Saints in Renaissance Art

Dramatic paintings of saints in prayer or reflection, showcasing deep emotions and intricate details in classic oil on canvas works from renowned artists.

Saint Francis Praying Francisco de Zurbaran (1598-1664 Spanish)
Saint Francis Praying Francisco de Zurbaran (1598-1664 Spanish)
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St. Matthew and the Angel, by Merisi Michelangelo known as Caravaggio, 1602, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lazio, Rome, San Luigi dei Francesi Church, Contarelli Chapel. Detail. Saint St Matthew face beard front wrinkles halo: aureole.
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SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS - 1787. Author: MARIANO SALVADOR MAELLA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Fray Fermin Francisco De Lasven. Juan Miralles,Oleo sobre tela.Museo de Fray Junípero Serra.Petra.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. Spain.
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Religious illustration with Saint James the Great by Jose de Ribera, Oil on canvas, 1591-1652, Private Collection, 102x78
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The tears of St. Peter by El Greco, 1610, Spain, Toledo, Hospital de San Juan Bautista de Afuera
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Praying Jew. Grocholski, Stanisław (1858-1932), painter
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St Marin holding his city in his hand, by Guercino (1591-1666).
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Recanati (Italia, Marche - provincia di Macerata), Musei Civici di Villa Colleredo Mels. Lorenzo Lotto, Polittico di San Domanico, 1506-8, olio su tavola. Pannello centrale, Madonna col Bambino e San Domenico in atto di ricevere lo scapolare, e i papi Gregorio e Urbano un angelo e due putti
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Abruzzo L'Aquila Sulmona S. Panfilo, Cathedral1. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of the facade, various portals and apses. Details of the main gothic portal include statues of Saints Panfilo and Pelino, and a lunette fresco of the Pieta and mourners. Interior views include: ceiling frescoes, cupola paintings of music-making angels (19th-20th centuries), low-relief sculptures of the Four Evangelists in the pendentives, sarcophagi, a baroque marble high altar, choirstalls, a baptismal font, a wooden crucifix (13th-14th centuries), a gilt bust of St. Panfilo, 13th century frescoes by the Sulmona School, altar paintings of St. Joseph and St. Carlo Borromeo. In the 11th century crypt are capitals of various styles (including one figural in an orans gesture), a 12th century relief sculpture of the Madonna and Child, a throne, frescoes and sarcophagi. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this
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Spanish school. Apotheosis of St. Thomas of Aquinus. 1631. Detail from Charles V's Face (lower right-hand side of the painting). Seville, Museum of Fine Arts - Mercedarias Calzadad Convent. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. CARLOS V (CARLOS I). Charles I (V of the Holly Roman Empire).
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Fernando Nino de Guevara (1541-8. January 1609) was Archbishop of Seville and Spanish Grand Inquisitor, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a historical original.
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SAN BERNARDO Y SAN ROBERTO- 220 X 160 -. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTA ANA. Valladolid. SPAIN.
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Saint Camillus de Lellis. Colour lithograph.
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Painting depicting Saint Thomas Aquinas by Antoni Viladomat (1678-1755) Catalonian painter in the Baroque style. Dated 18th Century
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St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata El Greco (1541-1614 Greek) Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Abruzzo L'Aquila Tagliacozzo S. Francesco. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 14th century church and cloister with bell tower and well. Emphasis on portals to the cloister and church, and the rose window. Interior views of a hallway with a frescoed ceiling showing Thomas of Celano and a tree of Franciscan lineage--the lignum vitae. In the cloister are frescoed lunettes with scenes from the life of St. Francis and Pope Innocent III. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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EL PADRE VITORIA 1486-1546 DOMINICO. Author: DANIEL VAZQUEZ DIAZ (1882-1969). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Nación. VITORIA PADRE. VITORIA FRANCISCO DE. FRAY FRANCISCO DE VITORIA.
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Francesco da paola
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DET - SANTO TOMAS CON LA SAGRADA FORMA- SIGLO XV - PINTURA RENACENTISTA ESPAÑOLA. Author: PEDRO BERRUGUETE. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTO TOMAS. AVILA. SPAIN. SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS.
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Apostle St. James the Greater 1606 El Greco (1541-1614/Greek) Oil on canvas Museo del Greco, Toledo, Spain
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Painting titled 'Saint Lawrence's Vision of the Virgin' by El Greco (1541-1614) a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.
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Italy, Bologna, Portrait of Padre Martini (Giovanni Battista Martini)
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Abruzzo L'Aquila S. Giuliano S. Giuliano5. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Two exterior views and numerous interior views, including altars, sacristy, and paintings; several views of the cloister with intensive coverage of the lunette frescoes. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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Heiliger Hieronymus, großer Arzt der westlichen Kirche, Kanzel in der Kirche des Heiligen Kreuzes in Sisak, Kroatien Saint Jerome, Great Doctor of the Western Church, pulpit in the Church of Holy Cross in Sisak, Croatia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21159475
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St. Joseph. nieznany malarz niemiecki, painter
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Portrait of Capuchin Benjamin Szyma Simmler, Józef (1823-1868); around 1856 (1850-00-00-1860-00-00);Krasiński Palace
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St. Thomas, La Tour, Georges de, 1624
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Saint Maurus, the Abbot, venerated by a lame woman and a poor man. Colour process print.
