Oval Plaque with the Annunciation by Suzanne de Court (French, 1600) - Public Domain Catholic Painting
This devotional plaque, of the Annunciation, is by Suzanne de Court, the only woman enamel painter to sign her work.
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Pieta (1876) by Gustave Moreau - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Gustave Moreau's "Pieta" (c. 1876) is a Symbolist religious painting depicting the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion.
La Pentecôte (Pentencost) (1864) Felix-Henri Giacomotti - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Felix-Henri Giacomotti, a French artist who lived between 1828 and 1909. From an artistic perspective, the painting captures the biblical event of Pentecost, where the Holy Spirit is said to have descended upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ. This is suggested by the ethereal light and the...
The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (unknown date and author) - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Bible. N.T. Luke 2.25-38. The light of the Holy Spirit, emanating from the form of a dove, shines on Simeon's head. Mary and Joseph present the two turtledoves as a gift to the Temple on the double occasion of Mary's purification and Jesus'...
Pentecost (1769) by Francisco Bayeu - Public Domain Catholic Painting
This work was previously thought to be a sketch by Francisco Bayeu for lost compositions painted in 1796 for the convent of San Pascual in Aranjuez. However, this identification is incorrect, as Morales y Marín discovered. The definitive versions of the compositions were found in the iconographic program of Aranjuez...
The Incarnation as Fulfillment of All the Prophecies (1628–1629, Belgium) by Peter Paul Rubens - Public Domain Catholic Painting
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...
The Evangelist John Receiving Divine Inspiration and Dictating the Gospel to His Disciple Prochorus by Lukas of Cyprus (1594-1596, Ottoman) - Public Domain Illuminated Manuscript
Details: This is one of twenty-six known manuscripts by the hand of Luke the Cypriot (active 1583-1625), an accomplished Greek calligrapher who worked after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (1453). He copied it in 1594 at his episcopal see of Buzau (in Wallachia, now Romania) and soon took it to...
Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (1530) by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: In the Christian tradition, Pentecost is the celebration of the person of the Holy Spirit coming upon the Apostles, Mary, and the first followers of Jesus[1]. It is also known as the birthday of the Catholic Church[2] and celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the...
Baptism of Christ, Ethiopian Biblical Manuscript (20th Century) - Public Domain Orthodox Painting
Details: The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist is a major event in the life of Jesus described in the three synoptic Gospels of the New Testament[1]. It is an act of humility, with Jesus consenting to be counted as if he were a sinner, along with everyone...
The Baptism of Christ (1773) by Nicolás Enríquez - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: In 1773 Nicolás Enríquez created this set of five paintings for the private devotional use of Juan Bautista Echeverría, a Spanish-born merchant. Echeverría’s choice of subject matter is highly personal, reflecting both his Basque roots and his extended residence in Mexico. Enríquez lavished special attention on this painting...
Icon of the New Testament Trinity (1450, Byzantium, Constantinople) - Public Domain Byzantine Icon
Details: This icon depicts an important subject in Orthodox Christian art, the three corresponding figures of the single godhead known as the Holy Trinity. The Trinity is represented here in a composition known as the “New Testament Trinity,” which features Christ and God the Father seated on a bench with...
Holy Trinity (16th Century) by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: The Christian doctrine of the Trinity defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons sharing one homoousion. As the Fourth Lateran Council declared, "it is the Father who begets, the Son...
Leaf from a Book of Hours: Coronation of the Virgin (1470-1480) by Guillaume Vrelant - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: The Coronation of the Virgin or Coronation of Mary is a subject in Christian art, especially popular in Italy in the 13th to 15th centuries, but continuing in popularity until the 18th century and beyond. Christ, sometimes accompanied by God the Father and the Holy Spirit in the form...
Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (1579) by Johann Sadeler - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: This is an illustration of the eighth article of faith (I believe in the Holy Spirit) of the Apostles' Creed. Mary and the twelve apostles are sitting in a room. Tongues of fire burn above the heads of some of them. The Holy Spirit, in the form of...
The Baptism of Christ (1580–1588) by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari) - Public Domain Bible Painting
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Wading carefully through the water of the River Jordan, Christ leans his upper body forward, and extends his arms for balance, his fingertips gently touching Saint John the Baptist's side. Christ’s outstretched arms...
The Annunciation (1390–1395) by Tommaso del Mazza - Public Domain Bible Painting
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The words Ave gratia plena Dominus tecum (Greetings most favored one! The Lord is with you) from Saint Luke’s Gospel (1:8) emerge from the archangel Gabriel’s mouth as he announces the conception of...
Pope Benedict XIV Presenting the Encyclical "Ex Omnibus" to the Comte de Stainville by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1757) - Public Domain Catholic Painting
In 1754, King Louis XV of France sent the comte de Stainville (later duc de Choiseul) to Rome to secure a decision from Pope Benedict XIV about disputes concerning the authority of the French courts, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Jansenists, a Catholic sect. The result was an encyclical,...