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Saints and Iconography

Images of religious figures including saints and biblical characters depicted in traditional styles with detailed garments and symbolic elements.

Veljusa, Strumica, North Macedonia. September 3, 2024. Mural in the church at the Monastery of Theotokos the Merciful.

Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria di Follina. Saint Matthew the evangelist. Follina. Italy.

David, c1410. Tempera on wood, gold ground. Lorenzo Monaco (c1370-1425) Italian artist. King David, king of Israel

Veljusa, Strumica, North Macedonia. September 3, 2024. Mural in the church at the Monastery of Theotokos the Merciful.

Byzantine icon of St. Anthony. It comes from the door of the sanctuary of the Church of St. Constantine Kipon ton. Second half of the 16th century. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands.

Cristo pantocrator, Lesko, siglo XVII,museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia,,Polonia, eastern europe.

St. Irenaeus of Lyons

The Prophet Moses by Fomin, Terenty (active 1646Ð1670) / State Open-air Museum Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery / Russian icon painting / 1645 / Russia, Northern School / Tempera on panel / Bible /

St Anthony. Date/Period: 1370 - 1399. Icon. Height: 735 mm (28.93 in); Width: 465 mm (18.30 in). Author: Macedonian workshop.

Christ on the throne, by Emmanuel Zanes, Icon, 17th Century.

'Icon: St Gregory Thaumaturgus'. Byzantium, 12th century (). Dimensions: 81x53 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Mosaic fresco, Moni Kalivianis Abbey, orphanage, old people's home and girls' boarding school, Crete, Greece, Europe

Paintings of St. John Chrysostom, Panagia Ties Asinou Church, Nikitart, Cyprus

King Herod of Judea in imperial costume of the Byzantine Empire, 10th century. Herode roi de Judee, Empire de Byzance, Xe Siecle. Taken from a manuscript of the Gospels in a binding with the arms of King Henry IV, MS 64 G, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Chromolithograph by Emile Beau after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

Vatican, St Peter Cathedral

Ancient church icon Ancient church icon. One of attributes of religion. Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 2425229

The Saviour Enthroned by Soplyakov, Mikhail Alexeyevich (1722-1799) / Private Collection / Russian icon painting / 1762 / Russia, Yaroslavl School / Tempera on panel / Bible / 92,5x60

Saint Nicholas (Lubok), Anonymous

Saint Paul ca. 1330 Lippo Memmi (Filippo di Memmo) Italian Converted to Christianity on the road to Damascus, Paul became known as the apostle to the Gentiles. He is shown holding the sword of his martyrdom and the biblical epistles he wrote, beginning with the one to the Christian community in Rome. An artist of great refinement, Lippo Memmi was the brother-in-law and occasional collaborator of Simone Martini. This panel belonged to an elaborate altarpiece painted for the church of San Francesco in San Gimignano, a hill town south of Florence.. Saint Paul 437065

Saint, fresco in Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Saint, fresco in Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20990262

Crucifix (Crocifisso), by Florentine artist, 1350-1400, 14th Century, tempera on board, 480 x 420 cm

Byzantine fresco of the church of Saint Nicolas. Mystras, Sparta, the Peloponnese, Greece. A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Appearance of Saint Michael in Rome and Christ the Savior, panels of San Miguel, XV century, tempera with oil touches on panel, Juan de la Abadia el Mayor, parish church of Abena,, Diocesan Museum of Jaca, Huesca, Spain.

Greek Orthodox icon depicting St. Symeon of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Christ Enthroned (Saviour of the World) by Russian icon / Private Collection/ 18th century/ Russia/ Tempera on panel/ Russian icon painting/ Bible

Saint Gregory of Nazianzus (ca.330-ca.389) Greek Prelate of Asia Minor Artist Unknown

Follower of Cimabue, Christ between Saint Peter and Saint James Major left panel, late 13th century, tempera on panel

Tost-Vordach Tost canopy, 1220, tempera, stucco reliefs and remains of red metallic leaves on wood, Romanesque church of Sant Martí de Tost, Ribera d Urgellet, Alt Urgell, MNAC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 23146571

Greek Orthodox religious icon in the Monastery of St. Barnabas in The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Saint Petronius (San Petronio), drawing by Francesco del Cossa, 1473, 15th Century, wooden marquetry, 73 x 53 cm

Saint Nicholas () receiving the mitre through the hand of an angel; above him the Jesus monogram. Woodcut.

