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Religious Art and Symbolism

A collection portraying historical religious scenes, featuring dramatic expressions, ornate robes, and vivid colors, reflecting deep cultural narratives.

Ecce Homo, Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594)

Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, Ghirlandaio, Domenico, 1490.

Mary in the Temple / Cima da... / c.1500

Moses rescued from River Nile by Pharoah's Daughter, 1630-33

LA ULTIMA CENA. Author: FRANCKEN AMBROS. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTO DOMINGO. SANTA CRUZ DE LA PALMA. LA PALMA. SPAIN. JESUS. JUDAS ISCARIOTE (3 ac-30 dc).

Undressing of Christ, artist unknown, oil on wood panel, Germany, Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle

LA CORONACION DE ESTER - GRABADO SIGLO XIX. Location: BANCO URQUIJO. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. AHASUERUS. ESTHER / ESTER.

Christ Presented to the People. Artist: Copy after Lucas van Leyden (German, probably late 16th century). Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 18 in. (27.6 x 45.7 cm). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Jan van Scorel (1495-1562). Dutch painter. The Lokhorst Triptych, c. 1526. Detail of the Entry to Christ into Jerusalem. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands.

Die Passion Jesu, Gemälde auf dem Kirchenaltar in der Stiftskirche Neumünster in Würzburg, Deutschland The Passion of Jesus, painting on the church altar in the Neumunster Collegiate Church in Wurzburg, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21415722

Crucification; Francken, Frans, II (1581-1642); XVII century (1600-00-00-1699-00-00);Crucifixion (Bible), bones, horses, Flemish painting, biblical scenes, centurion (New Testament), three crosses, crowds

Jeroboam Sacrificing to the Idols. Jeroboam, the King of Israel, enjoined his people to idolatry to prevent their contact with the Kingdom of Judah. When he tried to arrest a defiant priest during a pagan sacrifice, his hand withered and the altar shattered. He had trespassed Gods First Commandment: ‘Thou shalt have no other gods before me. De Roore impressed his contemporaries with such depictions of complex stories.

Peter's Denial by Hendrick Krock, (1677-1738)

A converted British Family sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids, by William Holman Hunt, 1850, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles, Europe

Vasco da Gamas audience with King Manuel I after his return to Portugal, September 1499 Vasco da Gamas audience with King Manuel I after his return to Portugal, September 1499 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660618

OEDIPUS, blind after plucking out his eyes, with his daughter Antigone during the plague in Thebes

Christ riding into Jerusalem on an ass. "Bible" Mark VI. Chromolithograph c1860

Adoration of the Magi (Matthew 2:10-11). Francken, Frans, II (1581-1642), painter

after George Baxter, 1804-1867, British, Christ's Charge to Peter, after 1855. Aquatint, etching, stipple engraving, and color woodcut on thick, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on beige card.

The Maesta, front, by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308 - 1311, 14th Century, tempera on panel. Italy: Tuscany: Siena: Cathedral. Verso, lower fascia, fourth panel on top. The Taking of Christ (Kiss of Judas), detail. The soldiers with helmets, spears/lances and torches, in the center Peter wounds with a knife a servant of the high priest, cutting off an ear, on the background rocks and trees in the gold-background.

EL EXPOLIO. Author: EL GRECO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. NEW YORK CITY. JESUS. MARY MAGDALENE. Mary Of Clopas. VIRGIN MARY. CRISTO EXPOLIO.

Biblische Szene, Bibel, Jakob, Lea und Rachel sind zentrale Figuren der biblischen Erzählung im Buch Genesis. Jakob heiratete zunächst Lea, die ältere Schwester, nach sieben Jahren Dienst bei ihrem Vater Laban, wurde aber in der Hochzeitsnacht durch Lea ersetzt, Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendnung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt, Historisch Jacob with Leah and Rachel

Altarpiece with scenes from the life of the Virgin 1548 German. Altarpiece with scenes from the life of the Virgin 468949

Peter van Lint (1609-1690). Flemish painter, active in Antwerp. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary praying for the Conversion of Berthold von Leinbach, 1633. National Museum. Warsaw. Poland.

