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Crucifixion (1180) by - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Jesus is seen dead on the cross while his mother, Mary, and his favorite disciple, the Evangelist Saint John, mourn below. This large-scale work embodies the characteristics of Romanesque sculpture in the medieval period, with its heavy stylized bodies, calligraphic depiction of hair, and linear, energetic approach to rendering...
Triptych with the Madonna and Child with Louise de Bourbon, Saint Louis, Saint John, and Two Prophets (1538) by Pierre Reymond - Public Domain Catholic Painting
This scene depicting the Virgin Mary, her infant son Jesus Christ, and various saints and prophets also includes the kneeling figure of Louise de Bourbon (1495–1545), a member of the French royal family (Note the inscription LOYSE DE BOURBON on the hem of her dark habit). She was the...
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St. Louis Cathedral (New Orleans) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St. Louis Cathedral, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and is the oldest cathedral in what would become the United States. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download 35154548525_39cf9d9a4d_o....
Annunciation (1503) by Master of Delft - Bible Coloring Page
Details: Archangel Gabriel announces the birth of Christ to Mary, who is kneeling by table with a book. Rays, the holy spirit and Christ with the cross enter through a window. To the left and right are representations of architectural ornamentation. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download...
Presentation of Christ in the Temple Illuminated Gospel (14th–15th century) by the Amhara Peoples - Public Domain Ethiopian Orthodox Painting
Details: This illuminated manuscript of the Four Gospels was created at a monastic center in northern Ethiopia. Twenty full-page paintings depict scenes from the life of Christ and four portraits of the evangelists introduce the respective Gospel texts. The New Testament was translated from Greek into Geez, the classical...
Standing Cup (mid-late 1500s, Germany) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Large ceremonial silver cups with covers were a status symbol in the late 16th century, particularly when gilded like this superb example from Nuremberg. Stylish and grand, these cups provided the ultimate vessel from which a royal guest or aristocratic visitor could drink at a formal banquet. They came...
Miraculous Draught of Fish (1503) by Master of Delft - Bible Coloring Page
Details: The miraculous catch of fish, or more traditionally the miraculous draught of fish(es), is either of two miracles attributed to Jesus in the canonical gospels. The miracles are reported as taking place years apart from each other, but in both miracles apostles are fishing unsuccessfully in the Sea...
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (1720s) by Sebastiano Ricci - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: The Venetian painter Sebastiano Ricci traveled from capital to capital—Rome, Vienna, London—producing vast frescoes for princely patrons. Even in this small-scale work, his celebrated elegance, fluid brushwork, and brilliant coloring are on display. The subject here is biblical. A woman caught in adultery has been brought...
Hand Cross (mäsqäl) (18th century Amhara or Tigrinya peoples) - Orthodox Stock Photo
Details: The squared cross—in which each of the crossbars is of equal length—is among the most common iterations of the form used in Ethiopian Orthodox art. Artist-monks created nearly infinite variations upon the shape, frequently employing multiple cross motifs within a single cross to emphasize its symbolic...
Noli Me Tangere (1503) by Master of Delft - Bible Coloring Page
Details: Noli me tangere ('touch me not') is the Latin version of a phrase spoken, according to John 20:17, by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when she recognized him after his resurrection. The biblical scene has been portrayed in numerous works of Christian art from Late Antiquity to...
The Three Marys at the Empty Sepulchre (1684–1685) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Public Domain Catholic Painting
0:00/1:001×Details: The presence of a group of female disciples of Jesus at the crucifixion of Jesus is found in all four Gospels of the New Testament. Differences in the parallel accounts have led to different interpretations of how many and which women were present. In some...
Pax with the Adoration of the Magi (1500, Italy) - Catholic Stock Photo
0:00/1:151×Details: A pax is a small flat tablet decorated with Christian images and meant to be kissed by the priest before Communion. This plaquette likely had a tabernacle-shaped frame which has been cut away. Here the Madonna sits before a stable with a nude Christ...
Assumption of Mary (1818-1852) by François Jean Villain - Catholic Coloring Page
0:00/0:361×Details: Assumption, in Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic theology, the notion or (in Roman Catholicism) the doctrine that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken (assumed) into heaven, body and soul, following the end of her life on Earth. There is no mention of the Assumption...
