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Details: Eugene van Maldeghem, also known as Romaan Eugeen Van Maldeghem, (24 April 1813, Dentergem – 1867, ) was a Flemish painter of history, landscape, and portraits. He was a pupil of G. Wappers. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download virgin mary with child jesus on lap.jpeg 2...
Details: Joseph of Copertino was a Christian mystic and saint who was an Italian Conventual Franciscan monk. He was claimed to be extraordinarily unclever, but prone to miraculous levitation and vivid ecstatic visions. As a toddler, Joseph began to experience ecstatic visions, which he would continue to experience throughout his...
Details: This work has been associated with Johann Pieter Wagner, one of the leading Austrian sculptors of the second half of the 18th century. Because of its small size, it was most likely either a model for a larger altarpiece or an object designed for private devotion. Gold serves as...
Details: A man kneeling. A woman looks into the book, behind her a bookcase. She is the personification of the Bible. Christ as Salvator Mundi appears in the sky. The Master of Delft was an anonymous Dutch painter of the final period of Early Netherlandish art. He was possibly born...
Details: The post-resurrection appearances of Jesus in the canonical gospels (and, to a lesser extent, other New Testament books) are said to have occurred after Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection, but before his ascension. The Gospel of John was written around the year 80 or 90 CE. Jesus appears...
Details: Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. It involves a ceremony known as the Blessing of the Palms that includes blessing palm...
Details: Traditional iconography depicts Saint Matthew with a money sack and account books to represent his former life as a tax collector, and an angel above or behind him to represent his new life as a Christ-sent messenger. Raphael, also known as Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, was an Italian painter...
Details: Saint George and the Monster is a tale about Saint George taming and destroying a dragon that wanted human sacrifices. According to legend, the dragon used to exact tribute from peasants. When they ran out of cattle and trinkets for the dragon, they began sacrificing a person once a...
Details: Incense is used during significant services (benedictions, processions, and important Masses) by swinging a censer. The censer is known as a thurible in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church and some other churches. A thurible is often a metal container the size and shape of a coffee pot...
Details: At the time of his martyrdom, Bartholomew is most commonly depicted in art with a beard and curly hair. According to legend, he was skinned alive and beheaded, so he is frequently depicted holding his flayed skin or the curved flensing knife with which he was skinned; as a...
Details: The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple is an early incident in Jesus Christ's life that describes his presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem and is commemorated by various churches on Candlemas, or the "Feast of the Presentation of Jesus," 40 days after Christmas. The...
Details: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (October 18, 2020) As part of the United States Navy’s 245th birthday celebration and observance, Catholic Mass is celebrated at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel by Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who has served for the Archdiocese of the Military Services, USA, since 2007. The central theme...
Details: According to the New Testament, Bartholomew was one of Jesus' twelve apostles. He is said to have been martyred for converting King Polymius of Armenia to Christianity. He has also been identified as Nathanael or Nathaniel, who appears in the Gospel of John when Philip introduces Jesus to...
Details: Duccio di Buoninsegna was a Tuscan painter who worked in Siena in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Throughout his career, he was contracted to perform several major works in government and religious buildings throughout Italy. Duccio is regarded as one of the finest Italian painters of the...
Details: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (October 18, 2020) As part of the United States Navy’s 245th birthday celebration and observance, Catholic Mass is celebrated at the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel by Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who has served for the Archdiocese of the Military Services, USA, since 2007. The central theme...
Details: This image depicts stoning of Matthias by two bare-chested men. On the left a Roman soldier. Right behind a man in toga is giving directions. In the background is the city of Jerusalem. The Cuypers-Stoltzenberg studio was a Dutch company in Roermond (1852-1947), specialized in making sculpture and furniture...
Details: Kenyon Cox was a painter, illustrator, muralist, writer, and teacher from the United States. Cox was an early and influential instructor at the Art Students League of New York. He created the League's logo, which has the motto Nulla Dies Sine Linea (No Day Without a Line)...
Details: The distinctive gold steeple of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church has been a well-known landmark to residents of New Orleans for many years. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download 48729784687_a59d29f711_o.jpg 8 MB download-circle Please Subscribe or Donate to Help Keep This Site...
Details: James the Great, also known as James the Son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob, was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles and the first to be martyred, according to the New Testament. Saint James is the patron...
Details: The artist captures the display of splendour at court while combining realism in the detailing with religious symbols and typological references. The solemn earnestness of his figures and the carefully depiction of the human face are characteristic of his work. While the Annunciation scene provides a view of a...
Details: The Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary, also known as Milan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini, and is dedicated to the Nativity of St Mary. The cathedral took nearly six...
Details: Luke the Evangelist is one of the Four Evangelists, the four traditionally attributed authors of the canonical gospels. The Early Church Fathers attributed to him authorship of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, implying that Luke contributed more than a quarter of the text...
Details: According to the New Testament, Jude was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles. He is commonly identified as Thaddeus, but he is also known as Judas Thaddaeus, Jude Thaddaeus, Jude of James, or Lebbaeus. He is sometimes confused with Jesus' brother Jude, but he is distinct from Judas...
Details: Many Catholics and Christians around the world remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week. This day is also on the Sunday before Easter Sunday. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download 49943002343_ec55acaa73_o.jpg 917 KB download-circle...