Hippocrates of Kos (460-370 BC). Greek Physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece). Father of Western Medicine. Drawing by Fonollosa, 20th century.

Cristo pantocrator, Cisowiec, siglo XVIII, museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia,,Polonia, eastern europe.

Saint Pantaleon. Crayon drawing.

Saint Matthew the Evangelist

Saint Nicholas

Norway. Middle Ages. Altar frontal. Detail. Christ in Majesty. Heddal church, Notodden, Telemark. c. 1250. Historical Museum. Oslo. Norway.

Church stained glass in Bekaa Kafra, Saint Charbel's native village in Lebanon

Cristo pantocrator, Lesko, siglo XVII, museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia, Polonia, eastern europe

Saint Kassia of Constantinople by Greek icon / Monastery of Saint John the Theologian, Patmos/ 1990s/ Greece/ Tempera on panel/ Icon Painting/ Bible

Engraving depicting one of the Evangelists writing on parchment with the calamus as he receives the sacred text by divine revelation. Engraving after a 9th century miniature. Dated 19th century

An evangelist writes a sacred text and receives a revelation, 9th century miniature. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874

Apocalypse. Saint-Antoine-le-Grand orthodox church

Italy, Asissi, Saint Benedict

The Prophet Aaron by Fomin, Terenty (active 1646Ð1670) / State Open-air Museum Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery / Russian icon painting / 1645 / Russia, Northern School / Tempera on panel / Bible /

Cutting from an Antiphonary: Initial Gloria tibi Trinitas: The Trinity, c. 1410. Bohemia, Prague, early 15th Century. Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 13 x 11 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.).

Ikona chramowa: Św. Jan Chrzciciel, Anioł Pustyni. Nieznany warsztat działający w Torkach, workshop

Saint Joseph of Volotsk, Russian icon

Italy - Friuli Venezia Giulia Region - Aquileia (Udine province) - The Cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1998), erected in 1031. Fresco detail in the crypt

Cristo pantocrator, Lesko, siglo XVII,museo de los iconos, castillo Real, Sanok, voivodato de subcarpacia,,Polonia, eastern europe.

Saint Paul melkite (Greek catholic) cathedral, Harissa, Lebanon. Saint John the Evangelist icon

The Book of Kells (Dublin, Trinity College Library), is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created by Celtic monks ca. 800 or slightly earlier. It is a masterwork of Western calligraphy and represents the pinnacle of Insular illumination.

Saint Matthew. Colour lithograph, 1886.

The Prophet Elisha by Fomin, Terenty (active 1646Ð1670) / State Open-air Museum Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery / Russian icon painting / 1645 / Russia, Northern School / Tempera on panel / Bible /

Hippocrates of Kos (460-370 BC). Greek Physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece). Father of Western Medicine. Drawing by Fonollosa, 20th century.

Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov by Russian icon / Private Collection/ 20th century/ Russia/ Tempera on panel/ Russian icon painting/ Portrait,Bible

Venerable Nikita Stylites of Pereyaslavl, Russian icon

Hagia Sophia mosaic : Emperor Ioannes I Comnenos holding a purse, symbolizing the donation he has made to the church . Istanbul. Turkey. (Istanbul, Marmara, Turquie)

Mosaic picture, monument of Carolingian art and oldest portrait representation karl of the greats, IX. Century in the Lateran to Rome, 1880, historical image, Italy, Europe

Madonna Del Ponte Chapel. Sermenza Valley. Italy

God. Saint-Antoine-le-Grand orthodox church

The Majesty, by Martini Simone, 1313 - 1315, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Tuscany, Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Sala del Mappamondo. Detail. Face of an apostle: prophet on the left side of the throne gold beard.

Saint Peter receives the Psalter, by Egbert, detail, miniature, ca 980, Ottonian manuscript.

Saint Filaret of Moscow (1782-1867) by Greek icon / St. Demetrios Church, Pomona/ 1990s/ Greece/ Tempera on panel/ Icon Painting/ Bible

Ancient church icon Ancient church icon. One of attributes of religion Copyright: xZoonar.com/ValeryxxSibrikovx 2473718

Santa Maria Asssunta church. Fresco 13 th century. Saint Dominic. Muggia. Italy.

Ikona: Św. Sergiusz z Radoneża. nieznany warsztat rosyjski (1700-1970), factory

Byzantine Art. Croatia. Icon of a saint. Orthodox Church. Dubrovnik.

