1455 in Rome), born Guido di Pietro, painter of the early Italian Renaissance, The Annunciation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

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FRAY BONIFACIO FERRER HERMANO DE SAN VICENTE RETABLO DE FRAY BONIFACIO FERRER -1396-1398 - PROCEDENTE DE LA CARTUJA DE PORTACELI. Author: JAUME FERRER BASSA (1285-1348). Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-COLEGIO PIO V. Valencia. SPANIEN. FRAY BONIFACIO FERRER. SAN VICENTE FERRER (1350-1419).

THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI, by Giotto, 1320, Italian Proto-Renaissance painting, tempera on wood. After the birth of Jesus, the Bible described in Matthew 2:11, three Kings made a pilgrimage to Jesus by following a star, bringing him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and worshiping him. Giotto's added the action of one Magi holding Jesus, a human moment in keeping with his with a greater realism (BSLOC_2017_16_46)

The Raising of Lazarus. Dated: mid 1490s. Dimensions: overall: 65.5 x 80.2 cm (25 13/16 x 31 9/16 in.). Medium: oil () on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Benozzo Gozzoli.

Altarpiece from Guimerà, 1402 - 1412. Expulsion from Eden.Tempera on wood. 526 x 676 cm. Twelve panels to have been conserved. From the parish church of Santa Maria in Guimerà (Alt Urgell). Museu Episcopal de Vic. Author: RAMON DE MUR.

Saint Christopher Taking Leave of the King Who Feared Satan; Saint Christopher and His Converts 1450-1487 Spain. Tempera with oil glazes on panel . Martin de Soria

Mass of St. Martin. 15th c. Castilian school. Oil on wood. SPAIN. BASQUE COUNTRY. VIZCAYA. Bilbao. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum.

The Adoration of the Kings, fresco inside the Ferrillo Chapel, crypt of the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary and Saint Canius, Acerenza, Basilicata, Italy 16th-17th century.

Italy - Lombardy region - Milan. San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, Nuns' Choir. Bernardino Luini (c. 1480-1532), the risen Christ appears to St. Mary Magdalen (1521-1523). Fresco

Massacre of the Innocents / Orcagna

Annunciation, by Lorenzetti Ambrogio, 1344, 14th Century, panel. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, National Gallery of Art. Whole artwork. Annunciation Gothic architecture trefoiled: trilobate arches slender thin column Angelo announcing red dress: garment wings decorated stole Madonna Virgin Mary announciated sitting red dress: garment blue veil book.

Predella Panel Representing the Legend of St. Stephen: Devils Agitating the Sea as Giuliana Transports the Body of St. Stephen from Jerusalem to Constantinople / The Re-interment of St. Stephen beside St. Lawrence in Rome. Date/Period: 1408. Painting. Tempera on panel Tempera on panel. Height: 296 mm (11.65 in); Width: 575 mm (22.63 in). Author: MARIOTTO DI NARDO.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples 1455-1460 Italy. Giovanni di Paolo worked within the conservative artistic tradition of Siena, creating rich patterns and an intensely devotional mood in his paintings. Among his finest narrative works are these six panels, part of a series of twelve depicting the life of Saint John the Baptist, the kinsman and prophet of Christ. Other panels from the series are scattered in European and American collections; they may originally have formed the doors of a shrine housing a relic of the saint. In the first of the Art Instituteís panels, the young Baptist enters the wilderness to live as a hermit; later he foretells Christís role as redeemer, is imprisoned, and is finally martyred at the request of Salome, the step-daughter of King Herod.. Tempera on panel . Giovanni di Paolo

Mosaic of the Entombment of Christ; 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.

Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Umbria, Italy. Upper church. The legend of Saint Francis, attributed to Giotto. Apparition at Arles.

Pietro Perugino / 'The Virgin with Archangels Raphael and Raphael'. Museum: NATIONAL GALLERY, WASHINGTON D. C., USA. SAN MIGUEL. INFANT JESUS. RAPHAEL (ARCHANGEL). VIRGIN MARY.

