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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...
Top 12 Orders of Catholic Nuns and Sisters
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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Leaf from a Lectionary with St. Luke (1057–1063) by Unknown - Public Domain Byzantine Icon
Details: These leaves are from a lectionary (a book of gospel readings used in church services) that was presented to the Holy Trinity Monastery at Chalke in Constantinople by the Empress Katherine Komnene in 1063. The tools of the scribe's trade are laid out before the evangelists: a...
Statue of Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404) by Claus de Werve - Catholic Stock Photo
0:00/1× Details: Throughout most of their history these alabaster mourners have evoked a sense of awe and mystery as well as curiosity and admiration. They were originally arranged in processional order around the sides of the ducal tomb within a marble arcade in the Chartreuse de Champmol. The...
The Adoration of the Shepherds (1552) by Battista Franco - Bible Coloring Page
Details: Battista Franco was one of Michelangelo’s most devoted followers: his biographer Giorgio Vasari wrote that he drew every figure on the master’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. In Franco’s own works, such as this print, he made new, inventive compositions that emulated Michelangelo without directly copying or quoting...
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (early 1620s) by Cristoforo Roncalli - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: This dreamlike painting shows Jacob’s encounter with an angel on his journey home to Canaan. Jacob had sent his family and servants ahead to meet his twin brother Esau, along with his best livestock to be given as a peace offering. Left alone in the night, Jacob met...
African Priests at the Second World Congress of Divine Mercy (2011, Poland) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Photo taken during the last day of the Second World Congress of Divine Mercy at the Shrine in Łagiewniki. 🙏🏽Please give proper attribution. "Kapłani z Czarnego Lądu" flickr photo by DrabikPany https://flickr.com/photos/drabikpany/6570528163 shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license. Free Download Please...
God the Father Supported by Angels in Clouds (1759) by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: For about a thousand years, in obedience to interpretations of specific Bible passages, pictorial depictions of God in Western Christianity had been avoided by Christian artists. At first only the Hand of God, often emerging from a cloud, was portrayed. Gradually, portrayals of the head and later the whole...
The Healing of Tobit (1625) by Bernardo Strozzi - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: This scene is the moving conclusion of the story of Tobias, the young man at the right. It addresses the themes of family devotion and trust. Tobias’s father sent him on a long journey to retrieve family money. The angel Raphael appeared as a relative, offering the traveler...
Book of Hours of Queen Isabella the Catholic Queen of Spain (1500) by Master of the First Prayerbook of Maximillian and Associates - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: The original owner of this exquisite book of hours was Queen Isabella of Spain, who sponsored Christopher Columbus's exploratory voyage to the Americas. Eventually this book found its way to the New World and was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1963. Isabella’s book...
Angel Carrying Ribbon (1680–1764) - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: An angel is a supernatural spiritual being who, according to various religions, is God's servant. Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God and humanity. Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, and servants of God. Abrahamic religions describe angelic hierarchies, which vary...
The Seven Angels from The Apocalypse of Saint John (15th century) by Unknown - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: Gutenberg's Bible appeared in 1455. The first book to combine his invention with printed illustrations appeared in 1463. At about the same time, perhaps a little earlier or a little later, a different kind of printed illustrated book-the blockbook-began to appear. Gutenberg's catered...
Embroidered Panel: Holy Kinship (1500s, Germany or Switzerland) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: The theme of the holy kinship, represented in the central medallion, was based on an apocryphal account of the three marriages of Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin. It was one of the many themes that developed in the visual arts as a result of the controversy over the...
Virgin in Clouds, Supported by Angels (1489–1534) - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, and holds that the Virgin Mary "having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory". The Assumption of Mary was celebrated in the West under...
Tobias and the Angel (1578–1650) by Matteo Rosselli - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: The Book of Tobit (/ˈtoʊbɪt/) is a 3rd or early 2nd century BCE Jewish work describing how God tests the faithful, responds to prayers, and protects the covenant community (i.e., the Israelites). It tells the story of two Israelite families, that of the blind Tobit in Nineveh and...
Wooden Casket: Scenes from the Life of Christ (1050) by Anglo-Saxon - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: This casket is a rare, if not unique example of high-quality woodcarving from Anglo-Saxon England. Decorated with scenes from Christ’s life, it was likely made for an ecclesiastical purpose and may have housed relics. On one long side, the Christ child rests in the manger. Above,...
The Angel of the Eighth Sphere (1467) by Master of the E-Series Tarocchi - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “A”, and named Firmaments of the Universe. This series comprises the seven planets from the classical astronomy (Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn) and the three celestial spheres that separate them from the Supreme Entity (Prima...
Adoration of the Shepherds (1650) by Bernardo Cavallino - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: Cavallino worked in Naples where he was not well known during his lifetime, but was alert to the work of contemporaries whose innovations he transformed with extraordinary delicacy and charm. The adoration of the shepherds is a traditional subject, but here Cavallino shows it in a new light. The...
Tympanum from the abbey church of Egmond (1130) Anonymous - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: This Tympanum (a decorative wall surface over an entrance) was commissioned by Petronilla of Lorraine, wife of Count Floris II of Holland for the Saint Benedictine monastery of Egmond. The piece contains 3 persons: in the middel stands Saint Peter. At the right is Petronilla and at the left...
Elevation of Man (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from the play Lucifer. It is an influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton’s Paradise Lost. In the story, Lucifer returns from Eden, his wings singed by the...
Holy Women at the Tomb 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...
Chasuble (1675–1699, Germany) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: This rare chasuble decorated with angels, musicians, pomegranates, and flowers represents Sacred and Profane Love. This is indicated by two figures—a clear-sighted figure embracing a blindfolded figure—standing on a globe in the upper center and also by the musicians. The angels play soft-sounding instruments (harpsichords,...
Raphael tries to bring Lucifer to Reason (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from the play Lucifer. It is an influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton’s Paradise Lost. In the story, Lucifer returns from Eden, his wings singed by the...
Coronation of the Virgin (1410) by Master of the Fröndenberg Altarpiece - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: This panel once formed the left wing of an altarpiece originally located in a Cistercian convent in the German town of Fröndenberg. The Coronation of the Virgin was a common subject; though it is not based on a biblical text it often appeared in medieval books of hours as...
Crucified Christ Stained Glass Window (1480–1500, England) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: This panel would have originally been part of a much larger window. It represents the crucified Christ at the moment of death on the cross. Christ is flanked by two angels, one of which collects blood in a chalice from the wound in his right hand, a symbol of...
Portrait of a Cardinal (1604) by Pedro Angel - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: A cardinal (Latin: Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally "cardinal of the Holy Roman Church") is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church, immediately behind the pope in the order of precedence. Collectively, they constitute the College of Cardinals, and are appointed for life. Their...
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