In the seventeenth century, Ethiopian artists were increasingly exposed to forms of expression from Europe. During this period, double-sided diptychs became popular among the nobility as pendant icons worn suspended by a cord around the neck. The subject matter depicted on this example is a standard
A small Russian portable triptych of painted icon panels in a silver, gilt and brass frame, made to be carried and opened for prayer while traveling. Medium: Painted icon, silver, gilt, brass. Measurements: overall (closed) 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (7 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm).
Once used as decorations for a reliquary shrine, each enamel plaque represents a biblical prophet: Isaiah, Obadiah, Elisha, and Hosea. Fine gold dots punctuate dark blue backgrounds. Typical of Hildesheim enamels, this detailing creates the illusion that the prophets sit against star-studded twiligh
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: 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...
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 the story,...
Details: Andrea was the nephew and disciple of Luca della Robbia, who developed the blue and white glazes used on terracotta sculpture with which the name della Robbia is associated. By the time he made the Lehman Madonna, about 1470–75, Andrea had for some years been chiefly responsible for...
Details: Paolo de Matteis (also known as Paolo de' Matteis; 9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an Italian painter. Source The Book of Tobit, also known as the Book of Tobias or the Book of Tobi, is a 3rd or early 2nd-century BC Jewish work describing how...
Details: Pierre Toussaint (27 June 1766 – June 30, 1853) was a Haitian-American hairdresser, philanthropist, and former slave brought to New York City by his owners in 1787. A candidate for sainthood, he was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Freed in 1807 after the death of...
Details: Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was a Black Catholic religious sister who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first African-American religious congregation. She was also, via the Oblates, the first-ever African-American Mother Superior. Her cause for her...
Details: The Sacred Heart, also known as the Sacred Heart of Jesus or Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of "God's boundless and passionate love for...
Details: This particular Sacred Heart of Jesus painting is by Rafael Salas, who was commissioned to paint it by President Gabriel Garcia Moreno for the national consecration of Ecuador in 1874. The Sacred Heart, also known as the Sacred Heart of Jesus or Most Sacred Heart of Jesus (Cor Jesu...
Details: Pierre Toussaint (27 June 1766 – June 30, 1853) was a Haitian-American hairdresser, philanthropist, and former slave brought to New York City by his owners in 1787. A candidate for sainthood, he was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Freed in 1807 after the death of...
Details: Pierre Toussaint (27 June 1766 – June 30, 1853) was a Haitian-American hairdresser, philanthropist, and former slave brought to New York City by his owners in 1787. A candidate for sainthood, he was declared Venerable by Pope John Paul II in 1996. Freed in 1807 after the death of...
Details: The Divine Mercy is a form of God's compassion, an act of grace based on trust or forgiveness. In Catholicism, it refers specifically to a devotion which had its origin in the apparitions of Jesus Christ reported by Saint Faustina Kowalska. Source 🙏🏽This image is in the...
Details: With regal elegance and a tender face, this image of the Virgin constituted the upper portion of a standing or enthroned figure that would have been accompanied by the child Jesus. Artists working in clay would normally divide a large sculpture horizontally with a wire before firing to ensure...
Details: Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was a Black Catholic religious sister who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first African-American religious congregation. She was also, via the Oblates, the first-ever African-American Mother Superior. Her cause for her...
Details: Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was a Black Catholic religious sister who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence, the first African-American religious congregation. She was also, via the Oblates, the first-ever African-American Mother Superior. Her cause for her...
Details: Erected in 1857, this monument commemorates the 1854 adoption of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. The monument has a square marble base, and incorporates an ancient Roman Corinthian Column that had been uncovered in 1777 during the construction of the Monastery of Santa Maria...
Details: Genesis describes Jacob wrestling with the angel. In Genesis, the "angel" in question is referred to as "man" and "God," whereas Hosea mentions a "angel." The story includes Jacob's renaming as Israel. In the Genesis story, Jacob spent the...
