Free downloadable, public domain paintings of Catholic Architecture.
About the Image: This vertical-format work shows a view of the Sachsenhausen bank of the Main River and the eye-catching tower of the Dreikönigskirche. Beckmann's flat and his studio in Schweizer Strasse were just steps away from the Eiserner Steg footbridge, whose railing can be seen as a detail at...
About the Image: Silence. The onlooker’s gaze is guided towards the light through a rounded arch. Snow reflects the sun, which casts a dim light onto the church ruin. The atmospheric mise-en-scène appeals to the viewer’s curiosity to find out what is going on. Set in a wintry...
About the Image: The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise, View from the Chevet" is an oil painting created by Vincent van Gogh in June 1890123. It is currently displayed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France1. The painting depicts the church in Auvers-sur-Oise, a village located on the outskirts of Paris2. The...
About the Image: Jacek Malczewski painted this piece called "At the Hill of the Norbertines' Monastery" in 191013. The painting depicts a hill located at the Norbertines' Monastery in Poland. The Norbertines' Monastery is a religious institution St. Norbert founded in the 12th century4. The painting is not directly related...
About the Image: "The Quai Saint-Michel and Notre-Dame" is a painting by the French artist Maximilien Luce[1][2][3][6]. It was created in 1901 using the technique of separate dabs of color, which was characteristic of the Neo-Impressionist movement[1]. The painting depicts a view of the Quai...
About the Artist: Stanisław Józef Juliusz Kamocki was a Polish painter and graphic artist. In the years 1891-1900 he studied under Leon Wyczółkowski, Jacek Malczewski and Jan Stanisławski at the School of Fine Arts in Krakow, and in 1901 and 1902 in Paris. During World War I, he served in...
About the Image: Santa Maria della Salute is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy[1][2][3][4][5]. It was built to commemorate the end of a terrible outbreak of the plague that...
About the Artist: Ludvig O. Ravensberg, born in Oslo, Norwegian painter. He studied in Munich in 1893–94 and in Italy, lived in Rome in 1930–39, as well as in Sweden from 1940. He depicted Roman ruins in meticulously drawn images. 🙏🏽 This image is in the public domain. Free...
In 1793, the National Convention of France ordered the destruction of the ancient royal tombs at St-Denis as a punishment for the vanity of the deposed "tyrants" and to erase their memory. The Bourbon kings were buried in a vault in the crypt, called the Bourbon vault, in lead coffins...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Samuel Prout’s watercolors of picturesque views and architectural marvels of Italy, France, Germany, and Switzerland attracted a wide audience, helped inspire travel, and shaped the English perception of Continental Europe. The influential critic John Ruskin...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican, or simply Saint Peter's Basilica, is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal enclave that is within the city of Rome....
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saint Peter's Square is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighborhood of Borgo. Both the square and the...
