Religious and Historical Religious Art

Paintings and altarpieces highlighting significant religious events and figures, characterized by intricate details and vibrant colors, reflecting artistic mastery.

The Annunciation. The Adoration of the Magi. The Adoration of the Shepherds by Coecke van Aelst, Pieter, the Elder (1502-1550) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / Second Quarter of the 16th cen. / Flanders / Oil on wood / Bible / Early Netherlandish Art

Saint John the Evangelist, Simone Martini, 1320,

Retablo mayor de la Catedral de Vic. 'Sant Jordi' (detalle) por Pere Oller, 1420-1428.

St. John the Evangelist on Patmos 1504-1505 Hieronymus Bosch (ca.1450-1516 Netherlandish) Oil on oak panel

Altarpiece of Saint Sebastian. Central panel. Detail of Saint Sebastian.1417-1425. Tempera, gold leaf and metal plate on wood. 243,3 x 102,5 x 12 cm. From the refectory chapel of the Pia Almoina, Barcelona. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. Author: JOAN MATES.

Supper at Emmaus, Pontormo, Jacopo da, .

The Crucifixion, 16th century. Follower of Sodoma (Italian, 1477-1549). Oil on canvas; framed: 72 x 59 x 4 cm (28 3/8 x 23 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 59 x 47 cm (23 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.).

Francesco di Gentile: St. Luke paints the Virgin, Old Masters Collection, Croatian Academy of Sciences in Zagreb

Vicente Carducho / 'San Hugo acompaña a San Bruno y a sus seis compañeros al macizo de la Chartreuse', 1626-1632, Spanish School, Canvas, 337,5 cm x 297,5 cm, P05576. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene middle panel. Dated: c. 1482/1485. Dimensions: middle panel: 101.5 x 56.5 cm (39 15/16 x 22 1/4 in.) framed: 134 x 165.1 x 7.3 cm (52 3/4 x 65 x 2 7/8 in.). Medium: oil on panel transferred to canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: PIETRO PERUGINO.

Flight into Egypt, altarpiece from Verdu, 1432-34, by Jaume Ferrer II known as The Younger (active between 1430 and 1460-1470), oil on canvas, 159x93 cm.

The Flight into Egypt. Date: ca. 1915. oil on canvas mounted on paperboard. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Abduction of Helen (Rape of Helen), attributed to Benozzo Gozzoli, 1460-1480, Tempera on wood, London, National Gallery, one of the earliest surviving paintings of a subject taken from classical mythology. Such subjects had already been depicted in. illustrated books and the style of this picture still resembles that of an illuminated manuscript. In fact the painter's conception of the scene is much closer in feeling to one of the romances of chivalry, with their graceful unreality, than to the forthright heroism of the Iliad.

The Adoration of the Magi'. Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) Italian artist.

The Flight into Egypt 1470s Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) Italian An artist of incomparable fantasy and expressive power, Tura was court painter to the dukes of Ferrara. This roundel belongs to a series of three showing the early life of Christ. The series may come from the base (predella) of an altarpiece and has been associated with Turas masterpiece, the Roverella Altarpiece, the central panel of which is in the National Gallery, London. The nervous, calligraphic line and mystical-seeming landscape are typical of the artist.. The Flight into Egypt. Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) (Italian, Ferrara ca. 1433-1495 Ferrara). 1470s. Tempera on wood. Paintings

EL PADRE ETERNO - LIBRO DE HORAS DE ISABEL LA CATOLICA - SIGLO XV - VITELA - 21,7x14 cm. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Saints Matthew and Francis. Artist: Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Siena 1398-1482 Siena). Dimensions: Overall, with added strips, 54 5/8 x 34 3/4 in. (138.7 x 88.3 cm); painted surface 52 7/8 x 33 1/2 in. (134.3 x 85.1 cm). Date: ca. 1435.This is the right-hand panel of a major altarpiece by Giovanni di Paolo. A scene from the base (predella) is also in the Metropolitan and shows the Presentation in the Temple (41.100.4). Giovanni found inspiration for his large figures in the sculpture of his great compatriot Jacopo della Quercia. Note how the haloes are foreshortened to emphasize the angle of the heads. For more information about this painting, including a reconstruction of the altarpiece, visit metmuseum.org. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Campania Napoli Nola Convento of S. Angelo1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

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Dresden Residence Palace

Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516). Dutch painter. Table of the Seven Deadly Sins and The Four Last Things, 1505-1510. Detail of the Last Judgement (one of The Four Last Things). Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain.

The Madonna with Canon van der Paele by Eyck, Jan van (1390-1441) / Groeningemuseum, Bruges / 1436 / The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Bible / 122x157,8 / Early Netherlandish Art

Adoración de los pastores. Date/Period: Ca. 1555-1559. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 88 cm (34.6 in); Width: 105 cm (41.3 in). Author: JUAN CORREA DE VIVAR.

