Catholic paintings of angels which are in the public domain.
About the Image: The AI-generated artwork depicts Saint Paul in the post-impressionist style. He is depicted holding a sword in one hand, symbolizing his martyrdom by beheading, and a quill in the other hand, representing his significant role as a writer of a substantial portion of the New Testament. Above...
About the Artist: Pompeo Girolamo Batoni was an Italian painter who displayed a solid technical knowledge in his portrait work and in his numerous allegorical and mythological pictures. The high number of foreign visitors travelling throughout Italy and reaching Rome during their "Grand Tour" led the artist to...
About the Image: The Allegory of Religion is a painting by Pompeo Batoni, an Italian painter of the 18th century12. The painting depicts a female figure, representing religion, holding a cross and a chalice, surrounded by cherubs and putti12. The painting is known for its use of light and color...
About the Image: The Madonna and Child in Glory is a painting by Pompeo Batoni, created in 174712. The painting depicts the Madonna holding the infant Jesus, surrounded by angels and cherubs in a heavenly setting13. The painting is known for its use of light and color and is considered...
About the Image: The Annunciation is an intriguing event described in the Gospel of Luke 1:26-38. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary seated on a bench, reading the scriptures, while the archangel Gabriel appears on the right holding a staff with a cross. He asks the Virgin Mary to...
Details: Apart from the title, our only clue to the subject of this work is the inscription "VAEA," the name of the mountain in Samoa where Robert Louis Stevenson is buried. Stevenson's poetic tales of men at war with themselves had dazzled Abbott Handerson Thayer, whose...
Details: The Agony in the Garden is a biblical event that occurred before Jesus Christ's crucifixion. It is recorded in the Gospel of Matthew 26:36-46, the Gospel of Mark 14:32-42, and the Gospel of Luke 22:39-46. In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus prayed to God,...
Details: According to Catholic teaching, each person is assigned a guardian angel at birth to guide and protect them throughout their life. The angel's presence is often felt as a comforting presence during times of fear or danger. They are believed to intercede on our behalf and provide...
This majestic painting was created for a large iconostasis, a screen separating the altar sanctuary from the nave in Orthodox churches. Here, Abraham and Sarah sacrifice a calf to honor their guests, who reveal themselves as angels (Genesis 18:1-10). Christian theologians interpreted the three angels as Old Testament precursors...
Details: According to legend, Saint Dymphna was the daughter of an Irish king who converted to Christianity. Her father became obsessed with her beauty and tried to force her to marry him. When she refused, he became enraged and had her beheaded. Saint Dymphna is considered the patron saint of...
Details: The painting depicts Saint Augustine, who was a Christian theologian and philosopher from the 4th century, and is considered one of the most important figures in the development of Western Christianity. Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish Baroque painter who was known for his dynamic compositions and use of...
Details: Sacred Heart is a Catholic devotion that views the heart of Jesus as a symbol of God's boundless and passionate love for mankind[1]. Romain Cazes was a French historical painter born in St. Béat (Haute-Garonne) in 1810[1]. His work has been offered at auction multiple...
Details: The phrase "the Good Shepherd" is used to refer to Jesus Christ and His inherent goodness, righteousness, and sacrificial love[1][2][3][4]. This image is found in the pericope of John 10:1–21, where Jesus is depicted as laying down His life for His...
Details: The Archangel Gabriel is a popular figure in Russian Orthodox iconography[1][2][3][4][5]. He is usually depicted wearing white or blue garments and holding a spear in his right hand[2]. In some icons, he may also be holding a mirror in his left hand[2]...
Details: Devotion to the Virgin is an important element of Puerto Rican Catholicism. The Madonna is venerated in many guises, each with its own iconography. According to Spanish legend, the apostle James, patron saint of Spain, saw a vision of the Virgin Mary one night while he was praying on...
Details: Rubens depicts the Archangel Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. Behind Gabriel, a ring of cherubs encircles a dove, representing the Holy Spirit. God the Father sits high above, resting his arm on a...
Details: This large Ethiopian Gospel Book was made in the first half of the sixteenth century and is written in Ge'ez, the traditional liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Containing eleven full-page miniatures, six canon tables, and five elaborately ornamented harags, or headpieces, this manuscript represents the...
Details: The Deccani School of Painting is an Indian miniature painting style that originated in the Deccan region of Central India during the late 16th century[1]. It was nourished and thrived under several Sultans of the Deccan[2] and had a certain amount of influence from Mughal schools of...
Details: The painting "Christ in the Desert Served by Angels" (1581-1642) by Frans Francken II does not exist. While there are several paintings by Frans Francken II that depict Christ in the desert, none of them feature angels serving him. The closest painting to this description is "...
Details: The assumption of Mary (Doxaras) is a painting created by Greek painter Nikolaos Doxaras[1]. The painting depicts the death of the Virgin Mary and is one of the most popular themes in Greek and Italian art from the inception of the Christianity[1]. Nikolaos Doxaras (1706/10 – 2...
Details: The term pot-metal refers to glass that received its color in the melting pot when various metallic oxides were added. It was then possible to paint the surface of the glass in order to outline, decorate, and define details such as eyes and hair--as may be observed on this...
Details: Almighty God the Father is a painting by Antoine Coypel. The painting is a detail of the ceiling of the chapel of the Palace of Versailles, Yvelines, France[3][4][5]. It depicts God the Father in Glory surrounded by cherubs and angels[5]. The Chapel of the Palace...
Details: Domenico Capriolo's Assumption of the Virgin is a painting located in the vestibule of the Annunciation chapel or Malchiostro in Treviso Cathedral[1]. It was commissioned in 1520[2] and is attributed to Domenico Capriolo[3][4][5]. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary being assumed into...
Details: The Dream of Saint Joseph refers to four dreams described in the Gospel of Matthew in which Joseph, the legal father of Jesus, is visited by an angel[1][2]. In the first dream, he learns of Mary's miraculous pregnancy and is told not to be afraid[...
