Orthodox Cross (2009) by unknown
Orthodox Christian cross with the inscription Iesus Hristos is victor. Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.orthodox-cross.jpg34 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help keep this site free!...
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Orthodox Christian Pro-life Rally (2020) by unknown - Public Domain Orthodox Stock Photo
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St. Elijah Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church (2016) by V.L. - Public Domain Orthodox Stock Photo
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Saint Bridget of Sweden (1470) by Master of Soeterbeeck - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Saint Bridget of Sweden (ca. 1303–1373) is shown in the act of writing her “Revelations,” which, according to legend, were dictated to her by Christ himself. Shown in the monastic habit of the order she founded, Saint Saviour of the Brigittines, she was especially popular in Northern Europe. Free...
Chanting the Gospel lesson during Divine Liturgy in an Orthodox church (2009) by Velopilger - Public Domain Orthodox Stock Photo
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Crucifix (ca. 1450) by Follower of the Master of Rimini - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
The angular drapery of the loincloth, the facial expression, and the linear treatment of the hair and beard of Christ suggest the sculptor was a follower of the Rimini Master. src: metmuseum.org Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.crucifix.jpg411 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help...
Mary Magdalene at the Foot of the Cross (ca. 1420–30) by Follower of the Master of Rimini - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
The penitent Magdalen at the base of a now-lost crucifix was the focus of a carved altarpiece. Depictions of Mary Magdalen as a solitary figure before the cross first appeared in Italian painting of the twelfth century. src: metmuseum.org Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.mary-magdalene-at-the-foot-of-the-cross.jpg559...
Relief of a Bishop (ca. 1400–1440) by South Netherlandish artist - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
This profile image of a bishop, carved in the dark limestone characteristic of the South Lowlands, is a fragment of a larger funerary relief. Although isolated from its original context, the sculpture still conveys the solemnity of the memorial monument. The image was carved at about the time when the...
Reliquary Bust of Saint Balbina (ca. 1520–30) by South Netherlandish artist - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Medieval reliquaries often took the form of the body parts they were created to contain. Bust reliquaries for the skulls of saints were placed on or near altars and, by the late Middle Ages, were assembled in large numbers in some church sanctuaries, from Cologne in the north to Ubeda...
Reliquary Bust of a Female Saint (early 16th century) by South Netherlandish artist - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
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Head of Christ (late 15th-early 16th century) by Netherlandish artist - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Piety in the late Middle Ages encouraged the believer's intense emotional empathy in the suffering of Christ. Here, stone is transformed into flesh by the actual wood thorns piercing the forehead. The capacity for sculptural naturalism developed in Burgundy by Claus Sluter (ca. 1360–before 1406) and Niclaus...
Crib of the Infant Jesus (15th century) by unknown - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Miniature cradles for the Christ Child were popular devotional objects in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and were venerated, especially in convents, where they were often presented to women taking their vows. This splendid cradle comes from the Grand Béguinage of Louvain, Belgium, established for lay women in the twelfth...
Entombment of Christ (ca. 1515) by French - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
The coats of arms of the donors, Pons de Gontaut and his brother Armand, in whose family funerary chapel this sculpture and the Pietà opposite originally stood, were held by the angels. The donors are represented in the Pietà. Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.entombment-of-christ.jpg999 KBdownload-circle...
Saint Catherine of Alexandria (early 15th century) by unknown - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Saint Catherine, depicted in the delicately jeweled statuette, was seen to embody the power of Christian erudition. According to legend, Saint Catherine's learned arguments on behalf of Christianity converted not only the court philosophers of the pagan emperor Maxentius, but 200 guardian soldiers and the ruler's...
Icon with Christ Pantokrator (1350 or later) - Public Domain Orthodox Stock Photo
The inscription identifies the image as Christ Antiphonetes, an icon type used by the empress Zoe (r. 1028–50) for her coinage. Steatite, easily carved stone, usually soft green or buff in color, came to be widely used for the production of small icons. source: metmuseum.org Free DownloadThis image...
Church of the Holy Apostle Thomas (Serbian: Crkva Svetog apostola Tome) (2017) by MareBG - Public Domain Byzantine Stock Photo
This is the Church of the Holy Apostle Thomas (Serbian: Crkva Svetog apostola Tome). It is situated in the Bežanijska Kosa neighborhood of New Belgrade (Novi Beograd), Serbia. It is a Serbian Orthodox church. Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.download.jpg639 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to...
The Annunciation (1510–20) by Hans Schäufelein - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
In the 1400s and 1500s, southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland were centers of innovation in stained glass. From the 1480s on, roundels were popular and often incorporated into larger glass windows. This and four other large roundels were likely made for the family chapel in a castle or palace. Their...
Immaculate Madonna (1710) by Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Ponsonelli presents a vision of the Virgin Mary floating on clouds, one foot placed firmly on the crescent moon, the other on a dragon (symbol of the devil). The iconography represents the Immaculate Madonna, referring to the Catholic doctrine that Mary was born without sin, like her son Jesus. Ponsonelli...
Lamentation of Christ (1490s) by Tyrol (?); Formerly attributed to Hans Schnatterpeck - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
The lifeless body of Jesus Christ, taken off the cross after his crucifixion, rests in his mother Mary’s lap. John the Evangelist holds his head. Mary Magdalene, with an ointment jar, looks at his feet—according to the Gospel of Saint John, she had once anointed Jesus’s feet...
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 the...
Corpus (1700) by Master of Guadalcanal - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
With extraordinary anatomical precision, this sculpture focuses on the suffering of Christ, who is shown still alive and in extreme physical pain. Ivory was the material of choice for depictions of Jesus, not merely because it was an exotic material imported at great expense from southern Africa, but also because...
John the Baptist as a Child, one of a pair (1640) by Attributed to Felipe de Ribas - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
The figure of the Infant Saint John the Baptist was carved as a companion figure for the Infant Jesus Christ (on the opposite pedestal). source: artsmis.org Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.download.jpg423 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help keep this site free!...
Baby Jesus, from Nativity Scene ( 81 pieces) (mid 1700s) - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
German Nativity Scene (Krippe): – Elaborate 81-piece nativity featuring various figures, animals, and Baroque architecture. Unknown Artist: 18th-century German artisan, likely a carver specialized in religious folk art and complex multi-figure displays. Free DownloadThis image is in the public domain.download.jpg446 KBdownload-circle Please SUBSCRIBE or DONATE to help keep this...
Lectionary (1000) by Léon Gruel - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
This Lectionary was created ca. 1000 in Trier. Written in a clear Caroline minuscule, it contains decorated initials at the openings of important readings. A set of illuminated letters marks the beginning of the Epistle and Gospel lessons for Easter; they display the hierarchy of scripts with capital letters decorated...