The 1931 lithograph "The Good Shepherd" by Gebhard Fugel is among his better-known works on this theme. The artwork depicts Christ as the shepherd, a common representation in Christian art, underlining Fugel’s focus on traditional biblical scenes. Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain313037rg.jpg225 KBdownload-circle...
The figures, known as Cupids (Amoretti or putti), originate in Greco-Roman mythology as minor deities representing carnal love, being attendants or sons of Venus/Aphrodite. In a theological context, these figures can represent Amore Divino (Divine Love) or celestial passion, contrasting sharply with their pagan roots in earthly desire. Hladík&...
"Jesus Among the Doctors" (1560) by Paolo Veronese is a significant painting that depicts a scene from the Gospel of Luke.
This is a list of my favorite 12 orders of Catholic nuns and sisters in no particular order. This list includes their history, and images of their habits. What is a Catholic Nun or Sister? In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the...
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Details: Image from page 218 of "A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties). SISTER :MARY LUKE (GAFFXEY) Paul, Leavenworth, hails from Osawatomie. She is the first of St. Philips parish to enter Religion. 🙏🏽This image is in the public...
Details: This is a page from Catholic Comics, which was a monthly magazine by Catholic Publications that ran from 1946 to 1949. They featured stories for Catholics that included religious subjects, American history, Crossword Puzzles, funny comics, and sports stories (usually featuring athletes from Notre Dame University). The magazine was...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew...
Details: This sculpture, along with that of Saint Lawrence (1959.42) and two others in Germany, are believed to be the remaining fragments of a large altarpiece carved by Riemenschneider for the Dominican convent in Rothenburg in Franconia (demolished in 1813). Saints Stephen and Lawrence both wear the dalmatic to...
Details: Joseph Mukasa was one of the Uganda Martyrs; a group of 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. Very little is known about the individual martyrs. They...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in...
Details: During the Counter-Reformation, the Roman Catholic Church increasingly upheld Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary’s mother, as an example of virtuous motherhood, particularly in emphasizing her daughter’s religious education. Its graceful composition also connects to the idealized, elegant work of Guido Reni. Source 🙏🏽This image is in the...
Details: Lazarus of Bethany, also venerated as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the subject of a prominent sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four days after his death. Wikipedia The Master of Delft was a...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The temptation of Christ is a biblical narrative detailed in the gospels of...
Details: An outstanding example of Gothic goldsmiths' work and enameling, this small devotional diptych achieves a gemlike quality through its accomplished technique and graceful style. The outer scenes of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection are executed in translucent enamel with details in opaque enamel, while the inner scenes of...
Details: The calling of the disciples is a key episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament. It appears in Matthew 4:18–22, Mark 1:16-20 and Luke 5:1–11 on the Sea of Galilee. John 1:35–51 reports the first encounter with two of...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching that Christ physically departed from...
Details: Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, is bisected by the Vltava River. Nicknamed “the City of a Hundred Spires,” it's known for its Old Town Square, the heart of its historic core, with colorful baroque buildings, Gothic churches and the medieval Astronomical Clock, which gives an...
Details: The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus. Wikipedia 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download The Virgin Immaculate Crowned by Two Angels, with Angel Musicians in...
Details: The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels' accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in...
Details: Hagar is a biblical woman. According to the Book of Genesis, she was an Egyptian slave, a handmaiden of Sarah, whom Sarah gave to her own husband Abram as a wife to bear him a child. Abraham's firstborn son, through Hagar, Ishmael, became the progenitor of the...
Details: The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus. Wikipedia 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download assumption of mary copy.jpeg 1 MB download-circle Please Subscribe or...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus...
Details: Eucharistic adoration is a Eucharistic devotional practice primarily in Western Catholicism in which the Blessed Sacrament is adored by the faithful. Wikipedia 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download DSCF0982.jpeg 4 MB download-circle Please Subscribe or Donate to Help Keep This Site Free!...
Details: The Virgin Mary is crowned in heaven by God and Christ. Above her the Holy Spirit (as a dove). Among them, on earth, four saints in worship. From left to right: a male saint, Saint Catherine, Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Jerome. In the margin a caption in...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The biblical Magi also referred to as the Wise Men or Kings, also...
Details: Fosdick made this relief to appeal to wealthy industrialists who favored richly designed interiors and uplifting art. He tapped into the fantasy of a more spiritual past, and when the screen was exhibited, it was praised for craftsmanship that rivaled a medieval masterwork. At the turn of the twentieth...
Details: Joseph Mukasa was one of the Uganda Martyrs; a group of 22 Catholic and 23 Anglican converts to Christianity in the historical kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. Very little is known about the individual martyrs. They...
Details: Harry Siddons Mowbray was an American artist. He executed various painting commissions for J.P. Morgan, F.W. Vanderbilt, and other clients. He served as director of the American Academy in Rome from 1902–1904. Wikipedia The Supper at Emmaus - a popular theme in Christian art - represents...
