Religious Paintings

Dramatic oil paintings depicting religious narratives with figures of saints, angels, and divine symbols from the 17th century.

The Annunciation by Giorgio Vasari, (1511-1574), Paris, Musee du Louvre

The Lowering of the Cross with Sts Mary Magdalene, Augustine, Jerome and Angels. Date/Period: Ca. 1618. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 2,380 mm (93.70 in); Width: 1,717 mm (67.59 in). Author: GIULIO CESARE PROCACCINI.

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The Annunciation by Giorgio Vasari, (1511-1574), Paris, Musee du Louvre

Nicolas Poussin / 'Saint Cecile', ca. 1635, French School, Oil on canvas, 117,7 cm x 89 cm, P02317. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Baby Moses stamping on the Pharaoh's crown, by Andrea Celesti (1637-1712), oil on canvas, 198x136 cm.

The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin, c. 1708. Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657-1747). Oil on canvas; framed: 250.2 x 197.5 x 12.7 cm (98 1/2 x 77 3/4 x 5 in.); unframed: 222.5 x 169.5 cm (87 5/8 x 66 3/4 in.).

'Susanna and the Elders'. Italy, 17th century. Dimensions: 144,5x173 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Unknown artist of the Genoese school. 17th century.

The Toilet of Bathsheba, Rembrandt, 1643, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America

Saint Cecilia by Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) / Museo del Prado, Madrid / Baroque / c. 1635 / France / Oil on canvas / Bible / 117,7x89

Presentation of Mary to the Temple (Detail) Camillo Procaccini (c. 1560-1629 /Italian) Seminario Arcivescoville, Venegono, Italy

L'innocence de Suzanne reconnue, or Le Jugement de Daniel (Susanna's innocence recognised, or Daniel's judgement)

Mythological Scene , by Cignani Carlo, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Private collection. Whole artwork. Women allegory putti wings man young drapery blue white black.

The Flight into Egypt, 1670. Painting by Jose Moreno (1642-1674). Spanish painter. Canvas. The Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Christ and the Adulteress by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 18th Century, (1727-1804), France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

Claude Vignon (1593-1670), Lot with its Doetre, 1625

Cecco Bravo /Hagar and the Angel, 1650. Óleo sobre tela 58x72. Museum: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, BERLIN, France.

PACHECO , FRANCISCO. PINTOR ESPAÑOL . SANLUCAR DE BARRAMEDA 1564 - 1654. " EL SUEÑO DE SAN JOSE " , OLEO. MUSEO BELLAS ARTES SAN FERNANDO . MADRID.

Family by Noel Halle, oil on canvas, 1711-1781, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 65x54

Painting, Reproduction of the painting, Work of art, Historical, Guido Reni, called il Guido or il divino Guido (b. 4 November 1575 in Bologna, d. 18. August 1642) Italian painter, fresco artist and etcher of the Bolognese school, main representative of a baroque classicism in painting, here the work:, Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (about 1630), Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (about 1630), man and woman in antique garments appear engrossed in a conversation, surrounded by splendid fabrics

Lorenzo Pasinelli (1629-1700). Italian painter. Roman Charity, ca.1670. National Gallery. Oslo. Norway.

Samson and Delilah by Lievens, Jan (1607-1674) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 1635 Oil on canvas 131x111 Holland Baroque Bible Painting

Erichthonius Found by the Daughters of Cecrops. The daughters of Cecrops find Erechthonius. Two women kneel at the child in a wicker basket. On the right a young and an old woman watch. There is a bust on a stone pedestal.

Luca Giordano (born 18 October 1634, died 3 January 1705), called Fa Presto, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period, Picus And Circe, Picus and Circe, Painting, Reproduction of the painting in its original state, Work of art, Historical, Angel and woman in dramatic interaction, Baroque style, Play of light and shadow

'Venus and Adonis', 17th century, Oil on canvas, 135 x 100 cm, P05446. Author: ITALIAN ANONYMOUS. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN. Adonis. AMOR MITOLOGIA. VENUS DIOSA ROMANA.