St Christopher, by Quentin Matsys, I, circa 1490, Rockoxhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, Europe

WEYDEN, Rogier van der (1400-1464). Trytich of the Virgin or Miraflores Altarpiece. ca. 1440. Lamentation of the Dead Christ. Central panel. Flemish art. Painting. GERMANY. HESSE. Wiesbaden. Museum Wiesbaden. Proc: SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Burgos. Carthusian monastery of Santa Mara de Miraflores.

The Nativity, c. 1485-1490. Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1450/60-1523). Oil on wood panel; framed: 102.5 x 76 x 7.5 cm (40 3/8 x 29 15/16 x 2 15/16 in.); unframed: 85.2 x 59.7 cm (33 9/16 x 23 1/2 in.).

The Last Supper. Date/Period: Ca. 1520-1530. Textiles. Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread. Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread. Height: 3,350 mm (10.99 ft); Width: 3,500 mm (11.48 ft). Author: Bernard Van Orley.

Bernhard Strigel (Memmingen, 1460-1528). The Annunciation to Saint Anne (ca. 1505 - 1510). Oil on panel. 58 x 30 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

The Coronation of the Virgin. Artist: Niccolò di Buonaccorso (Italian, active Siena by 1372-died 1388 Siena). Dimensions: Overall, with engaged frame, 20 x 12 7/8 in. (50.8 x 32.7 cm); painted surface 17 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (44.8 x 26.7 cm). Date: ca. 1380.Niccolò di Buonaccorso was one of the most accomplished Sienese painters of the second half of the fourteenth century, though he is little known today. His surviving works are small in scale and rendered in a highly refined miniaturist technique. This richly decorated "Coronation of the Virgin" corresponds in style, size, and framing to two other panels also depicting scenes from the Life of the Virgin: The Presentation of the Virgin (Uffizi, Florence), the Marriage of the Virgin (National Gallery, London). The backs of all three panels are decorated with the same ornamental pattern, suggesting that the structure originally folded in a fashion that would have allowed the backs to be seen. It is not clear how or if the panels were origi

CIMA da CONEGLIANO, Giovanni Battista, also called (1459-1517). Madonna with the Orange Tree. 1495 - 1498. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Gallerie dell'Accademia (Academy Gallery).

Altarpiece showing the Legend of Saint Cecilia, ca 1304, by the Master of Saint Cecilia (active early 14th century), tempera on panel and stamped gold leaf, 85x181 cm.

MISA DE PEREGRINOS - 1450-1500 - TEMPLE Y ORO SOBRE TABLA - 83x72 cm - GOTICO TARDIO - ESTILO HISPANO-FLAMENCO. Author: HUGUET JAIME (CIRCULO DE JAUME HUGUET). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL THYSSEN-BORNEMIZSA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Italy, Monte Oliveto Abbey, Abbazia di Monti Olivieti Maggiore, the cloister with frescoes by Luca Signorelli and Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Sodoma, Renaissance fresco cycles, Come Florenzo tenta di avvelenare Benedetto, how Florenzius wants to poison Benedict, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

RELIEVE DE DONANTES EN EL RETABLO DE LA IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA DEL CASTILLO - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: FELIPE BIGARNY (1475/1543). Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA DEL CASTILLO. CERVERA DE PISUERGA. PALENCIA. SPAIN.

SPAIN - Els Ports (district) - Valencia autonomous region - Castellón. Morella, Museo Arcipestral, "La Visitación", J. Reixach S.XV

The Nativity. Perugino (Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci); Italian, 1445/46-1523. Date: 1500-1505. Dimensions: 26.2 x 46.3 cm; 10 5/16 x 18 1/4 in. Tempera on panel, transferred to canvas. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The Annunciation (Mérode Altarpiece). Date/Period: Between ca. 1427 and ca. 1432. Triptych / reredos / altarpiece / panel painting. Oil on oak. Overall: Height: 64.5 cm (25.3 in); Width: 117.8 cm (46.3 in) / central panel: 64.1 × 63.2 cm (25.2 × 24.8 in) / Left and right panels: 64.5 × 27.3 cm (25.3 × 10.7 in). Author: ROBERT CAMPIN.