Parable of the Unworthy Wedding Guest, attributed to Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, 1630 - 1651

Life of the first municipality; Sanctam ecclesiam catholicam sanctoru communionem; Apostolic creed. Illustration of the ninth belief item (the sacred catholic church, saints community) of the apostolic creed. The apostles receive money from other believers that they hand out to the people who need it. All kinds of possessions lie on the floor. Above the show a reference to the Bible text in hand. 4: 32-35. Under the show two Bible texts and the ninth belief item from the apostolic creed in Latin. This print is part of an album.

Vatican Museums, Vatican, Rome, Italy, Dramatic tapestry depicts biblical resurrection scene with figures in vivid colours, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Flagellation of Christ, 1516-1522, oil on wall painted by Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547), inside the Church of San Pietro in Montorio (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1980), Rome, Lazio, Italy.

The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, Master of Pulkau (active ca 1520)

Adoration of the Magi, 1529-1530, by Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone (1483 or 1484-1539), fresco. Detail. Basilica of Our Lady of the Campaign, Chapel of the Magi, Piacenza, Italy.

Window with praying figures and Adam in paradise, anonymous, c. 1630 Window with the company of praying persons glass. lead (metal).. silver stain Window with the company of praying persons glass. lead (metal).. silver stain

The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist' by Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, 1602. From the National Gallery, London.

The Mocking of Jesus. Scene of life-size terracotta figures and illusionistic frescoes from the IIX. Chapel of the Sacro Monte di Varese. Created at the time of the Counter-Reformation in the Baroque period, 17th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Mocking of Christ. The result for the Counter-Reformation Baroque, 17th century

fine arts, Middle Ages, Germany, painting, ""Kreuztragung Christi"" (Christ carrying the cross), altarpiece, unknown artist, detail, circa 1445 / 1446, Bavarian National Museum, Munich,

Station of the Cross by an unknown artist. 5 Station, Simone of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

The Arrest Of Christ Dieric Bouts the Elder (ca.1415-1475 Netherlandish)

The ambassadors of Nuremberg receiving a copy of the Venetian laws from Doge Leonardo Loredan in 1508, by Carlo Caliari (1570-1596), Doge's Palace, Venice. Italy, 16th century. Detail.

The Idolatry of King Solomon, Jacob Hogers, 1635 - 1655 painting The idolatry of King Solomon. To the left of the middle, Solomo kneels, a censer in hand, for an idol in the form of the God Jupiter. On the left two priests, on the right the result of the king. In between a man with two Hazewind dogs, a group of dancing women on the right. In the background ruins. canvas. oil paint (paint) Solomon's idolatry. specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Jupiter; Jupiter as patron

Medieval Renaissance fresco of Death Announcement of Saint Gregory to Saint Fina, Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta, San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy. By Domenico Ghirlandaio 1477.

Belisarius Begging for Alms by David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825) / Louvre, Paris / 1781 / France / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 288x312 / Neoclassicism

Sacrifice of Iphigenia, Arnold Houbraken, 1690 - 1700

Clovis' Baptism;Paint.by G.Bezzuoli

Dream of St Benedict, by Francesco De Mura (1696-1782). Detail.

Heemskerck, Maarten van, Netherlands, Communion of Judas Iscariot, verso middle - stamped, Christ sits with his apostles at the Last Supper. In his right hand he holds a chalice and with his left hand he gives Judas Iscariot a host as a sign of his impending betrayal., print, prints, height 292 mm, width 416 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1540 - 1560, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574

Italy - Tuscany Region - Florence. Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Brancacci Chapel. Masaccio (born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni Cassai, 1401-1428), Raising of the son of Teophilus and St. Peter enthroned (completed by Filippino Lippi). Fresco detail

Biblische Szene, Bibel, Jesus trägt das Kreuz, Das Tragen des Kreuzes ist ein zentrales Ereignis in der Leidensgeschichte Jesu, das in allen vier Evangelien der Bibel beschrieben wird . Der Weg führte von der Verurteilung durch Pontius Pilatus bis zum Hügel Golgatha, wo die Kreuzigung stattfand, Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendnung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt, Historisch Jesus carrying the cross

The Flagellation of Christ, fresco

SANTA URSULA - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: LUCA CAMBIASO (1527-1585). Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

New Testament. Gospel of Mark. Chapter X. Jesus blessing the children. Engraving by Knesing. Colored.

Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica. The Marriage of the Virgin with Joseph.

The Procession to Calvary (Detail) 1564 Pieter Bruegel the Elder (ca.1525-1569/Flemish) Oil on Wood Panel Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Moses Striking the Rock Andrea Locatelli (1695-1741/Italian) Oil on canvas Christie's Images

The Kiss of Judas, the Betrayal of Christ, by Fra Beato Angelico, 1437-1446, Convent of San Marco, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Mozarabic chapel. Detail from Cisneros Landing in Oran (1509). 16th century. Spanish Renaissance. Toledo, cathedral. Author: Juan de Borgona. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN. CARDENAL CISNEROS (1436-1517). FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ DE CISNEROS (1436-1517).

The Mass at Bolsena detail', 1512. Artist: Raphael. The Mass at Bolsena was part of Raphael's commission to decorate the rooms that are now known as the Raphael Rooms in the Apostolic Palace.

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-1521). Spaniards find regufe in Tlaxcala after suffered a lot of casualties fighting against the Aztecs in the Battle of Otumba in 1520. Engraving at "Historia de España", 19th century. Colored.

Annibale Carracci / 'Saint Didacus of Alcalá receiving the franciscan habit'. 1604 - 1607. Fresco painting on mural transferred to canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Noah and His Family Entering the Ark by Franz Francken I, (1542-1616)

Francis of Assisi resists the temptations of the flesh, Chapel X at the Sacro Monte di Orta, Baroque, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Orta San Giulio, Piemonte, Italy, Europe

ESPINAL , JUAN DE PINTOR ESPAÑOL . SEVILLA 1714 - 1783 " SAN CARLOS BORROMEO DANDO LA COMUNION A LOS APESTADOS DE MILAN " IGLESIA DE SAN NICOLAS DE BARIS . SEVILLA. Author: JUAN DE ESPINAL (1714-1783).

Young Jesus teaching in the Temple. 1524. (Lodovico Mazzolino; 1480-1528)

The pilgrims of Emmaus, by Louis Le Nain (1593-1648), oil on canvas, 75x92 cm.

The Last Judgment, Floris, Frans, the Elder (1519-1570)

The Marriage Feast at Cana - Bartolome Esteban Murillo, circa 1672

Retablo del a iglesa de Sant Andreu de Llavaneras, 1603. Author: JOAN BAPTISTA TOSCANO.

SAN AGUSTIN CONJURANDO LA PLAGA DE LA LANGOSTA - SIGLO XVIII. Author: JACINTO MELENDEZ MIGUEL (1679-1731). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. SEGOVIA. SPAIN. SAN AGUSTIN (354-430).

Manna collection; Clerck, Hendrik de (Ca 1570-1630); 1 PO. XVII century (1600-00-00-1650-00-00);Aaron (Bible), Moses (Bible), children, mountain horeb (Bible), women, Flemish painting, manna (Bible), men, tents, replica, biblical scenes, purchase (provenance)

Angels, detail from the Annunciation, by Marco Palmezzano (ca 1460-1539).

Dionysius the Areopagite Converting the Pagan Philosophers; Antoine Caron (French, 1521 - 1599); 1570s; Oil on panel; 92.7 × 72.1 cm (36 1,2 × 28 3,8 in.)

Miguel Jacinto Meléndez / 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz', 1734, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 85 cm x 147 cm, P00959. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Miraculous Draught of Fishes Jean Baptiste Jouvenet (1644-1717 French)

altar of 1513 center with crucifixion; entry; resurrection. (Jacobus trajectensis claessens; about 1480-ca. 1530)

Jesus and the Woman Taken in Adultery

Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Group of philosophers engaged in conversation in an ancient building environment, Vatican, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Jesus Christ falls exhausted after the scourging

Saul with the Witch of Endor, the necromancer or witch of Endor is a character in the 1st Book of Samuel of the Bible, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original.

The Prophet Of Bethel Meets The Man Of God From Judah; The Old Prophet Meets The Man Of God. The Prophet of Bethel meets the man of God from Judah. Sitting under the Terebint meets the man of God from Judah's Prophet of Bethel, seated on a donkey. On the right a farmhouse built in an antique ruin.