BRAY, JAN DE PINTOR HOLANDES . 1627 - 1697 " PAREJA CON NIÑO Y CUPIDO " LIENZO 1677 FRANS HALSMUSEUM DE HAARLEM . HOLANDA. Author: JAN DE BRAY (1627-1697).

Giuseppe Sogni (1795-1874). Italian painter. Susanna at her Bath, 1833. Oil on canvas, 122 x 168 cm. Modern Art Gallery. Milan. Italy.

Allegory of Married Life, by Titian, circa 1530, Musee du Louvre, Paris France, Europe

'Granida and Daifilo'. Holland, Circa 1635-1638. Dimensions: 125x165,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Jacob Adriaensz Backer.

'Vision of St Clare'. Italy, Between 1615 and 1621. Dimensions: 50x37,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri).

Representations of the myth of Diana, by Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani, fresco, vaulted ceiling of the anteroom, King's apartment, Hunting residence (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1997), by Filippo Juvarra (1678-1736), Stupinigi, Piedmont, Italy, 18th century.

Abraham Entertaining The Three Angels. Abraham receives the three angels. On the right a table to which two angels are seated. On the left kneels Abraham with a gold-plated pouring can in hand. Sara listens in the doorway to the prediction. Part of a group of five works manufactured for the house at Nieuwegracht 6 in Utrecht.

SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS RECIBIENDO LOS ESTIGMAS - SIGLO XVII - O/L - MANIERISMO FRANCES. Author: JACQUES BELLANGE. Location: MUSEO LORRAIN. Nancy. France.

Tancred and Clorinda, by Lana Ludovico, 17th Century,

The Annunciation. Artist: Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) (Netherlandish, Bruges ca. 1548-1628 Munich). Dimensions: 91 1/4 x 68 1/4 in. (231.8 x 173.3 cm). Date: ca. 1585.Candid (or Candido) was born in Bruges and trained in Florence, where he began his career as painter and designer of tapestries. In this grand altarpiece, the Angel Gabriel along with God the Father and the Holy Spirit rush into Mary's bedroom in a blaze of light and color as they announce that she will bear a child. The artist painted it for a small church or oratory in the country to the south of Florence soon before he left Italy for Munich, where he became court painter to the Dukes of Bavaria. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Anton van Dyck (1599-1641). Flemish painter. Saint John the Evangelist and Saint John the Baptist, ca.1620. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid, Spain.

Giorgio Vasari, Saint Luke, 1570 1571 Saint Luke

The gypsy girl, 1516-1517, by Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio (1489-ca 1534), oil on wood, 49x37 cm.

Judith with the head of Holofernes, by Gerard Seghers (1591-1651), oil on canvas, 99x134 cm.

'The Beheading of John the Baptist' Executioner hold up St John's head while Salome holds golden platter ready to receive it. School of Lorraine c1630 Oil on canvas. Private collection

ALEGORIA A LA PAZ-OLEO/TABLA. Author: SALOMON KONINCK. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Susanna And The Two Elders 17th Century Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640 Flemish) Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

'Brawl'. Spain, Late 1650s - early 1660s. Dimensions: 134x196 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Pedro Nuñez de Villavicencio ( ).

Apotheosis of the Dutch East India Company, Allegory of the Amsterdam Chamber of Commerce of the VOC, Nicolaas Verkolje, 1702 - 1746

Elijah fed by an angel, ca 1629, by Laurent de la Hyre (1606-1656), oil on copper, 63x62 cm.

The Temptation of the Magdalene, Painting by Jacob Jordaens, Historic, Digitally restored reproduction from a historical work of art

Tomyris ordering to immerse the head of Cyrus in a bowl of blood (Herodotus, Histories, I, 214). Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640), painter

The Raising of Lazarus. Hendrik de Clerck (1570-1629). Oil on panel. 215 x 185cm.

Austria, Vienna, Rest during the Escape from Egypt

Tarquinius and Lucretia. Tarquinius and Lucretia. A servant tries to keep the armed Tarquinius of Lucretia, right with a bare chest.