Painting titled 'Saint Jerome and John the Baptist' by Masaccio (1401-1428) Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. Dated 15th Century

The Seven Virtues by Pesellino, Francesco di Stefano (1422-1457) / Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama / Renaissance / c. 1450 / Italy, Florentine School / Tempera on panel / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 41,6x147

Battista da Vicenza: Sylvester baptising Pope Constantine in the Lateran, 1410, Palazzo Chiericati, Pinacoteca of Vicenza, a major work by Andrea Palladios, with Venetian painting art from the Middle Ages to Mannerism, Veneto, Italy, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Italy, Monte Oliveto Abbey, Abbazia di Monti Olivieti Maggiore, the cloister with frescoes by Luca Signorelli and Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Sodoma, Renaissance fresco cycles, Come Benedetto libera uno Monaco indemoniato percuotendolo, Benedict exorcises the devil from a possessed man, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen: St. James Elder and Catherine of Alexandria, Old Masters Collection, Croatian Academy of Sciences in Zagreb

Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1460-1490). Early Netherlandish painter. Triptych of Three Kings. 15th century. Gothic. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic.

St. Sebastian. Date/Period: 1457 - 1459. Painting. Oil on wood. Height: 680 mm (26.77 in); Width: 300 mm (11.81 in). Author: ANDREA MANTEGNA.

Jesus and his Mother at the Fountain (Jésus et sa mère à la fontaine) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Jesus and his Mother at the Fountain (Jésus et sa mère à la fontaine), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 8 1/4 x 5 9/16 in. (21 x 14.1 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Lamentation over the Christ's death, by Andrea di Bartolo, painted in 1465, Paris, France, Europe

The Lamentation of Christ, by Rogier van der Weyden, circa 1460, Royal Art Gallery, Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague, Netherlands, Europe

Artist: Lorenzo Monaco, Italian, Florence, ca. 1370-1422/23, TheCrucifixion, ca.1415-20, Tempera and gold on poplar, 63.5 × 37.2 × 0.7 cm (25 × 14 5/8 × 1/4 in.), Made in Florence, Italy, Italian,Florence, 15thcentury, Paintings

LA ORACION DEL FARISEO Y DEL PUBLICANO- SIGLO XVI-PINTURA ALEMANA-CIRCULO DE SCHAFFNER-O/T 98x75. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Maesta', 1315. Artist: Simone Martini. Simone Martini was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style.

Beauty Receiving the White Rose from her Father, 1899 By Joseph Edward Southall Much of Southall's work was inspired by the story of Beauty and the Beast., Oil Painting, Flower, Rose, Pre-Raphaelite, Folklore

The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated world history. Its structure follows the story of human history as related in the Bible; it includes the histories of a number of important Western cities. Written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, with a version in German translation by Georg Alt, it appeared in 1493. It is one of the best-documented early printed books - an incunabulum (printed, not hand-written) - and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.

Saint Anthony Leaving His Monastery. Dated: c. 1430/1435. Dimensions: painted surface: 46 x 34 cm (18 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.) overall size: 47.2 x 35 cm (18 9/16 x 13 3/4 in.) framed: 61.6 x 125.4 x 7.6 cm (24 1/4 x 49 3/8 x 3 in.). Medium: tempera on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Master of the Osservanza (Sano di Pietro ).

Portrait of a Doge, by Tiepolo Giambattista, 18th Century, canvas. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Private collection. Whole artwork. Portrait Doge notability throne curtains drapes: clothes mantle: cloak ermine headgear: headdress fur colors red purple white politician.

German School 16th century, Altarpiece with life of Virgin Mary in gilt and polychrome wood, 1370. Museum: Suermondt Museum, AQUISGRAN, GERMANY.

Saint Vincent on the Gridiron. Date/Period: From 1500 until 1510. Painting. Tempera, stucco reliefs and gold leaf on wood. Height: 1,758 mm (69.21 in); Width: 973 mm (38.30 in). Author: MASTER OF CASTELSARDO.

Lamentation, Jan Provoost, South Netherlandish, c.1465-1529, c.1510-15, Oil on panel, Made in Belgium, Europe, Paintings, 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm)

Pieta, by Rogier van der Weyden (1399-1464).

Hans Burgkmair / John on Patmos / 1518

St. Catherine of Siena and the Beggar, 1460s. Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, c. 1403-1482). Tempera and gold on wood; framed: 35.6 x 35.7 x 4.5 cm (14 x 14 1/16 x 1 3/4 in.); unframed: 28.7 x 28.9 cm (11 5/16 x 11 3/8 in.).

Vicente Carducho / 'El obispo Hugo toma el hábito de cartujo', 1626-1632, Spanish School, Canvas, 336,5 cm x 297 cm, P05235. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Martín Bernat / 'Embarque en Jafa del cuerpo de Santiago el Mayor', 1480-1490, Spanish School, Panel, 159 cm x 73 cm, P02668. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Raphael's Rooms(1508-1524) in The Vatican Museum, Raphael(!483-1520). Vatican city, Rome,Italy.

