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Saints in Religious Art

Various artistic representations of saints in prayer and reflection, highlighting the emotive power of religious art across centuries.

Leprous JOB visited by his wife

The Repentant St. Peter - 1820/24 - 73x64,1 cm - oil on canvas. Author: FRANCISCO DE GOYA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. WASHINGTON D. C. APOSTLE PETER.

Bernardo Strozzi, Saint Francis in Prayer, c 1620 1630 Saint Francis in Prayer

Juan García de Miranda / 'Scene from the Life of Saint Didacus (Saint Didacus and a Friar taking Chickens out of a Basket)'. 1729 - 1731. Oil on canvas. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A Hermitin Prayer. A hermit in prayer. Old man with folded hands kneeling in front of a crucifix and a book, in the hands a rosary.

Saint Francis in Prayer. Dated: c. 1620/1630. Dimensions: overall: 116.2 x 85.5 cm (45 3/4 x 33 11/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Bernardo Strozzi.

Francis; unknown painter of the oski; XVII century (1601-00-00-1700-00-00);Francis of Assisi (St. - 1181 -1226), asceticism, skulls, crucifixes, religious painting, religious scenes, saints

The Evangelist Saint Mark. The evangelist Marcus, half-lived in a book. On the right a lion, left a bookcase. Pendant of SK-A-1696.

Biblische Szene, Bibel, Der Evangelist Markus, der mutmaßliche Verfasser des gleichnamigen Evangeliums, das als das älteste der vier neutestamentlichen Evangelien gilt. Obwohl er kein direkter Jünger Jesu war, beruht sein Werk der Überlieferung zufolge auf den Berichten und Predigten des Apostels Petrus, Illustration, Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Authentisch, Datei restauriert für optimale Verwendnung, genaues Datum der Vorlage unbekannt, Historisch St. Mark the Evangelist

Leprous JOB visited by his wife

Saint Francis. nieznany malarz włoski, painter

Saint Antony Abbot, Meester E.S. (circle of), c. 1460 painting The holy Antonius abbot, standing in front, a boar at his feet. Right side panel of an altarpiece. Pendant of SK-A-3311. Painter: Upper-Rijnpainter: Germany panel. oil paint (paint) the hermit Antony Abbot (Antonius Abbas) of Egypt, also called the Great; possible attributes: bell, book, T-shaped staff, flames, pig

Figure of a Saint, 17th century, maker unknown.

Saint Francis in prayer before the Crucifix, El Greco, Doménikos Theotokópoulos, 1585, oil on canvas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Spain.

Spanish school. Saint Peter martyr. San Pedro martir. Sevilla, archiepiscopal palace. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: ERZBISCHOEFLISCHES PALAIS. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

James the Lesser El Greco (1541-1614/Greek)

An evangelist, by Salvatore Rosa (1615-1673).

Saint Jerome in his Study by Candlelight, Aertgen Claesz van Leyden (attributed to), c. 1520 - c. 1530 painting The saint Hieronymus in his study at candlelight. The scholar is sunk in Beins, staring at a skull in the left hand. On the wall hangs a cardinal hat and a rosary, a mirror on the left, above a shelf with an hourglass. On the table in front of him is an open book and an ink set. Leiden panel. oil paint (paint) St. Jerome as Doctor of the Latin Church in his study with book, pen and ink; lion and cardinal's hat beside him

'St Francis of Assisi'. Italy, 17th century. Dimensions: 94x79,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: AGOSTINO CARACCI.

El Greco / St. Andrew / c. 1910/14

Simón el Zelote / Apostle Saint Simon. Date/Period: Between 1610 and 1614. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 80 cm (31.4 in); Width: 114 cm (44.8 in). Author: EL GRECO.

Baroque art. Spain. Zurbaran, Francisco de (Fuente de Cantos, 1598-Madrid, 1664). Spanish painter. Saint Andrew, c. 1635-1640. Detail. Museum of Fine Arts.

EL ENTIERRO DEL CONDE ORGAZ - DETALLE DE UN FRAILE FRANCISCANO - 1586/1588 - O/L - MANIERISMO ESPAÑOL - Conj nº 282. Author: EL GRECO. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTO TOME. Toledo. SPAIN.

