This small but opulent panel painting was once joined to another panel with hinges to form a diptych. Given its small size, its original function was for private devotional use. It could be folded like a book when not in use and was highly portable. The missing panel has not been positively identifi
This relief is one of several such painted stucco replicas cast after the marble original of about 1460–65 now in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. While this example has suffered old and obvious losses, it still conveys the overall composition and some of the subtlety of modeling of the marble
Tino da Camaino was active in Siena, Pisa, and Florence after 1311 where he established his reputation as an important and gifted sculptor. In 1323 he was summoned to the Angevin court at Naples, probably by King Robert of Anjou to work on the sepulchral monument of the king's daughter-in-law, Cathe
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This painting depicts a young Saint John the Baptist living as a hermit in the wilderness. His cross of reeds, pointing gesture, and the nearby lamb refer to his role as a prophet foretelling the coming of Christ, the so-called “lamb of God,” in the New Testament.
The images depict Saints Athanasius and Nicholas (top left); Saint George (bottom left); The King of Kings and Great [High Priest] Jesus Christ, sided by the Mother of God and Saint John (center panel); Saints Paraskevi and Marina (top right); Saint Demetrius (bottom right).
Carlo Crivelli’s vivid style married the beautiful with the grotesque. Here, the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist gaze in anguish at Jesus on the cross.
Orthodox icon of the Mother of God Trenousa (Virgin and Child) from the 17th-18th century.
An early Byzantine icon of Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, 6th century AD in the collection of the Khanenko Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine.
English alabaster carving of the Coronation of the Virgin with polychromy and gilding, made in England in the 15th century. It measures 40 x 27.3 cm.
This sculpture of the crucified Christ reportedly came from a church in Banyoles in northeastern Spain. It was displayed between the choir and the nave, which was the space reserved for the congregation. Originally painted and gilded, it would have provided a dramatic focal point for the faithful.
Miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Godescalc Evangelistary, an illuminated Gospel book made in 781-783 and now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Black chalk drawing of the Crucifixion by the French artist Jean François Millet. The sheet measures 13.9 x 9.9 cm.
The close similarity of this fragment to the image of Christ with angels on the Ascension ivory (17.190.46) suggests that ivory carvers carved the same image for more than one patron.
These three panels belong to a series from the base (predella) of a large altarpiece and constituted the first extensive narrative cycle of Catherine of Siena, a Sienese mystic as well as minister to the poor and plague-stricken.
Paintings of the crucifixion in this style are often created as private devotional art for viewing and meditation on Christ's passion.
Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy.
Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy.
Hans Thoma was a German painter. He was born on 2 October 1839 in Bernau, Grand Duchy of Baden, in the Black Forest, Germany. He was the son of a miller and was trained in the basics of painting by a painter of clock faces.
Hans Thoma was a German painter. He was born on 2 October 1839 in Bernau, Grand Duchy of Baden, in the Black Forest, Germany. He was the son of a miller and was trained in the basics of painting by a painter of clock faces.
Guido Reni was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicholas Poussin and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religious works, but also mythological and allegorical subjects.
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From the church of Archangel Michael, village of Krowitsia-Sama. Castle-Museum in Łańcut, Poland Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain18-3-Ланцут-З-церкви-архангела-Михаїла-у-Кровиці-Самій.jpg361 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help keep this site free!...
From the church of Cosmas and Damian in the village of Kotan, Castle-Museum in Łańcut, Poland Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain17-1-Матвій-із-с.-Котань.-Ланьцут.jpg266 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help keep this site free!...
Depiction of Christ's appearance to Mary Magdalene after the Resurrection, by Alexander Andreyev, 1835.
Leaves from a Coptic manuscript dating from the 6th to the 14th century.
Illuminated manuscripts are among the finest works of Armenian art as the "Word" has been the primary focus of veneration in the Armenian Church since its founding in the early fourth century. In the fifteenth century under Mongol domination in the region of Khizan near Lake Van (now...
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