Bartolomé Pérez / 'Flower garland with the Saviour'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Saint John the Baptist Preaching and Christ with the Apostles; Workshop of Master of the First Prayer Book of Maximilian, Flemish, active about 1475 - 1515; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; about 1510 - 1520; Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 23.2 x 16.7 cm (9 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.), Justification: 10.9 x 7.4 cm (4 5/16 x 2 15/16 in.)

van der Weyden / Descent from the cross

Wood carving with gilded wood, 1509, Giovanni Mioni, Museo Civico d'Arte, Palzuo Ricchieri, historic centre with magnificent noble palaces and Venetian-style arcades, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Pere Mates / Predicación de Santa Magdalena en Marsella, 1526. Museu-Tresor de la Catedral de Girona / Museo Tesoro de la Catedral de Gerona.

Framed with 1962P48 and 1962P49. Prophet in a Landscape, 1530. Artist Unknown, North Italian School. Tempera and gold leaf on vellum.

Francesco Datini presents the Virgin with the honourable men Andrea di Giovanni Bertelli, Filippo Manassei, Pietro Pugliese and Jacopo degli Obizzi, detail of Madonna del Ceppo, 1452-1453, by Filippo Lippi (ca 1406-1469), tempera on wood panel, 187x120 cm.

The Apostle Saint James the Great with Preachers (Right panel of The Last Judgment triptych) by Coecke van Aelst, Pieter, the Elder (1502-1550) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / 1532 / The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Bible / 112x44 / Early Netherlandish Art

Artist: Bernardino di Giovanni da Castelletto, Italian, active 1481, died after 1500, After: Andrea del Castagno, Italian, ca. 1421-1457, The Dormition of theVirgin, ca.1460, Tempera on panel, 28.1 × 69.2 cm (11 1/16 × 27 1/4in.), Italian,Lucca, 15thcentury, Paintings

Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Simone Martini's Maestà

Announcing angel, 15th-16th century, by an artist of the German school.

LOPEZ DE HERRERA, Alonso (1579-ca. 1654). The Annunciation. 17th c. Colonial baroque. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. America's Museum.

Alexei of Moscow by unknown painter, tempera on panel, 17th century, Moscow School, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 128x99

Vicente Carducho / 'San Bruno despide a San Hugo', 1628, Spanish School, Canvas, 336,5 cm x 297,5 cm, P05233. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Mechthild of Magdeburg (). Gouache.

Panel of a winged altarpiece from St Catherine's Church, Lübeck, c. 1500, St Nicholas throwing golden apples through the window of the poor girls, St, Saint, Saint

The Entry into Jerusalem; Simon Bening (Flemish, about 1483 - 1561); Bruges, Belgium; about 1525 - 1530; Tempera colors, gold paint, and gold leaf on parchment; Leaf: 16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5,8 x 4 1,2 in.)

MARTêNEZ COMPAîN Y BUJANDA, Baltasar Jaime (1735-1797). Trujillo del Perœ en el siglo XVIII. 1782 - 1785. Vol 2. Plate 135. 'Yndios jugando a los Naipes' (Indian people playing cards). Watercolour. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Palacio Real Library.

Pedro de Obregón el Joven (Attributed to) / 'Saint Anthony of Padua'. XVII century. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Bianca Cappello leaves the family home, 1840-1860, by Andrea Appiani the Younger (1817-1865). Oil on canvas, 144.5x200 cm.

Lot and his daughters, 1528, by Wolfgang Krodel (ca 1500-ca 1561), oil on canvas, 54x39 cm.

Saint Peter left panel. Dated: c. 1360. Dimensions: painted surface: 45.1 × 12.5 cm (17 3/4 × 4 15/16 in.) overall: 49 × 16.9 × 1.8 cm (19 5/16 × 6 5/8 × 11/16 in.). Medium: tempera on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: NARDO DI CIONE.

Les dues veròniques, 15th century, Bernat Martorell circle, tempera on panel, cartuja de Jesus, Valldemossa, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Tapestry: Le Repas de Sancho dans l'Ile de Barataria, from L'Histoire de don Quichotte Series.

The grand market, ca 1580, by Francesco Bassano II (1549-1592), oil on canvas. Detail.

The Valle Romita Polyptych (Polittico di Valle Romita), by Gentile di Niccol÷ known as Gentile da Fabriano, 1405 - 1410, 15th Century, tempera and gold on wood, 157 x 80 cm central panel

National art gallery: saints matteo, marco, maurelio, luca, giovanni by ferrarese artist, 1410, ferrara, italy

The Judde Memorial. Date/Period: Ca. 1560. Painting. Oil on oak panel. Height: 801,037 mm (876.02 yd); Width: 1,022.10 mm (40.24 in). Author: British School.

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