Religious Iconography in Art

Religious paintings and tapestries depicting biblical figures and narratives, featuring meticulous detail and vibrant colors that invoke spiritual themes.

fine arts, Ghirlandaio, Domenico (1449 - 11.1.1494), painting, ""Mary with the Child and Saint Dominic, John the Baptist and John the Evangelist"", circa 1494, oil on panel, 221 cm x 198 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany,

Depiction of the sign of Virgo with a man drinking, Theodoric's mausoleum in the background, fresco from ca 1520 by Giovanni Maria Falconetto (1468-1535), Mantua (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2008). Italy, 16th century.

Fra Angelico / Birth of Christ / c.1437

D.Bouts the Elder, Adoration of Magi

The Annunciation. Dated: c. 1423/1424. Dimensions: overall: 148.8 x 115.1 cm (58 9/16 x 45 5/16 in.) framed: 181 x 165.1 x 11.1 cm (71 1/4 x 65 x 4 3/8 in.). Medium: tempera (and possibly oil glazes) on panel. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: MASOLINO DA PANICALE.

The Petitions right part Made 1607-1630 France. Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave . Antoine Caron (Designer)

Envents from the life of Moses, Fresko from the Sistine Chapel, Incidents from the Life of Moses, from the Sistine Chapel, painting by Sandro Botticelli March 1445 - 1510, one of the most important Italian painters and draftsman of the early Renaissance, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template, record date not stated

The Annunciation ca.1485 Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510 Italian) Tempera and gold on wood Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ecce Homo. Francken, Frans, II (1581-1642), painter

The rout of the Volscii. Date/Period: 1543 - 1545. Painting. Fresco. Height: 470 mm (18.50 in); Width: 285 mm (11.22 in). Author: Francesco de' Rossi.

A young man (Lorenzo Tornabuoni) introduced by Minerva to the Seven Liberal Arts, by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). Fresco from Villa Lemmi, Florence.

Madonna and Child with Sts Dominic, Gregory and Urban, by Lotto Lorenzo, 16th Century, 1508, oil on board, 227 x 108 cm (central altar piece) - 155 x 67 cm (lateral lower compartments) - 67 x 67 cm (lateral upper compartments) - 80 x 108 cm (central upper compartment)

Frescoes, Duomo di San Marco, old town centre with magnificent aristocratic palaces and Venetian-style arcades, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Pordenone, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Window West End, South Aisle, Saint Vincent, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812-1852, British, Augustus Charles Pugin, 1762-1832, French, undated, Graphite, watercolor, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, Sheet: 8 7/8 × 3 7/8 inches (22.5 × 9.8 cm), Image: 8 15/16 × 3 15/16 inches (22.7 × 10 cm), and Mount: 10 1/4 × 8 inches (26 × 20.3 cm), Anglican, architectural subject, beards, chalice, Christianity, crucifix, men, religious and mythological subject, robes, stained glass, window, woman

The Circumcision; Simon Bening, Flemish, about 1483 - 1561; Bruges, Belgium, Europe; 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.)

The agony in the garden, by Lorenzo Monaco (ca 1370- 1425).

Bosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516). The Hay Cart. 1500 - 1502. Central panel. Inspired by a verse from the prophet Isaiah and a flemish proverb. Flemish art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.

Memorial tablet. Vier kanunniken met de heiligen Augustinus en Hieronymus bij een open graf met de Visitatie. Dating: c. 1500. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: support: h 88.7 cm × w 104.3 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Master of the Spes Nostra.

BORDADO FLAMENCO - SIGLO XVIII. Location: MUSEO LAZARO GALDIANO-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Portugal: Fons Vitae (Fountain of Life) c.1515-17, painting by Colijn de Coter (c. 1440 - c. 1532), oil on oak wood and originating in Flanders, now in the Museu da Misericordia do Porto, Porto. At the centre left, kneeling, is King Manuel I of Portugal. To the centre right is Maria of Aragon, followed by Isabella of Portugal and Beatrice of Portugal, the Duchess of Savoy.