An Elderly Man in Prayer by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1660s or later

Saint John the Evangelist

MONJE DE LA ORDEN JERONIMA - PINTURA PROCEDENTE DEL RETABLO DE LA CAPILLA DE SAN JERONIMO - 1645 - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: ZURBARAN TALLER. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

RETABLO DE SAN JERONIMO-MONJE DE LA ORDEN. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

VIRGEN DEL ROSARIO - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO (1616-1668). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Francisco de Zurbaran (1598-1664). Spanish painter. Saint Francis in Meditation, 1639. Detail. National Gallery. London. England. United Kingdom.

Russia, Saint Petersburg, Hermitage State Museum, Return of Prodigal Son, Rembrandt, circa 1663-1665

Saint Francis. Artist: Federico Barocci (Italian, Urbino ca. 1535-1612 Urbino). Dimensions: 35 3/8 x 30 7/8 in. (89.9 x 78.4 cm); with added strips 35 7/8 x 31 3/8 in. (91.1 x 79.7 cm). Date: ca. 1600-1604.This canvas is conceived as a meditation on Saint Francis of Assisi (1181/82-1226), who is shown in a grotto on Mount La Verna, where he received the stigmata (depicted as protruding nails, in conformity with early Franciscan sources). A key figure in the history of Italian painting, Barocci was close to the Capuchin order, and this deeply felt work must have been intended for a friar or a supporter of the Franciscan order. Barocci was a slow, meticulous painter. His work, with its compositional refinement, its warm humanity and deep expressivity, laid the groundwork for Baroque art. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

St Jerome Reading, oil on canvas by a follower of Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) Spanish Tenebrist painter. St Jerome (c340-420) a father of Western Christian Church and compiler of the Vulgate. Human skull, a memento mori, rests on pile of books.

Ecce Homo, by De Ferrari Orazio, 1638 - 1638, 17th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Lombardy, Milan, Brera Art Gallery. Whole artwork. Ecce homo Christ torturers red drape: cloth crown of thorns light shadow black dark: brown shades: tones: hues.

St Andrew and St Francis', c1590-1595. Artist: El Greco. El Greco(1541-1614) was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance.

The Evangelist Saint Luke. The Evangelist Lucas, half-lived in a book. In the background left the head of a bull, right a basket with a jug. Pendant of SK-A-1697.

Saint Matthew Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678 Flemish)

Saint Jerome in His Study by Candlelight. Saint Hieronymus in his study by candlelight. The scholar is recessed in species, staring at a skull in the left hand. On the wall hangs a cardinal hat and a rosary, on the left a mirror, above a shelf with an hourglass. On the table in front of him is an open book and a square.

SAN VICENTE FERRER. Author: Francisco Ribalta. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTO DOMINGO. Valencia. SPAIN.

SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS Y EL HERMANO LEON - 1609 - OLEO/LIENZO - 155 cm × 100 cm - MANIERISMO ESPAÑOL. Author: EL GRECO-Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1540-1614). Location: COLEGIO DEL CARDENAL. MONFORTE DE LEMOS. LUGO. SPAIN. SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS. HERMANO LEON / FRA LEONE / FRAY LEONE.

Sankt Rochus, Katholische Kirche Sankt Hieronymus in Herceg Novi, Montenegro Saint Roch, Catholic Church Saint Jerome in Herceg Novi, Montenegro Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21181919

A Hermit Praying in a Ruin. Dating: 1650 - 1668. Measurements: h 33 cm × w 27 cm; d 6.2 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Jan Adriaensz. van Staveren.

Baroque art. Spain. Zurbarán, Francisco de (Fuente de Cantos, 1598-Madrid, 1664). Spanish painter. Saint Andrew, c. 1635-1640. Detail. Museum of Fine Rtes. Budapest. Hungary.

A hermit praying in a ruin, Jan Adriaensz. van Staveren, 1650 - 1668

Apostle Paul. Dating: 1600 - 1699. Place: Southern Netherlands. Measurements: h 65 cm × w 51.5 cm; d 9.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

LA INMACULADA 1632- 0/L- DETALLE - MANOS DE LA INMACULADA. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART CATALUNYA. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Portrait of a religious; Spanish painter; XVII century (1600-00-00-1700-00-00);

King Melchior, One of the Three Magi, Pointing at the Star, Fragment from An Adoration of the Magi. Caspar or Melchior, one of the three kings. Standing with the gift in the right hand, up with the left hand. As well as SK-A-2545 fragment of an altarpiece.

