Medieval Paintings

Medieval Paintings78

Public domain Catholic and Bible paintings from the medieval art period.

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Leaf from a Psalter: Initial D: David in Prayer before an Altar and Christ in a Cloud (2 of 2 Excised Leaves) (1270–1280, England) - Public Domain Illuminated Manuscript

Details: An impressive eight-line initial represents a kneeling David praying before an altar amid stylized topiaries and set against a burnished gold ground. The text introduces Psalm 101: Domine exaudi orationem meam (Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee). Facial types for the figures are...

Saint Mark the Evangelist and Saint Sinibaldus Venerated by Members of a Lay Confraternity (1425-1434) by Cristoforo Cortese - Public Domain Catholic Painting

Details: This leaf was an opening page of a mariegola, or register, painted by Cristoforo Cortese, the most famous and prolific Venetian illuminator of the first half of the fifteenth century, for a German confraternity in Venice. The lay members of this confraternity are shown kneeling at the feet of...

Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa) (1425–1450) attributed to Angelos Akotantos - Public Domain Catholic Painting

Details: This type of icon is known as the Virgin Eleousa (Virgin of Tenderness) characterized by the touching cheeks of mother and child in a loving moment. The icon signifies Christ’s incarnation, suffering, and death for the sake of humankind. Three ornamental stars on the Virgin’s cloak are...

Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and a Clerical Donor (1350–1360) by Lippo Vanni - Public Domain Catholic Painting

Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely in either AD 30 or AD 33. Jesus' crucifixion is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, attested to...

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