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Religious Illustrations of Saints

A collection of historical prints depicting biblical figures and saints, focusing on themes of sacrifice, redemption, and religious devotion in a detailed classical style.

Opstanding, Lucas Cranach (I), 1509 print Christ has risen from his grave and stands on a stone with a cross -banner in his hand. The soldiers who are guarding the grave and lie sleeping at his feet. At the top left, two shields are displayed with the Electoral and Ducal Wapen van Saxony Germany paper Christ, usually holding a banner, arises from the grave; often combined with sleeping and/or frightened soldiers

Marten de Vos depicts the stigmata of Saint Francis using brown lavated ink, showing the figure, wounds, and surrounding elements.

St. Jules, martyr (St. Julius, Martyr), May 27th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. St. Jules, martyr (St. Julius, Martyr), May 27th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

The host in the fire ..

Martin Schonguer (around 1450-1495). Christ blessing child (Bartsch 67). Engraving (chisel), 1480-1485. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 76855-2 Art medieval, Christianity, engraving in chisel, Christian iconography, religious iconography, Middle Ages, New Testament, biblical character, 15th XV 15th 15th 15th century, engraving

Sacred Christoffel. A modern print of a copper plate from the beginning of the 16th century. Medallion with the Sacred Christoffel that the Christ Child carries on his back, the river is not depicted. There is also a print from the rear of the plate, also with Christoffel.

Copper engraving 'Saint Christophorus Carries the Child of Jesus' by Lucas Hugensz. van Leyden, circa 1521, depicting Saint Christophorus with the Christ child and compositional elements.

Patience (Patientia) on a stone in the water, Cornelis Anthonisz., 1507 - 1553 print Patience (Patientia) on a stone in the water, foot leans on skull, cross in her hand. The word Christ is on stone. Her leg is on chain that Satan has stuck on her right side. On the other hand, a figure pulls her cloak. Engel comes flying in with a crown. In landscape in the background the beheading of John the Baptist and the martyrdom of Saint Laurentius. paper pen Patience; 'Patienza' (Ripa). devil(s) and demons: Satan. St. Laurence is roasted on a gridiron. the beheading of John the Baptist

Colored woodcut by Konrad Feyner depicting Saints Timothy and Simphorianus, created in 1481, showing symbolic attributes and detailed figures.

Seven images of women with antique clothing; Paradigmata Graphics variorum artificum. Three images of standing women and four women's torches without heads.

Jakobus De Lessere, Jakobus de Memer and Mattias, Agostino Carracci, 1583 print Leaf with three performances of the Apostles Jakobus the lesser with book and square, Jakobus the superior with a staff and Mattias, the successor of Judas Iskariot, with a sword. print maker: Italypublisher: Venice paper engraving the apostle and martyr Matthias; possible attributes: axe, book, cross, halberd, scroll, sword. the apostle James the Less, first bishop of Jerusalem; possible attributes: book, fuller's club, scroll. the apostle James the Great; possible attributes: book, pilgrim's cloak, hat, shell, staff, and wallet, scroll, sword

Christ beholds the personified soul surrounded by flames, Jan Luyken, Pieter Arentsz II, 1678-1687

Saint Peter appearing to Saint Agatha in prison. Engraving by Salvardi.

Adam and Eve at Boom of knowledge of good and evil in paradise during the fall.

Christ in the wine press. Christ standing on the grapes in the wine press, a part of the press on his back. The blood flows from the press in a goal. A banderole without a caption surrounds the figure of the Christ.

Christ after the scope, Cornelis Galle (II), After Abraham of Diepenbeeck, c. 1638 - c. 1650 print Christ kneels on the ground, the blood drips from his wounds. On the right are the scouring straps with which he is tilted. Antwerp paper engraving flagellation by soldiers, Christ usually tied to a column (Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1)

July: an Indian couple from America; The twelve months with couples in costumes from different countries. Man and woman with bare above. The man wears a feather headdress and has a spear in his left hand. The woman has a shell in hand. In the background people in the water. At the top left the sign of the lion. In the margin a two-legged caption in Latin over the heat of the sun in 'the new world'. Print from a series of twelve months represented by signs of the zodiac and pairs that wear clothing from different countries.

Christ Bound to Zuil, Hieronymus Wierix, 1563 - Before 1619 print The after naked Christ on a loincloth is tied to a column with ropes. A halo around his head. On the columns next to him, genches, sticks and the crown are bound. In the margin a two -way Bible quote from Jes. 53 in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving preparations for the flagellation of Christ

Creación del mundo. Génesis. Expulsión de Adán y Eva del paraíso. Grabado alemán deñ siglo XIX.

Austrian 15th Century, God the Father, Three Figures and Sacrificed Lamb, c 1420 1430 God the Father, Three Figures and Sacrificed Lamb

A copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting the penance of St. John Chrysostomus, showing figures, gestures, robes, and composition.

Ferdinand, Infant of Spain.