Mary Magdalene Luca Giordano (1634-1705 Italian) Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

Biblical scene, Bible, The evangelist Mark, the presumed author of the Gospel of the same name, which is considered the oldest of the four New Testament gospels. Although he was not a direct disciple of Jesus, according to tradition, his work is based on the reports and sermons of the Apostle Peter, illustration, reproduction from a model from the 19th century. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of submission unknown, historical

CORO ALTO - SAN JERONIMO - SIGLO XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN (1598-1664). Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN. SAN JERONIMO (347-420).

Saint Francis in ecstasy by El Greco, Dominico (1541-1614) / Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid / c. 1580 / Spain / Oil on canvas / Bible / 89x57

Spanish school. Altarpiece Saint Nicolas of Bari. Retablo - San Nicolas de Bari. Guadalupe monastery. Province of Caceres, Spain. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

Pustel in prayer; Dou, Gerrit (1613-1675), Beschey, Balthasar (1708-1776); 18th century (1700-00-00-1799-00-00);Antwerp (artistic environment), Krosnowski, collections, crucifix, cabbage, hourglass, book (attribute), Flemish painting, religious painting, carrots, prayer, parsley, hermit, hermit, rosary, genre scenes

The Adoration of the Magi, by Robusti Jacopo known as Tintoretto, 1583, 16th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Venice, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Ground Floor Hall. Detail. Face of king worshipping bottom right long beard receding hairline.

Hermit praying. Dou, Gerrit (1613-1675), author of a model, Beschey, Balthasar (1708-1776), painter

Basilius Bessarion, Berruguete, Pedro (1450-1503)

Moses, by Lotto Lorenzo, 1524, 16th Century, fresco. Italy: Lombardy: Bergamo: Trescore: Suardi Oratory. Detail. Moses The Tables of the Law The Ten Commandments staff ray/beam light white beard

FRIAR JOSE DE SIGÜENZA PRIOR OF THE CONVENT OF SAN LORENZO - 1602 - 130X117,5 CM - O/L. Author: Attributed to CARDUCHO BARTOLOME. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN. SIGÜENZA JOSE DE. FRAY JOSE DE SIGÜENZA.

Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barulas 1638 Spain. Oil on canvas . Francisco de Zurbarán

'Portrait of Bishop Antonius Triest and His Brother Eugene, a Capuchin'. Flanders, 1652. Dimensions: 44x36 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: David Teniers II.

Simeon with the child Jesus, Anonymous, Northern Netherlands, c. 1700

The St. Bruno in prayer. (Eustache Le Sueur; 1616 Paris Paris-1655)

Prophet Kneeling, with Mountains in Distance 1600-1719 Italy. Oil paint, on laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper . Circle of Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole

Saint Anthony Abbot, Pontormo, Jacopo da, 1525.

TRIPTICO DE LA VIRGEN DE LA ROSA - DETALLE DE SAN ANDRES - SIGLO XV. Author: FERNANDO GALLEGO. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

St. Peter, Print made by Abraham Blooteling, 1640-1690, Dutch, after Paulus Moreels, 1571-1638, Dutch, Published by Abraham Blooteling, 1640-1690, Dutch, between 1680 and 1690, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 13 × 9 5/8 inches (33 × 24.4 cm) and Image: 12 1/16 x 9 5/8 inches (30.7 x 24.4 cm), bald, beard, books, cloak, halo, hands, portrait, praying, religious and mythological subject, wrinkled

Saint John the Evangelist. Frans Hals (Dutch, 1582/1583 - 1666)

St. Anthony of Padua with the Infant Jesus, by Grassi Nicola, 18th Century, canvas,

Matthew the Evangelist / Rembrandt

Christ on the Cold Stone, Gerard van Honthorst (copy after), after c. 1614 painting Christ on the cold stone. Christ sitting on a bench, crown on the head. On the left a burning candle. Copy to the mockery of Christ by Honthorst from around 1614 in the Getty Museum in Malibu. canvas. oil paint (paint) Christ in distress, sitting on the cold stone (alone)

Cajetanus from Thiene, Saint.

St Matthew the Evangelist (1661). Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), Dutch artist. Louvre, Paris

St. Andrew, La Tour, Georges de, 1624

Gerrit van Honthorst (1590-1656). Flemish painter. Childhood of Christ, c.1620, The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

The Monk Copyist by Edward Lanning, b.1906, USA, New York, New York Public Library

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, by Rembrandt, 1628, Dutch painting, oil on panel. Biblical prophet Jeremiah sits outdoors with a golden bowl, carpet and books, apparently objects saved from the ruined temple. In left background, burning Jerusalem falls to the Babylonian army in the 6th century BCE (BSLOC_2016_3_7)

Francis of Assisi in Meditation - 1600/14 - oil on canvas - 160x103 cm - Spanish Mannerism - NP 819. Author: EL GRECO. Location: GALERIA NACIONAL. OTTAWA. CANADA. SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS. FRAY LEON.

Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682). Spanish baroque painter. Saint Lawrence, 1636. The State Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg. Russia.

'Melchizedek, King of Salem', 1545-1550, Oil on panel, 80 cm x 35 cm, P00853. Author: JUAN DE JUANES (1510-1579). Location: MUSEO DEL PRADO-PINTURA. MADRID. SPAIN.

An Angel Shows the Pope a Naval Battle, by Prada F. B., oil on canvas, cm 171 x 113

El Greco (and workshop) / 'Saint John the Evangelist', ca. 1605, Spanish School, Oil on canvas, 99 cm x 77 cm, P02444. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.

Blessing Christ, Paris Bordone, c. 1540

St. Jerome of Estridón, one of the Fathers of the Church, appears inside a cave, with a naked torso and deeply focused on prayer and penance, while holding a crucifix with his left hand - Bartolome Esteban Murillo, circa 1650

Archduke Leopold V. (1586-1632) in the spiritual garb - Joseph Heintz the Elder, 1604

An Ashkenazi Rabbi of Jerusalem. George Sherwood Hunter (1855-1893). Oil on canvas.

Eccentric, from Adoration of the Magi, tripytch, c.1495 (with donors Scheyven and Patron saints Peter Agnes and Joseph) (detail)

The Penitent Magdalen - Georges de La Tour, circa 1630

Saint Francis in Ecstasy ca. 1650 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) Italian Wearing a Capuchin habit, Saint Francis (1181/82-1226) is shown on a rocky precipice, silhouetted against an evening sky. He was famously devoted to Christ crucified and is shown in a state of ecstasy. The open book and skull are symbols of the vanities of the world and mortality. Castiglione employs a richly varied technique to mark the transition from the material world to the spiritual. The picture was painted in Rome, probably as an altarpiece, though its original location is unknown.. Saint Francis in Ecstasy. Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (Il Grechetto) (Italian, Genoa 1609-1664 Mantua). ca. 1650. Oil on canvas. Paintings

Saint Anthony Abbot, Zurbaran, Francisco de, 1636.

SAN JOSE Y EL NIÑO-S XVII- PINTURA BARROCA-ESCUELA SEVILLANA. Author: BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO. Location: MUSEO DE CADIZ-BELLAS ARTES. Cadiz. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

Portrait of Nestor Peczerski, Basilian monk. nieznany malarz polski, painter

Wood oil painting of Carthusian monk (1855) by Filipo Balbi (1806-1890) in cloister of Santa Maria degli Angeli. National Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

The Evangelist John, Rembrandt's Workshop, 1661.

Moses 1638 Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652 Spanish) Oil on canvas Chiesa della Certosa di San Martino, Naples, Italy

Spanish school. Brother Peter of Salamanca. Sacristia - Fray Pedro de Salamanca. Guadalupe monastery. Province of Caceres, Spain. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN. Location: MONASTERIO-PINTURA. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

Cloister - St. Bonaventure receiving St. Thomas Aquinas. Claustro - S. Buenaventura recibe a santo Tomas Aquino. 17th century. Spanish baroque. Madrid, san Francisco el grande church. Author: FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN (1598-1664). Location: IGLESIA DE SAN FRANCISCO EL GRANDE. MADRID. SPAIN. SAN BUENAVENTURA. SANTO TOMAS DE AQUINO (1225-1274).

St. Dominic and the Devil. Date/Period: Ca. 1630. Oil paintings. Oil on canvas. Author: PIETRO DELLA VECCHIA.

The saints Peter and Mark (I Santi Pietro e Marco), by Antonio d'Enrico (Errico), known as Tanzio da Varallo, 17th Century, oil on canvas

Four doctors of the Church represented with attributes of the four Evangelist, ca 1516. By Francesco Sacchi (16th century). Detail St. Jerome. Oil on wood. Louvre Museum. Paris. France. Author: PIER FRANCESCO SACCHI.

Wood oil painting of Carthusian monk (1855) by Filipo Balbi (1806-1890) in cloister of Santa Maria degli Angeli. National Museum (Baths of Diocletian). Rome. Italy.

Saint Antony of Padua. Coloured stipple engraving.

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