Orthodox Cross (2009) by unknown
Orthodox Christian cross with the inscription Iesus Hristos is victor. Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.orthodox-cross.jpg34 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help keep this site free!...
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Orthodox Christian Pro-life Rally (2020) by unknown - Public Domain Orthodox Stock Photo
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St. Elijah Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church (2016) by V.L. - Public Domain Orthodox Stock Photo
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Saint Bridget of Sweden (1470) by Master of Soeterbeeck - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Saint Bridget of Sweden (ca. 1303–1373) is shown in the act of writing her “Revelations,” which, according to legend, were dictated to her by Christ himself. Shown in the monastic habit of the order she founded, Saint Saviour of the Brigittines, she was especially popular in Northern Europe. Free...
Chanting the Gospel lesson during Divine Liturgy in an Orthodox church (2009) by Velopilger - Public Domain Orthodox Stock Photo
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Crucifix (ca. 1450) by Follower of the Master of Rimini - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
The angular drapery of the loincloth, the facial expression, and the linear treatment of the hair and beard of Christ suggest the sculptor was a follower of the Rimini Master. src: metmuseum.org Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.crucifix.jpg411 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help...
Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross (ca. 1420–30) by Follower of the Master of Rimini - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
The penitent Magdalen at the base of a now-lost crucifix was the focus of a carved altarpiece. Depictions of Mary Magdalen as a solitary figure before the cross first appeared in Italian painting of the twelfth century. src: metmuseum.org Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.mary-magdalene-at-the-foot-of-the-cross.jpg559...
Relief of a Bishop (ca. 1400–1440) by South Netherlandish artist - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
This profile image of a bishop, carved in the dark limestone characteristic of the South Lowlands, is a fragment of a larger funerary relief. Although isolated from its original context, the sculpture still conveys the solemnity of the memorial monument. The image was carved at about the time when the...
Reliquary Bust of Saint Balbina (ca. 1520–30) by South Netherlandish artist - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Medieval reliquaries often took the form of the body parts they were created to contain. Bust reliquaries for the skulls of saints were placed on or near altars and, by the late Middle Ages, were assembled in large numbers in some church sanctuaries, from Cologne in the north to Ubeda...
Reliquary Bust of a Female Saint (early 16th century) by South Netherlandish artist - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
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Head of Christ (late 15th-early 16th century) by Netherlandish artist - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Piety in the late Middle Ages encouraged the believer's intense emotional empathy in the suffering of Christ. Here, stone is transformed into flesh by the actual wood thorns piercing the forehead. The capacity for sculptural naturalism developed in Burgundy by Claus Sluter (ca. 1360–before 1406) and Niclaus...
Crib of the Infant Jesus (15th century) by unknown - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Miniature cradles for the Christ Child were popular devotional objects in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and were venerated, especially in convents, where they were often presented to women taking their vows. This splendid cradle comes from the Grand Béguinage of Louvain, Belgium, established for lay women in the twelfth...
Entombment of Christ (ca. 1515) by French - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
The coats of arms of the donors, Pons de Gontaut and his brother Armand, in whose family funerary chapel this sculpture and the Pietà opposite originally stood, were held by the angels. The donors are represented in the Pietà. Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.entombment-of-christ.jpg999 KBdownload-circle...
Saint Catherine of Alexandria (early 15th century) by unknown - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Saint Catherine, depicted in the delicately jeweled statuette, was seen to embody the power of Christian erudition. According to legend, Saint Catherine's learned arguments on behalf of Christianity converted not only the court philosophers of the pagan emperor Maxentius, but 200 guardian soldiers and the ruler's...
Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), and Saint Nicholas (early 15th century) by unknown - Public Domain Orthodox Icon
Exquisitely painted, these icons represent the height of icon painting during the last decades of Byzantine rule from Constantinople. Detailed representations of the Baptism of Christ and the Anastasis, the Easter image of the Orthodox Church, animate the major events with related narratives. Saint John dictates to his scribe, Prochoros,...
The Presentation in the Temple (no date) by Byzantine Painter - Public Domain Orthodox Icon
The Hypapante is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox church. According to the Gospel of Luke (2:22–38), when Joseph (far left) and the Virgin (center) presented Christ in the temple for the rite of purification forty days after his birth, his divinity was immediately recognized by...
Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels (ca. 1440) by Fra Filippo Lippi - Public Domain Catholic Painting
The Virgin Mary, known as "the rose without thorns" for having been born free of original sin, holds the symbolic flower while sitting upon the Throne of Wisdom. The scroll held by an angel reads: "Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled...
Madonna and Child with Saints Philip and Agnes (ca. 1425–30) by Donato de' Bardi - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Donato de’ Bardi’s style brings together Netherlandish and French influences, focusing on refined detail and careful study of light. At the center of this painting, which is still in its original frame, Donato captures the sheltering affection between the infant Christ and Madonna. Gesturing to the goldfinch in his...
Crucifixion (ca. 1425–30) by Donato de' Bardi - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Donato de’ Bardi’s style blends Netherlandish and French influences, emphasizing refined detail and careful study of light. Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.crucifixion.jpg376 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help keep this site free!...
Weekly Newsletter - January 23, 2026
Welcome to this week's newsletter! Enjoy our Weekly Picks: The Annunciation (1510–20) by Hans Schäufelein - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo Madonna and Child (1310) by Segna di Buonaventura - Public Domain Catholic Painting The Temptation of Christ, From the Life of Christ, Plate 11 (1534-35) by...
Madonna and Child with the Donor, Pietro de' Lardi, Presented by Saint Nicholas (ca. 1420–30) by Master G.Z. (possibly Michele dai Carri) - Public Domain Catholic Painting
This work plays with our expectations of the flatness of the painted surface. Using a technique of gilded gesso, the artist gave Saint Nicholas’s miter and the crowns of the holy figures a raised surface. The Virgin’s robes and the intricate, angled throne also create a sense of...
Madonna and Child Enthroned (1472) by Carlo Crivelli - Public Domain Catholic Painting
These three panels are from an altarpiece painted for a Dominican church in the Marchigian town of Ascoli Piceno. It is possible that the child was originally shown reaching for a flying bird, his frequent attribute. The cracked marble dais is a recurrent feature of Crivelli's work. On...
Madonna and Child (ca. 1480) by Vincenzo Foppa - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Foppa was the founder of Renaissance painting in Milan, where he worked for the dukes. In addition to major fresco cycles and altarpieces, he also painted touching images of the Madonna and Child for private devotion. This one dates to about 1480 and shows them before a rose hedge—the...
The Presentation in the Temple by (unknown) - Public Domain Orthodox Icon
The Hypapante is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox church. According to the Gospel of Luke (2:22–38), when Joseph (far left) and the Virgin (center) presented Christ in the temple for the rite of purification forty days after his birth, his divinity was immediately recognized by...