Fra Angelico / Armadio degli Argenti

'San Hipólito repone la pierna al boyero Pedro', 1419-1421, Oil on panel, 69 cm x 62 cm, P02677. Author: BORRASA LUIS DISCIPULO DE. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. CHILD JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. SAN COSME.

Jaume Serra (active in Barcelona, 1358-d.1389/1395). Spanish painter. Altarpiece of the Virgin, ca.1367-1381. Detail depicting Christ among the Doctors. Gothic. From the Monastery of Santa Maria de Sigena (Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca province). National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain.

Journey of the Magi, Adoring Angels, Gozzoli, Benozzo, 1461.

Retablo de Santa Ana, detalle del infierno con los demonios y los condenados. Siglo XV, Sant Miquel de Cardona.

'The Annunciation and Two Saints', 1333. Artist: Simone Martini

Votive Painting of Archbishop Jan Ocko of Vlasim, Theodoric of Prague, (Circle) (active ca. 1360-1380)

Icon of the Baptism of Jesus in St. Mary´s church, Elbassan, Albania, Europe

Predella panels showing the Marriage of the Virgin and the Return of the Virgin to her parents House c. 1455 Tempera and tooled gold on panels

Spain. Community of Madrid. Rascafria. Monastery of El Paular. Door of the church. Gothic Spanish-Flemish work by Juan Guas, during Catholic Monarchs reigns. Tympanum. Polychrome piety with lintel and inscription: "Videte si est dolor sicut meus".

Initial capital letter portraying the Epiphany, miniature of Marchigiana School from a medieval choral, manuscript, Italy 14th Century.

RETABLO DE SAN MARCOS - 1346 - GOTICO CATALAN. Author: ARNAU BASSA (-1348). Location: Seo. MANRESA. Barcelona. SPAIN. JESUS. SAN MARCO EVANGELISTA.

The Birth of John the Baptist 1460-80 Design attributed to Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) Italian This embroidered panel, called an apparel, was part of the decoration of a priests dalmatic. Or nué refers to the technique of embroidering colored silk threads over metal threads.. The Birth of John the Baptist. Italian, probably Florence. 1460-80. Or nué embroidery of silk and metal thread

Stories of St Francis, freeing the heretic, fresco by the Master of Saint Cecilia (13th-14th century), Upper Church, Papal Basilica of St Francis of Assisi (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2000), Assisi, Umbria. Italy, 12th-14th century.

Dormition of the Virgin Mary by Pedro Garcia de Benabarre, Catalan Gothic painter. Dated 15th Century

Annunciation, The Detail From The Story Of The Life Of Christ Angelico, Fra(ca.1395-1455 Italian) Fresco Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy

Sassetta / The Last Supper / Painting

Nativity, detail of the Journey and Adoration of the Magi, by Stefano da Verona (1374-1438), tempera on panel, 72x47 cm.

Martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian with Their Three Brothers; 1480s or 1490s Oil on panel Northern French

Jesus, between Tyre and Sidon finds a Canaanite woman who begs him to heal his daughter possessed. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy.

Adoration of Christ Child by Lorenzo Veneziano, tempera on panel, circa 1360, active 1356-1372, Serbia, Belgrade, National Museum, 76, 3x54, 8

SACRISTIA-BOVEDA DE CAÑON-S XVII-DET S JERONIMO CON LOS MARTIRES-PINTURA ESPAÑOLA -. Location: MONASTERIO-SACRISTIA. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN. ESPIRITU SANTO. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).

Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Dead Child Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) Italian These four panels were commissioned in the 1460s by the Alessandri family in Florence in order to update a Gothic style altarpiece painted 150 years earlier in the church of San Pier Maggiore. In them, the fifth-century bishop of Florence resuscitates a dead child on the square in front of San Pier Maggiore; the magician Simon Magus crashes to the ground at the feet of Emperor Nero when Saint Peter commands the demons who suspended him in midair to let him go; Saint Paul falls from his horse at the apparition of Christ; Totila, king of the Goths, asks the blessing of Saint Benedict. From his work with Fra Angelico and the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, Gozzoli evolved a narrative style of great charm. For more information about these four paintings, including a reconstruction of the altarpiece, visit metmuseum.org.. Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Dead Child. Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di San

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