TRIPTICO - DETALLE DE LAS PUERTAS - SAN JUAN BAUTISTA Y SAN PEDRO - SIGLO XV - TEMPLE/TABLA - NP 7097 - ESCUELA ITALIANA. Author: ROMANO ANTONIAZZO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Saint Sebastian, Alonso de Sedano, master of Burgos, 1488, Palma Cathedral Museum, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Primavera - Sandro Botticelli, circa 1482

Miquel Torell (Mestre d'Olot) / Retablo de Santa Cristina de Corçà, siglo XV. Museum: Museu d'Art, Girona. Author: MIQUEL TORRELL.

Annunciation of Merode, by Rogier van der Weyden (1399-1464).

SAN DIEGO DE ALCALA SALVA AL MUCHACHO DORMIDO DENTRO DEL HORNO - SIGLO XVI - FRESCO PASADO A LIENZO - BARROCO ITALIANO - 125x220 cm - NP 2910. Author: ANNIBALE CARRACCI (1560-1609). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Effects of Good Government in the city (Cycle of frescoes The Allegory of the Good and Bad Government) by Lorenzetti, Ambrogio (ca 1290-ca 1348) / Palazzo Pubblico, Torre del Mangia, Siena / 1338-1339 / Italy, School of Siena / Fresco / Mythology, Allego

Ancona (Italia, Marche), Pinacoteca Civica Podesti. Tiziano Vecellio, Pala Gozzi (Madonna in Gloria con i santi Francesco e Biagio), 1520, opera firmata, tecnica mista su tavola

The Haywain, Allegory of the Vanity of the World by Mostaert, Gillis (1534-1598) / Louvre, Paris /The Netherlands / Oil on wood / Bible,Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 104x139 / Early Netherlandish Art

STO DOMINGO DE GUZMAN CONFORTADO. Author: JUAN SIMON GUTIERREZ. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. SANTO DOMINGO DE GUZMÁN (1170-1221).

The Adoration of the Magi, Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi, circa 1440-1460, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

Moses Saved from the Waters, by Paolo Caliari known as Veronese (1528-1588), oil on canvas, 50x43 cm.

Musee du Louvre, Louvre museum, Paris, France.Fra Angelico, The Coronation of the Virgin Mary, painting on panel , about 1430.

fine arts, Mair (von Landshut), Nicolaus, (circa 1455 - 1520), painting, scene from the life of Saint Oswald, oil on wood, 71 x 52 cm, Landshut, Germany, circa 1500,

The Montauri birth tray by Bartolomeo di Fruosino (1366/69-1441) / Private Collection / 1428 / Italy, Florentine School / Tempera on panel / Genre / 59,1x62,9 / Renaissance

Daniel Saving Susanna, the Judgment of Daniel, and the Execution of the Elders. Master of Apollo and Daphne; Italian, active c. 1480-1510. Date: 1495-1505. Dimensions: 63.7 × 157.8 cm (25 1/8 × 62 1/8 in.). Tempera on panel. Origin: Florence. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Saint Sebastian or Sebastiano (c. 250 AD) was a Roman soldier. He is venerated as a martyr and saint in the Catholic and Orthodox churches since the 4th century, Painting by Andrea Mantegna, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the past.

Cranach, Lucas, 'the Elder' (1472-1553). Calvary. 1538. German school. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Sevilla. Fine Arts Museum.

The Visitation (La visitation) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). The Visitation (La visitation), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in. (17.5 x 11.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

The Crucifixion. Artist: Bernardo Daddi (Italian, Florence () ca. 1290-1348 Florence). Dimensions: Overall 18 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. (46.4 x 28.9 cm); painted surface 17 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (44.5 x 28.9 cm). Date: ca. 1325-30.Although damaged in part, this Crucifixion is an important early work attributed to Bernardo Daddi, one of the principal painters of Florence. Dating perhaps to about 1320, it may have formed one wing of a diptych for private devotion. The poses of the two seated figures are based on Roman sculptural prototypes and are particularly beautiful. Their solidly conceived forms and grave expressions are a testament to the example of Giotto. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The last miracle and the death of St. Zenobius around 1500, Last Miracle and the Death of St. Zenobius, painting by Sandro Botticelli March 1, 1445 - 1510, one of the most important Italian painters and draftsman of the early Renaissance, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template, Record date not stated

Descent from cross by Rogier van der Weyden, Oil on wood, circa 1460, circa 1399-1464, Italy, Florence, Galleria degli Uffizi, 110x96

Diptych with engaged moldings ca. 1310-25 Italian, Siena. Diptych with engaged moldings. Italian, Siena. ca. 1310-25. Poplar. Linen over panel and moldings. Gilt; dull orange bole.. Frames

Fabriano (Italia; Marche, provincia di Ancona), Oratorio della Carità, ciclo di affreschi di Filippo Bellini (raffigurazione di Opere di Carità Spirituale e Carità Materiale). INFIRMITATES PROX. SUST Sopportate le persone moleste, lato sinistro

Anton Moller (1563/65-1611). German painter. Joash repairs the temple, 1602. Oil on panel. National Museum. Gdansk. Poland.