The Appearance of Christ before the People, 1837-1857. Oil on canvas. Masterpiece of Alexander Ivanov (1806-1858), Russian painter. In centre foreground John the Baptist, surrounded by the newly baptised, points towards Christ.

Historia Sagrada. Putifar, oficial de la corte egipcia, manda encarcelar a José, hijo preferido del patriarca Jacob y de Raquel, acusado de intentar seducir a su esposa. Grabado de 1916.

Consecration of Cardinal Giuseppe Pozzobonelli in the church of Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso in Rome, by Panini Gian Paolo, 18th Century, 1744, oil on canvas,

The Marriage at Cana. Johann Georg Platzer (1704-1761). Oil on copper. 43.6 x 63.5cm.

The Four Evangelists Pieter Lastman (1583-1633 Dutch) Alan Jacobs Gallery, London, England

Finding of Moses by Sebastien Bourdon, (1616-1671), USA, Washington DC, National Gallery of Art

Saint Francis Borgia in front of the body of Empress Isabella, 1787, by Mariano Salvador Maella, oil on canvas, cathedral of the Assumption, Valencia, Spain, 18th century.

Station of the Cross by an unknown artist. 1 Station, Jesus is sentenced to death, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Attributed to John Martin, 1789-1854, British, Christ Healing the Palsied Man, undated. Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Old Testament. Exodus. Moses Spies are sent into Canaan. Engraving. Author: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.

The Crucifixion Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770 Italian)

Martyrdom of saints Simon, Jude, Thaddaeus, The Stories of Christ, 1841, fresco cycle by Giovanni Chiarini, nave in the Collegiate church of St Stephen, Vimercate, Lombardy, Italy, 11th-12th century.

Descent of Christ into Limbo by Bermejo, Bartolome (ca 1440-ca 1498) Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona ca 1475 Oil on wood 89,5x69,5 Spain Gothic Bible Painting

The St Martin's Day Fair. Sint Maartenskermis. A crowd fights and displaces itself around a barrel. On the right the Saint Martin who shares his cloak with beggars. In the foreground a pilgrimage.

The Captain of God's Army Appearing to Joshua; King Amaziah and the man or God. King Amazia and the man of God. The 'prince of the Heir des Heeren' appears to Jozua at Jericho. Upstairs, heaven opens with angels, one of which holds a snake that bites in its tail, the symbol of eternity. Joshua dressed in armor with a sword and shield in the hands. Part of a group of five works manufactured for the house at Nieuwegracht 6 in Utrecht.

The Eternal Father in Glory with the Patron Saints of Forli (Mercurialis, Valerian, Sebastian, Gratus, Marcellus), by Menzocchi Francesco, 16th Century, tempera on board. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Forli, Cesena, Santissima Trinita church. Whole artwork. Panel Eternal Father glory clouds angels sky light Saints Child in the middle Valerian miter pastoral staff: crosier Sebastian naked wedges jabbed Mercurialis protector of Forli Gratus military dress Marcellus bac.

Biblische Szene, Bibel, Jesus erscheint Maria Magdalena am Ostermorgen, als sie traurig am leeren Grab weint, Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendnung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt, Historisch Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene

Feast of Rosary by Albrecht Durer, Oil on wood, 1506, 1471-1528, Czech Republic, Prague, National Gallery, 162x194, 5

Veronica dries the face of the fallen Jesus. Scene of life-size terracotta figures and illusionistic frescoes from the IX Chapel of the Sacro Monte di Varese. Created at the time of the Counter-Reformation in the Baroque period, 17th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus the fallen. Scene of life-size terracotta figures and illusionistic frescoes from the IX. Chapel of the Sacro Monte di Varese. The result for the Counter-Reformation Baroque, 17th century

Dormancy of the Virgin. Date/Period: Ca. 1730 - ca. 1770. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,035 mm (40.74 in); Width: 1,310 mm (51.57 in). Author: Anonymous Cusco School.

Frescoes of the Baptistery: Infanticide at Bethlehem, 1260, unique is the completely preserved fresco cycle by Giusto de

Pilgrimage church of St Peter and Paul, built by the Zimmermann brothers in 1728, 1731, Steinhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

St. Jerome, Hermit in the Desert, after a painting by Alessandro Allori, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

Crucifixion by Carlo Coppola, Oil on canvas, 17th century, Baroque, active 1653-1665, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 105x130

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