Woman with a headscarf and a beadsguirland for a construction of rollerwork; Flat decorations with grotesken in rollerwork. Above the woman squats a Sater who holds the ends of two horns of plenty in his mouth. Shaded background. One of 4 sheets.

Atheism (IT)

The holy Joris on horseback next to the dooded dragon. The Holy Joris, in armor on his horse, next to the dragon he killed.

The Holy Hieronymus in the Wildernis, Albrecht Dürer (Rejected Attribution), 1475 - 1500 print Round representation of the Holy Hieronymus who sits with a crucifix with a stone in his hand. There is a lion at his feet. In the background on the left a house. paper engraving St. Jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'Vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him

Madonna with Kind and Johannes de Doper, Cornelis Schut (I), 1618 - 1655 print The Christ child is on Mary's lap. Maria looks at the apple that the young John the Baptist offers to the Christkind. John holds a victory banner in his other hand. paper etching Mary and the Christ-child with John the Baptist (as child)

Albrecht Dürer, The Life of the Virgin: The Madonna on the Crescent, c. 1511, woodcut on paper.

Portrait of a bishop, Pieter Jansz Quast, 1615 - 1647 print Portrait of a bishop with a long beard and miter on the head. The episcopal cloak around the shoulders. Netherlands paper etching / engraving archbishop, bishop, etc. (Roman Catholic). insignia of bishop, e.g. mitre, crozier

Jesus Christ hanging on the cross unknown

A child dancing between two angels. A child dancing between two angels. The left angel holds a palm branch. The right-wing angel and the child hold a flower wreath.

Saint Hieronymus in his study room.

Three Turkish musicians on horseback, Anonymous, After Jan Swart van Groningen, 1530 print paper military parade, pageant. Asiatic races and peoples: Turks

Copper engraving by Sebald Beham depicting St. John Chrysostomus performing penance, showing figure, posture, and religious context.

Knowledge of God brings charity; Jakobs ladder or the allegory of the road to eternal salvation. The personification of divine love, sitting on an eagle. The tetragrammaton in her left hand. In the right hand a burning heart: symbol for divine love. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a fourteenth-part series with the subject the way to achieve eternal salvation.

Hans Baldung's 1505 colored woodcut depicts Christ falling under the cross, emphasizing figures, gesture, and narrative composition.

Angel with attributes of hermit, Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert, after Abraham Bloemaert, 1619 print Angel with attributes who needs a recluse or hermit for leading an ascetic life such as a cross, rosary, Bible and whip. Under the show is a quote from the Bible text Isaiah 35. paper engraving angels. ascetic life and practice

Heilige Agathon de Zwijgzame; Kluizenaars: Thebaanse heiligen; Agathon Scithiota.The Holy Agathon's silent, abbot in Egypt, carries a cross on the left shoulder. Print from a series of 80 prints and a title print with hermits from the 2nd to the 6th century.

Performances of a priest and a shaman or medicine man from Virginia, Bernard Picart (workshop or), 1721 print Leaf with three performances of a priest and a shaman or medicine man from the original inhabitants of Virginia. Above: A priest with short -shaved hair carries a cloak where one arm protrudes. Below: a shaman or medicine man in an ottervel and with a bird on his head. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving priest ~ American Indian religions. miracle-workers, performers of miracles ~ American Indian religions. Native peoples of North America Virginia

A Jewish woman and captured Hebrew standing under a palm tree next to two shields. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1797).

Indian family runs through the water; Floridensium in Insulas Path Genio Indulgeant; India Occidentalis II. To come from island to island, an Indian family runs through the hip of water. The mother wears the children and a basket with food in her hand. The father holds his arrow and bowed dry. Three other Indians swim to the other side.

Faith 16th century Anonymous, German, 16th century German. Faith 334869

This copper engraving by Jean Duvet from around 1540-1555 depicts Moses, showing the figure, gestures, and symbolic elements.

Penitent Mary Magdalene in a Cave, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original.

Saint Hieronymus, Willem van de Passe, After Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1607 - 1637 print The saint Hieronymus is kneeling in a cave and reads a book. There are a skull and a crucifix in front of him. Behind him the lion. In the margin a four -line caption in Latin. Utrecht paper engraving the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone

Ste. Hélène, Mère de Constantin (St. Helena, Mother of Constantine), August 18th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year) 1636 Jacques Callot French This print is part of a series comprised of a title page, frontispiece, and 122 plates. Each of these 122 plates contains four oval scenes depicting Saints and Religious Events for each day of the year. This etching was originally one of four oval scenes on a plate in the series.. Ste. Hélène, Mère de Constantin (St. Helena, Mother of Constantine), August 18th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year). Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). 1636. Etching; second state of two (Lieure). Israël Henriet (French, Nancy ca. 1590-1661 Paris). Prints

An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.

Tuisto or Tuisco is the divine ancestor of the Germanic peoples.