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SAN BRUNO. Author: Juan Martínez Montañés. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-CONVENTO DE LA MERCED CALZAD. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. SAN BRUNO (1030-1101) BRUNO DE COLONIA.
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Religious illustration with Saint James by Jose de Ribera, Oil on canvas, 1630-1635, 1591-1652, Russia, Moscow, State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 66x53
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Retrato de San Francisco de Borja. Centre Borja de Sant Cugat del Vallès.
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Greco, DomŽnikos Theotokpoulos, called El (1541-1614). Saints Peter and Paul. ca. 1687-1592. Mannerism art. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Hermitage Museum.
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SAN PABLO ERMITAÑO Y SAN ANTONIO ABAD - SIGLO XVI -RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL -. Author: ALONSO SANCHEZ COELLO (1531-1588). Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Lazio Roma Rome S. Maria in Vallicella53. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Views of 16th church's facade by Fausto Rughesi(1605). Views of interior nave, altars, sacristy, and collection in private rooms. Extensive coverage of frescoes and paintings. Three views of an embroidery with a depiction of the Assumption of the Virgin. General Notes: Views of Oratorio dei Filippini are filed separately, but retain H-numbers within this monument's numerical sequence. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.
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SANTA MARIA MAGDALENA Y DOS SANTOS MAS. Author: JUAN DE VALDES LEAL. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
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Roger Bacon (1214-1294). English philosopher and scholar, in his observatory of the convent of Oxford.
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John the Baptist in the wilderness. .
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Saint Columba (also known as Colum Cille, meaning dove of the church) (521 - 597) with his horse. He was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk, thought to have introduced Christianity to the Picts. Date: 590s
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Portrait of Fra Teodoro of Urbino as Saint Dominic, Bellini, Giovanni (1430-1516)
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Saint Sava church, Beograd, Serbia. Fresco detail.
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Bliżej Kultury Litography: Salb, Marcin (Fl. 1862 1899) & Society of Saint Łukasz in Krakow
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Portrait of a clergyman with a foundation charter. unknown, painter
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Monks. Kapliński, Leon (1826-1873), painter
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SAINT JOHN OF GOD Portuguese soldier and shepherd, slave-rescuer in Africa,pious book- and print- seller, driven mad by sermon urging repentance. Date: 1495 - 1550
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Portrait of a Carthusian - Petrus Christus, 1446
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Father Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church of St. Francis in San Marino, 14th century. The Polish Franciscan monk Maximilian Kolbe lived in the brothers in San Marino in 1915. He was murdered in Auschwitz in 1941 and is now worshiped by the Catholic Church as a saint and martyr.
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St Francis of Assisi and another Franciscan monk in the desert. Joachim D Patinir (c1490-c1524), Flemish artist. Prado, Madrid.
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The Vision of St Anthony of Padua, 1652. By Bartolome Esteban Murillo .
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'Saint John the Evangelist at Patmos', 16th century, Oil on panel, 61,2 x 46 cm. Author: PEDRO BERRUGUETE. Location: CATEDRAL-CAPILLA REAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN. SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA Y APOSTOL.
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French chromolithograph showing Saint Anthony the Hermit (ca. 468 - ca. 520); also known as Antony of Lérins, is a Christian saint. Anthony moved to Italy to take up an eremitical life with a small group of hermits living on an island in Lake Como. He was eventually joined by numerous disciples seeking to emulate his holiness and he chose to seek greater solitude in Gaul.
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Bartholomew by Anthony Gruerio, 20th century art
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SANTO TOMAS DE AQUINO (Roccaseca, reino de Nápoles,1225-Fossa Nova,1274). Teólogo y filósofo italiano.
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Prophet Elijah Fed by the Birds Illustration
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Columbus discusses his plans with Father Marchena. Date: 1492
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Don bosco
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Tomasz Zebrowski (1714-1758). Priest, Jesuit, Mathematician, Architect, Astronomer. Portrait. By painter Ignacy de Eggenfelder (-1776). Vilnius Picture Gallery. Lithuania.
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Portrait of a Dominican monk (Ritratto di un monaco dominicano
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John Wesley (1703-1791). English clergyman and preacher. Methodist leader. Portrait by Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784). Oil on canvas (125,7 x 99,7 cm), ca. 1766. National Portrait Gallery. London, England, United Kingdom. Author: Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784). Irish-born artist.
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Frederic Baraga, VdS born June 29, 1797 in Mala Vas / Kleindorf, Margraviate of Krain, Kaisertum Austria, died January 19, 1868 in Marquette Michigan, USA was a Slovenian-born American and Roman Catholic missionary, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century.