Visitation. Wagenschön, Franz Xaver (1726-1790), painter

Italian school . Abraham Worshipping Three Angels. 17th century. 65x168 cm. Madrid, Prado museum. Spain. Author: LUCA GIORDANO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Amorous couple by Simon Vouet, oil on canvas, 1617-1618, 1590-1649, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 82x100

Junona and Jupiter in the flower rim; Unknown Flemish painter; XVII / 18th century (1690-00-00-1710-00-00);Jupiter (Mitol.), Junona (Mitol.), Allegories, four seasons, gift (provenance), garlands, flowers, Flemish painting, still life, paintings in the picture, fruit, figural scenes

Mary Magdalene. Dating: 1627 - 1720. Measurements: h 160 cm × w 131 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Guido Reni (copy after).

Hagar and the Angel. Artist: Francesco Maffei (Italian, Vicenza 1605-1660 Padua). Dimensions: 41 3/4 x 54 in. (106 x 137.2 cm). Date: ca. 1657.Maffei, who lived and worked in the cities of Vicenza and Padua, was profoundly influenced by the art of Bassano, Tintoretto, and Veronese, his Venetian predecessors. His style is characteristic for its elegance, far removed from realism. This scene from the Biblical book of Genesis shows the angel appearing to Hagar. Having been banished by Abraham to the desert with her infant Ishmael, she is saved by a heavenly creature who directs her to a spring of water. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

"Detail from Bacchus and Ariadne on the Isle of Naxos C. 1693 Oil on canvas by Antoine Coypel, French, 1661 - 1722"

Anunciación. Retablo de la Capilla de D. Lopo de Almeida, 1591-1592. Obra de Diogo Teixeira (1540-1612). Museo de la Misericordia de Porto (Museu da Misericordia do Porto). Oporto (Porto). Portugal.

Antonio van Dyck / 'Pietà', ca. 1629, Flemish School, Oil on canvas, 114 cm x 100 cm, P01475. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Callisto Piazza (1500-1562). Italian painter. Three half figures and a child, ca.1529. Detail. Farnese Collection. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

Hercules and Iole known as The Discovery of Purple, 1570-1571, by Santi di Tito (1536-1603), oil on canvas, 117x68 cm. Studiolo (small study) of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Italy, 16th century.

Cimon and Pero: "Roman Charity". Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725 - 1805)

England, London, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery, Painting titled "Samson and Delilah" by Peter Paul Rubens dated 1609

Thamar and Amnon, draughtsman: Herman van der Mijn, (possibly), draughtsman: anonymous, 1600 - 1699, parchment (animal material), h 252 mm × w 300 mm

The Bolt (Le Verrou) by Fragonard, Jean Honore (1732-1806) / Louvre, Paris / ca 1778 / France / Oil on canvas / Genre / 71x92 / Rococo

Saint Sebastian. Dated: c. 1620/1630. Dimensions: overall: 117.3 x 93.7 cm (46 3/16 x 36 7/8 in.) framed: 123.2 x 145.1 x 7.6 cm (48 1/2 x 57 1/8 x 3 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: TANZIO DA VARALLO.

Painting titled Susanna and the Elders by Peter Lely dated 1655

Andrea Vaccaro (1604-1670). Italian painter. Baroque. Susanna and the Elders, 1650-60. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

Farewell Of Benjamin Carel Fabritius (1622-1654 Dutch)

Deposition, by Antonio Semino (ca 1485-ca 1554).

Luca Giordano (b. 18 October 1634, d. 3 January 1705), called Fa Presto, Italian painter and etcher of the Baroque period, Four Women making Music (1658, 1660), Four Women making Music (1658, Painting, Reproduction of the painting in its original state, Work of art, Historical, Group of woman in conversation with dark background

Finding of Moses by anonymous artist, painting, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 160x121

Venus and Mars by Rubens, Pieter Paul (1577-1640) / Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa / 1632-1636 / Flanders / Oil on canvas / Mythology, Allegory and Literature / 133x142

Detail of The Thorny Path 1873 Oil on canvas Thomas Couture French Born 1815; died 1879

Finding of Erichthonius. Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640), painter

Judith with the Head of Holophernes. Date/Period: From 1575 until 1580. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 1,110 mm (43.70 in); Width: 1,005 mm (39.56 in). Author: PAOLO VERONESE.