Triptych with the Virgin and Child Enthroned, St. Ambrose and St. Jerome, by Maestro dell'Osservanza, 1436-1436 Century, board, cm 196 x 154

Cutting from an antiphonary (): God the Father in an Initial “D” (or “O”). Artist: Girolamo da Cremona, Italian, Padua, flourished ca. 1451-1483

Marco Zoppo, Saint Peter, c 1468 Saint Peter

Der Heilige Jakobus Valenti de Montoliu, 15. Jahrhundert Saint James valenti de Montoliu 15th century, Eivissa Cathedral, D alt Vila, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22835642

Montenegro, Cetinje. Former Capital of Montenegro, Cetinje Monastery (b.1484 & rebuilt 1785), Exterior Icons

Saint Nicholas mosaic, Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy. Church created 1063 AD and mosaic from the 1200's AD. Saint Nicholas was well known for giving gifts and is the basis for Santa Claus.

France, Paris. Notre Dame Cathedral

Mosaic in the Basilica of San Pio di Pietrelcina, also Sanctuary of Padre Pio, architect Renzo Piano, San Giovanni Rotondo, Apulia, Italy, Europe

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Bominaco, S. Pellegrino, Oratory, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Saint Maximilian fresco painting in parish church of St. Nicholas in Bad Ischl, Austria

Moses, detail of the Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas, fresco by Andrea di Buonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Moses, detail of the Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas, fresco by Andrea di Buonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20823520

The Holy Prophet Isaiah 16th Century Icon Novgorod, Russia

Bulgaria, Sofia, Sveta Nedelya Cathedral, wall painting,

Religious illustration with Tsar Boris Godunov by anonymous artist, painting, Russia, Tver, Regional Art Gallery

An Apostle ca. 1471-73 Carlo Crivelli Italian Following an early period in Venice, Crivelli moved to Fermo, in the Marches, where he executed the altarpiece of San Francesco Montefiore, to which this panel originally belonged. Portraying an apostle holding a scroll of a creed, the panel was part of the altarpieces predella, consisting of a series of arch-topped half-length figures of Christ and eleven saints and apostles. Crivelli's linear, dry, and expressive style reveals the influence of the Paduan school of the mid-fifteenth century.. An Apostle. Carlo Crivelli (Italian, Venice (?), active by 1457-died 1494/95 Ascoli Piceno). ca. 1471-73. Tempera and gold on wood. Paintings

Franz von Assisi, saint.

Christ holding a Bible, ivory

Saint Paul, the dome painted by Charles Joseph Lameire, St Francis Xavier's Church in Paris, France

The Prophet Habakkuk (Detail of Interior Mosaics in the St. Mark's Basilica) by Byzantine Master / Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice/ 12th century/ Byzantium/ Mosaic/ Gothic/ Bible

Mosaic with John II Komnenos by Byzantine Master, circa 1118, Turkey, Istanbul, Hagia Sophia

Holy Gracanica Monastery, Church of the Assumption, of the Serbian Orthodox Church, is a threatened UNESCO world heritage site in Kosovo, Serbia.

St. Nikola Church with frescoes dating to 1972, but finely painted in old style. - May not be used in defamation towards Serbs.

St Francis receiving the Stigmata', c1430-1451. Artist: Stephan Lochner. Stefan Lochner(1410-1451) was a German painter working in the late "soft style" of the International Gothic. His paintings combine that era's tendency toward long flowing lines and brilliant colours with the realism.

Epiphanius of Salamis by Fomin, Terenty (active 1646Ð1670) / State Open-air Museum Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery / Russian icon painting / 1645 / Russia, Northern School / Tempera on panel / Bible /

Saint Martin, statue on the main altar in the Saint Martin Church in Zrnovo, Korcula island, Croatia Saint Martin, statue on the main altar in the Saint Martin Church in Zrnovo, Korcula island, Croatia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21094265

Carved Russian icon, Monastery of St Ipaty, Kostroma, Russia

Jesus Christ mosaic, Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Mosaic in Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

San Agustín (354-430), doctor de la iglesia católica. Litografía de 1885.

Frescoes in the Eski Guemuesler Monastery, Cappadocia, Turkey, Cappadocia, Turkey, Asia

Saint Paul statue on the main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, Croatia

Saint John the Evangelist, Byzantine Empire, 10th century. In halo, blue tunic with gold clavus or stripe under a pallium, reading the Gospels. Saint Jean Evangeliste, Empire de Byzance, Xe Siecle. From MS 70 G, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Chromolithograph by Emile Beau after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandres Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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