Peru religion Inca sacrifice of a lama in traditional rite copper engraving ""Nueva coronica y buen gobierno"" by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala circa 1613,

Man of Sorrows Seated on the Cross, c. 1522. Hans Weiditz (German, c. 1495-c. 1536). Chiaroscuro woodcut;

Regenerated man (or woman), according to theosophical principles. Date: 1696

John announces the coming of Jesus, pointing to a cross even though Jesus has yet to be crucified and the cross has yet to become a symbol. Date: circa BC / O AD

Mandzhurskie narody: Tunguskoi Shaman pri reke Argune s litsa. Manchurian peoples, Tungus ( Evenk ) Shaman, Argun River.. Georgi, Johann Gottlieb (1738-1802). text. Illustrations. 1799. Rare Book Division. Russia, Ethnology , Russia, People

Shooting of Christ. In the middle of the print is Christ. He is valid by two men. A man has a rod, the other a whip with buttons. Two other men keep Christ in control. Pilatus watches the right of the print. In the background the Pharisees and Scribes, who follow the torture from remotely. The print has a Latin umbrella with a quote from Psalm 34 (34:15) and a Latin caption with a quote from the gospel of John (John 19: 5).

Christ child sleeping, Bartolommeo Coriolano (Possible), After Guido Reni, c. 1609 - 1676 print The Christ child is sleeping on the cross, his head resting on a skull. Next to the cross are nails and the crown of thorns. Italy paper Christ-child sleeping on the cross. nails ~ instruments of the Passion. crown of thorns ~ instruments of the Passion. (human) skull

H. Paulus, Anonymous, After Antonie Wierix (II), 1595 - 1635 print The apostle Paul, a sword under his arm. In his right hand the monogram of Christ in a jet wreath. In the margin a Bible quote out of hand. 9 in Latin. Antwerp paper engraving the apostle Paul of Tarsus; possible attributes: book, scroll, sword. IHS ('Iesus Hominum Salvator') ~ symbol of Christ

Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel sacrifices.

Sri Lanka, Boursse, Esaias, Palm wine tapper and a Sinhalese soldier, Toddy tapper and Sinhalese soldier, Outside on a slope stand two men. The man on the left is a palm wine tapper. He wears a double-folded and high-up hip-dress (veshti, lungi). His upper body and legs are uncovered. On his left hip he carries an earthenware pot (labu katey) for collecting the palm wine (toddy), suspended in a net of cords, with which the pot can be carried. Behind the pot hangs a wooden tube with a bundle of tools: knives to cut the flower of the coconut palm and a hammer (thalanaya) to flatten the flower. Around his head the man wears a wreath of leaves, possibly to ward off insects. The man on the right is a Sinhalese mercenary (lascorijn). He is dressed in a knee-length hip-dress (veshti, lungi), worn in the Sinhalese style. His feet are hidden behind the drawn slope. His upper body is uncovered. On his left side hangs a kastane (short sword), the handle of which protrudes high. On his right side

Jacob struggling with the angel.

Death of sin brings a new person to life; Jakobs ladder or the allegory of the road to eternal salvation. The personification of death holds a human heart in his right hand. In his left hand he has a spear with which he wants to pierce the heart. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a fourteenth-part series with the subject the way to achieve eternal salvation.

Death Guides a Nobleman, Antique Skeletons of Amsterdam

According to the Book of Genesis, which is the first book of the Christian Old Testament or Hebrew Bible, God created the universe in seven days. On the sixth day, he created Adam’, the Hebrew word for man’, and placed him in Paradise—the Garden of Eden. From one of Adam’s ribs, God then created a mate for him: Eve, meaning Mother of Life’. Adam and Eve were permitted to eat all the fruit in the garden except that from the Tree of Knowledge’. However, the devil, disguised as a serpent, persuaded Eve to eat the forbidden fruit—an apple—and she gave in to the temptation. This was considered mankind’s first sin.

Papal hierarchy as mash in the Devil's vineyard. From a German anti-papist broadside, 16th century.

Christkind surrounded by sufferers, Dirck De Bray, 1635 - 1694 print In the lower margin a rule of Dutch text. Netherlands paper Christ-child surrounded by the instruments of the Passion

April; Emmausgoers; Months of the year. Christian Coincides with Two Disciples to the Village of Emmaus.

Angel with attributes of a hermit; Kluizenaars; Sacra Eremus Ascetriarum.

A Dominican is drinking a glass of wine. Around his neck a chain with a sign bearing the text 'Ora pro nobis'. The print is part of a series with caricatures of the French clergy under Louis XIV, Drinking Dominican Le Pere Dominique Caricatures on the French clergy under Louis XIV, (A) Renversement de la Morale Chr, print maker: Jacob Gole, Cornelis Dusart, 1670 - 1724 and/or 1693 - 1700, paper, engraving, h 115 mm × w 90 mm

Christ, with a sword in his mouth, between seven candlesticks; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, 1772/3.

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