Altarpiece of the Souls, XVII century, Convent of Santo Domingo, Inca, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain, Europe

The Lamentation. 1510 oak wood; original version. (master der von Carbenschen Stiftung active in Koln im I. Drittel des 16. Jh.; Aus der Kunstkammer Sculpture Collection )

Filippino Lippi, Italian (1457-1504), Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels), c. 1500, oil (and possibly tempera) on panel

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Saint John; Pietro da Cortona, Italian, 1596 - 1669; Italy, Europe; about 1661; Pen and brown ink and gray wash over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on light brown paper, squared in black chalk; the oval only reinforced in red chalk; 40.3 x 26.5 cm (15 7/8 x 10 7/16 in.)

Presentation in the Temple, 1460-1464, by Giovanni Bellini (1431-36 - 1516), tempera on panel, 80x105 cm.

fine arts, Bosch, Hieronymus (circa 1450 - 1516), painting, ""the ship of fools"", 1490 - 1500. oil on panel, 57,8 cm x 32,5 cm, Louvre, Paris, France, Europe, 15th century, middle ages, music, singing, eating, monk, nun, fool, allegory, moral,

Scene from the Childhood of Jesus, woodworking with his father, painted wood panel, Dalmatian school, early 17th century

Beheading of John the Baptist by Fra FilippoLippi, fresco, 1452-1457, 1406-1469, Italy, Duomo di Prato

Miracle of the Rod, by Guerrieri Giovanni Francesco, 17th Century, Unknow. Italy, Marche, Sassoferrato, Ancona, Santa Maria del Ponte del Piano Church. Whole artwork. Miracle onlookers: bystanders rod saint buildings astonishment surprise landscape clouds decoration men.

Flemish baroque tapestry, 17th century, Brussels-Brabant workshop, rectory hall, Royal College of Noble Maidens, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

'The Descent from the Cross'. Netherlands, First half of the 15th century. Dimensions: 87x64 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Rogier van der Weyden (school of).

Delivery of the head of John the Baptist to beautiful Herodias, by Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), fresco. The Main Chapel of the Cathedral of Prato.

Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot, 1458. Filippo Lippi (Italian, c. 1406-1469). Tempera on wood panel; framed: 94 x 40 x 6.5 cm (37 x 15 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.); unframed: 81.3 x 29.8 cm (32 x 11 3/4 in.). These panels depicting Saints Anthony the Abbot and Michael originally flanked a central scene of the Madonna and Child with Angels, now lost, to form a triptych. Giovanni di Cosimo deMedici of Florence commissioned the ensemble in 1457 as a gift to Alfonso V of Aragon. Fra Filippo Lippi, a Carmelite friar and one of the great masters of early Renaissance Florence, depicted realistic, weighty figures in a three-dimensional space using a system of linear perspective, inspired partly by Masaccios Brancacci Chapel, and reflected in the background architecture. Saint Anthony the Abbot rejected all earthly possessions in pursuit of a contemplative life in the desert. He is generally regarded as the founder of monasticism and is depicted wearing a mon

Roundel with Adoration of the Magi ca. 1535-45 After Heinrich Aldegrever German. Roundel with Adoration of the Magi. After Heinrich Aldegrever (German, Paderborn ca. 1502-1555/1561 Soest). German. ca. 1535-45. Colorless glass, silver stain, vitreous paint. Made in Westphalia or Lower Rhineland, Germany. Glass-Stained

'The Haywain' (middle panel), ca 1516, Oil on canvas, P02052. Author: JHERONIMUS VAN AKEN-EL BOSCO-J. BOSCH. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. JESUS.