Cupid Chastised 1613 Italy. Following the example of the revolutionary early seventeenth-century artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Bartolomeo Manfredi chose to depict ordinary individuals in his scenes from the Bible and Greek and Roman mythology. Caravaggio had demonstrated to Manfredi and an entire generation of European artists that such lofty themes could be transformed into events experienced by ordinary people. Employing dramatic lighting and locating the action directly before the viewer, these artists were able to endow their narratives with great immediacy and power.Cupid Chastised depicts a moment of high drama Mars, the god of war, beats Cupid for having caused his affair with Venus, the goddess of love, which exposed him to the derision and outrage of the other gods. Venus implores him in vain to desist. Surrounded by darkness, the three figures are boldly illuminated from the left, intensifying the dynamism and impact of the composition. The sheer physicality of th

The Tribute Money, Strozzi, Bernardo, 1630.

Holy family by Paris Bordone, Oil on canvas, 1530s, 1500-1571, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 90x120

The martyrdom of Saint Agatha. Oil painting by a follower of C. F. Nuvolone.

Venus and Cupid. Date/Period: Ca. 1606-1611. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 137 cm (53.9 in); Width: 111 cm (43.7 in). Author: PETER PAUL RUBENS.

Anonymous (Copy after Correggio (Antonio Allegri)) / 'The Descent from the Cross'. Mid-XVIcentury. Oil on walnut panel. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

CLEOPATRA () - SIGLO XVI - OLEO/TABLA - 85 x 64 cm - NP 2648 - ESCUELA FLAMENCA. Author: ANONIMO FLAMENCO. Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Elizabeth Of Russia by unknown artist, oil on canvas, Early 18th century, Russia, Petrosavodsk, State Art Museum of Republic Karelia, 69x84

Blas de Prado / 'La Sagrada Familia, San Ildefonso, San Juan Evangelista y el maestro Alonso de Villegas', 1589, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 209 cm x 165 cm, P01059. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

EL BAUTISMO DE CRISTO - S XVII- ESCULTURA BARROCA. Author: GREGORIO FERNANDEZ. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-COLECCION. Valladolid. SPAIN. JESUS. ESPIRITU SANTO. SAN JUAN BAUTISTA.

Lucrezia, by Jacopo Bonito.

Italy, Turin, Death of Lucretia

Blesses the trunk (1671-1722), from FEM SANER, 1696-1722

Virgin and child with John the Baptist as a Boy by Strozzi, Bernardo (1581-1644) / Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa / c. 1620 / Italy, School of Genoa / Oil on canvas / Bible / 158x126

Circumcision, Parmigianino, after

The Dream of St. Joseph. Date/Period: Ca. 1773/1774. Painting. On oak. Height: 114 cm (44.8 in); Width: 86 cm (33.8 in). Author: ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS.

Antiochus Yearning for Stratonice 1735-1745 Italy. Oil on canvas . Stefano Pozzi

Caravaggio (1571-1610). Italian painter. Baroque. Flagellation, 1607-1608. Detail. National Museum of Capodimonte. Naples. Italy.

Girl Selling Fruit. Dating: 1745 - 1770. Measurements: h 83 cm × w 64.5 cm; d 7.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Domenico Maggiotto (attributed to). Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (rejected attribution).

Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna, 1666). Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well (ca. 1640 - 1641). Oil on canvas. 116 x 156 cm. Museum: Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.

LA LAVATIVA- SATIRA- PINTURA S XIX-ROMANTICISMO ESPAÑOL-ESCUELA DE MADRID. Author: EUGENIO LUCAS VELAZQUEZ. Location: CASON DEL BUEN RETIRO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Caravaggio / 'Samson and Delilah', Oil on canvas. Museum: Hospital de Talavera, MANCHESTER, SPAIN.

Portrait of Four Children as Ceres Ganymede Cherub and Diana - Nicolaes Maes, early 1670s

Giuseppe Brentano Grianta, by Serangeli Gioacchino, 19th Century, 1819, oil on canvas, cm 209 x 139

Mother with children by Frans Floris the Elder, Oil on wood, 1519-1570, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage,156x107

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