Gloria Di Santa Marta (1672) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Public Domain Catholic Painting
0:00/0:361×Details: Assumption, in Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic theology, the notion or (in Roman Catholicism) the doctrine that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was taken (assumed) into heaven, body and soul, following the end of her life on Earth. There is no mention of the Assumption...
The Gotha Missal: Presentation in the Temple (1375, Paris, France) - Catholic Stock Photo
0:00/0:431×Details: The style and quality of this manuscript's decoration is typical of deluxe Parisian books made for aristocratic or royal patrons. Most of the book's decoration appears to be the work of the Master of the Boqueteaux, an artist active at the...
Pentecost (1600-1652) by François Stuerhelt - Bible Coloring Page
0:00/0:261×Details: Pentecost, also called Whitsunday, (Pentecost from Greek pentecostē, “50th day”), is a major festival in the Christian church, celebrated on the Sunday that falls on the 50th day of Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other disciples following...
Saint Ignatius De Loyola and Saint Francis Xavier (1685) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Public Domain Catholic Painting
0:00/0:461×Details: St. Ignatius of Loyola was born 1491 in Spain and died 1556 in Rome. He was canonized March 12, 1622 and his feast day is July 31. He was a Spanish theologian and mystic, one of the most influential figures in the Roman Catholic Counter-...
Catholic Nuns and Priest (early 1900s, Kansas, USA) - Catholic Stock Photo
0:00/0:551×Details: Anthony Fenoughty and his wife, Catherine McAndrews, emigrated from County Mayo, Ireland, in 1817 They came to Kansas in 1868 and to Paola in 1870. There were four children in this family, all having lived to be over eighty years of age in Kansas. One...
Ascension of Christ (1843-1905) by Gustave Joseph Biot - Bible Coloring Page
Ascension of Jesus Wikipedia0:00/0:571×Details: The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin: ascensio Iesu, lit. 'ascent of Jesus') is the Christian teaching that Christ physically departed from Earth by rising into Heaven, in the presence of eleven of his apostles. According to the...
Apotheosis of Saint Ignatius: Fresco and Sketch (1685) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Public Domain Catholic Painting
0:00/1:041×Details: Apotheosis is a genre that exists in Christian art as in other art. The features of the apotheosis genre may be seen in subjects that emphasize Christ's divinity (Transfiguration, Ascension, Christ Pantocrator) and that depict holy persons "in glory"—that is,...
Triumph of the Name of Jesus (1661–1679, Church of the Gesù) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Catholic Stock Photo
0:00/0:481×Details: Giovanni Battista Gaulli owes a great deal of his success on the ceiling fresco to Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Several other artists were considered for the job of painting the ceiling. Gian Paolo Oliva relied on Bernini's opinion when selecting the artist for the...
Ascension of Christ (1629) by Christoffel van Sichem II - Bible Coloring Page
0:00/0:111×Details: Christ, with raised hands, is taken up into heaven. His students watch in amazement. Two angels are watching them. Letters are attached to various elements of the performance. The print is part of an album. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download ascension....
Pope Clement IX (1669) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Public Domain Catholic Painting
0:00/0:401×Details: Pope Clement IX, whose original name was Giulio Rospigliosi, was born Jan. of 1600 in Pistoia, Tuscany and died Dec. 9, 1669, in Rome). He was pope from 1667 to 1669. Clement IX served as papal ambassador to Spain from 1644 to 1653 and cardinal...
Stella Maris Catholic Church (South Carolina, USA) - Catholic Stock Photo
0:00/0:161×Details: Built between 1869 and 1873 to replace a previous church that was damaged during the Civil War, Stella Maris Catholic Church was altered in the 1880s with the addition of stucco and a bell tower to the exterior. It is a contributing structure in the...
The Entombment (1550s) by Andrea Schiavone - Bible Coloring Page
0:00/0:341×Details: This woodcut represents an episode after the Crucifixion when Christ's followers bring his corpse to the tomb. A cavernous backdrop draws attention to the figures in the foreground where the savior's body, displaying wounds on its hands and feet, become the...
The Ascension of Our Lady (1660–1709) by Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Public Domain Catholic Painting
0:00/0:501×Details: The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. (The word 'assumption' derives from the Latin word assūmptiō meaning "taking up"). Pope Pius XII defined it in 1950 in his apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus as...
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