The Repentant Mary Magdalene (1800) by Manufacture Royale des Gobelins - Public Domain Catholic Painting
This is a tapestry—made of wool and silk—depicting a repentant Mary Magdalene, looking to heaven as she leaves behind her life of sin.
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Interior of a Cathedral (1820s) by Samuel Prout - Public Domain Catholic Painting
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.
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness (1776) by Sir Joshua Reynolds - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Saint John the Baptist was, by all accounts, a rough character, living in the wilderness on locusts and honey. But Italian and Spanish artists of the 1600s often depicted the Biblical figure as an innocent child, and this painting by Joshua Reynolds was inspired by those Old Masters.
The Illumination of the Cross During Lent at Saint Peter's (1787) by Francesco Piranesi - Public Domain Catholic Painting
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. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
View of Saint Peter's Square and Basilica in Rome (1846) Attributed to Ippolito Caffi - Public Domain Catholic Painting
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.
Saint Cecilia (1764–1806) by Louis Charles Ruotte - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia), is a Roman martyr venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden.
Maccabees (1830-1842) by Wojciech Stattler - Public Domain Bible Painting
This is a painting from the Deuterocanonical book Maccabees. It shows the moment when Antiochus IV (the king of the Seleucid Empire) began to force Jews to worship Greek Gods by royal decree (1 Maccabees Verses 44–50). The Maccabees were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control...
Saint Ambrose by Francisco de Goya (1796-1799) - Public Domain Catholic Painting
This work belongs to a series depicting Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, and Gregory, key figures of early Catholicism. Saint Ambrose (about AD 340–391), the bishop of Milan, resolved important theological conflicts within the church and worked effectively with advocates of Roman paganism. The low viewpoint and large scale suggest that...
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Giovanni Bottani (mid 18th century) - Public Domain Bible Drawing
He was born in Cremona, and lived as a boy in Pontremoli. He was sent to study in Florence, where he was a pupil of Vincenzo Meucci and Antonio Puglieschi. He moved to Rome to work under Agostino Masucci, then he returned to Cremona after 1745. In 1769, he was...
Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene by Vicente López y Portaña (1795) - Public Domain Catholic Painting
This painting illustrates the Roman widow Irene nursing Saint Sebastian back to health after he was discovered to be a Christian and shot with arrows by Roman archers. Writhing in pain, Saint Sebastian looks heavenward as Saint Irene pulls arrows from his pierced body. Vicente López y Portaña dynamically composed...
Jacob Marries Rachel by Joseph von Fuhrich - Public Domain Bible Painting
A free downloadable public domain Catholic painting.
Saint Bernard's Dream by Joseph von Fuhrich - Public Domain Catholic Painting
A free downloadable public domain Catholic painting.
Jesus and the Samaritan Woman by Angelika Kauffman (1796) - Public Domain Bible Painting
A painting of Jesus and the Samaritan woman from the Neoclassic period.