The Hospices de Beaune. Rogier Van Der Weyden (1399-1468) polyptych altarpiece. Detail. The last Judgment. Archangel Saint Michael weighing souls. Beaune. France.

A Nocturnal Banquet. "Evening Meal in the Woods; one of a series of twelve on the Insurrection of the Batavians against the Romans ". Dating: 1600 - 1613. Measurements: h 38 cm × w 52 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: OTTO VAN VEEN.

Jakob and/or Hans Strüb (Active in Veringenstadt in the early 16th century). The Visitation (ca. 1505). Oil on panel. 80 x 54.7 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. Author: Jakob and / or Hans Strüb.

The Cymbal Player, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (Dronrijp, Netherlands, 1836 - 1912) 1872

Earthenware glazed dish depicting 'Dante's Dream by Dante Rossetti. Shows Dante led by the angelic figure of love, to the deathbed of his beloved Beatrice. Italian, 1890

GIOVANNI DI PAOLO (1402-1482). The Universal Judgement. 15th c. Detail of Paradise. Siene school. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood. ITALY. TUSCANY. Siena. Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena.

Debate of St. Stephen Vittore Carpaccio (ca.1455-1526 Italian) Oil on Canvas Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy

The Annunciation, Fra Carnevale, circa 1445-1450, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA, North America

English school. The Golden Stairs. Oil on canvas (269 x 117 cm). London, Tate Gallery. Author: EDWARD BURNE-JONES (1833-1898). Location: TATE GALLERY. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Memorial Panel for Lubbert Bolle. Dating: after 1398 - 1424 and/or 1525 - 1574. Place: Utrecht. Measurements: h 74.5 cm × w 51 cm × t 1.9 cm; h 83.1 cm × w 59.6 cm × d 10 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: ANONYMOUS (COPY AFTER). Jan Gerritsz. van Bronckhorst (possibly).

Tríptico: Las Tentaciones de San Antonio (panel central). Museum: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ARTE ANTIGA LISBOA PORTUGAL. Author: HIERONYMUS BOSCH.

Detail from the 'Mary Triptych' by Hugo Van Der Goes (1440-1482) a Flemish painter. Dated 15th Century

fine arts, Holbein, Hans the Elder (1465 - 1524), panel, ""Graue Passion"",

Veraikon in a garland of flowers. unknown, painter

Saint Lawrence, Saint Michael and the Dragon, the Dormitio Virginis and the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine. Date/Period: From 1475 until 1480. Painting. Tempera and gold leaf on wood. Height: 285 mm (11.22 in); Width: 2,012 mm (79.21 in). Author: Neri di Bicci.

The Penance of the Duchess of Gloucester. Frederick William Davis (1862-1919). Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1902. 84.4 x 158.2cm

Morning Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810 German)

Triptych of the Family Moreel', Detail, 1484, Artist: Hans Memling. Located in the collection at, Groeninge Museum, Bruges.

The Adoration of the Magi Charles Caryl Coleman (American, 1840-1928). The Adoration of the Magi, 1880-1881. Oil and gold paint, 9 1/4 x 7 5/16 in. (23.5 x 18.5 cm). American Art 1880-1881

Anointing of the sick by Domenico di Bartolo, Fresco, circa 1440, 1400/04-1445/47, Italy, Siena, Santa Maria della Scala

Address to Saint Philip (Allocution à Saint Philippe) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). Address to Saint Philip (Allocution à Saint Philippe), 1886-1894. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Image: 5 3/8 x 5 in. (13.7 x 12.7 cm). European Art 1886-1894

This painting, titled The Mill, was done by British artist Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898). Burne-Jones as a fascinating colorist, and his water colors were noteworthy for their brilliancy and purity of color. He corresponded with Ruskin and was a friend of Rossetti and William Morris.

Merlin, N.C. Wyeth

EL ERMITANO - SIGLO XX - CUADRO HOMENAJE A VALLE-INCLAN, 1907, O/L 65x79. Author: JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA (1886/1945). Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ARTE REINA SOFIA-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. RAMON MARIA DEL VALLE INCLAN (1866-1936).

Manuel Villegas Brieva / 'Last Dream of a Virgin'. 1895. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1862-1942) The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh 100,3x129, Mythology, Allegory and Literature 5687 Oil on canvas Symbolism

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