Famous Religious Paintings (page 5)

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A nearly nude man with peachy skin stands next to and looks up at a man with ashen, ivory-colored skin, wearing armor and riding a bright white horse in this vertical painting.

El Greco Saint Martin and the Beggar, 1600/1614 National Gallery of Art

Landscape at Saint-André, Near Marseilles, Paul Guigou, c. 1865, oil on wood panel

Paul Guigou Landscape at Saint-André, Near Marseilles, c. 1865 Cleveland Museum of Art

This painting is an abstract composition of irregular shapes and vibrant colors. The different sections overlap and intersect in shades of green, blue, red, purple, and pink.

Alexej von Jawlensky Red Path, St. Prex, 1915 National Gallery of Art

Livestock, woodland animals, and about a dozen people cluster in groups throughout a densely wooded landscape with rocky outcroppings and the ruins of a round structure in this horizontal painting. The people all appear to have light skin.

Roelandt Savery Landscape with the Flight into Egypt, 1624 National Gallery of Art

Beneath two tall, tower-like structures, thirteen men, women, and children gather to give or receive food and foodstuff, all against a shiny gold background in this vertical painting. All the people have light skin tinged with green.

Andrea di Bartolo Joachim and Anna Giving Food to the Poor and Offerings to the Temple, c. 1400/1405 National Gallery of Art

Virgin and Child, Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1460, oil on panel

Rogier van der Weyden Virgin and Child, c. 1460 Art Institute of Chicago

Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, 1782, Francesco Guardi, c. 1783, oil on canvas

Francesco Guardi Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, 1782, c. 1783 Cleveland Museum of Art

Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, Gerard David, ca. 1500, oil on wood

Gerard David Christ Taking Leave of His Mother, ca. 1500 The Met

Virgin and Child with Four Angels, Gerard David, ca. 1510–15, oil on wood

Gerard David Virgin and Child with Four Angels, ca. 1510–15 The Met

The Adoration of the Magi, Gerard David, ca. 1520, oil on wood

Gerard David The Adoration of the Magi, ca. 1520 The Met

Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors, Fra Filippo Lippi, 1440s, tempera on wood, gold ground

Fra Filippo Lippi Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors, 1440s The Met

Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim, Andrea Mantegna, ca. 1454, tempera and gold on wood

Andrea Mantegna Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim, ca. 1454 The Met

Virgin and Child, Gerard David, 1490–1523, oil on oak panel

Gerard David Virgin and Child, 1490–1523 The Met

This horizontal painting is made up of three parts: in the center square panel, a woman reclines under a wooden shelter set into a rocky cave, which is surrounded by angels, and narrower wings to either side are each occupied by a standing…

Duccio di Buoninsegna The Nativity with the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel, 1308-1311 National Gallery of Art

An older, pale-skinned man wearing a richly brocaded robe and bishop’s mitre stands under a rounded arch in front of a deep landscape in this tall, narrow, vertical painting.

Gerard David The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Nicholas [left panel], c. 1500/1520 National Gallery of Art

Two women and a baby, all with pale skin, sit together on a gray, stone throne with patterned fabric hanging behind them and a patterned rug below in this narrow, vertical painting.

Gerard David The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child [middle panel], c. 1500/1520 National Gallery of Art

Separated by a vertical, column-like partition, a woman to our right kneels opposite a winged angel to our left, who also kneels and holds the stem of a long white lily propped against one shoulder in this horizontal painting.

Fra Filippo Lippi The Annunciation, c. 1435/1440 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the waist up and nearly filling the picture, a young woman with pale skin, dressed in a jewel-toned gown and cape, looks out at us in this vertical painting.

Lorenzo Lotto Saint Catherine, 1522 National Gallery of Art

A man stands on a rocky, tan-colored outcropping and gestures to two men in a rowboat, all against a gold background in this square painting. The men’s pale skin is tinged with gray but they have rosy cheeks, and all three have beards.

Duccio di Buoninsegna The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew, 1308-1311 National Gallery of Art

A woman with pale skin holds a baby in the crook of her left arm, on our right, against a gold background in this vertical, arched wooden panel. The woman is shown from the waist up with her body angled slightly to our right.

Giotto di Bondone Madonna and Child, c. 1310/1315 National Gallery of Art

Two men are situated inside a coral-red building that fills the left two-thirds of this composition, and two men are shown in a body of water in a landscape to our right in this horizontal painting.

Fra Filippo Lippi Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus, c. 1445/1450 National Gallery of Art

A woman sitting close to us in front of a deep landscape holds up a white cloth with the image of a man’s face on it in this vertical painting. The woman and the image on the cloth both have pale skin, hooded eyes, and long, straight noses.

Hans Memling Saint Veronica [obverse], c. 1470/1475 National Gallery of Art

Shown from the shins up, a pale-skinned, balding, bearded man wearing a voluminous rust-red robe lined with black-speckled white fur looks out at us in this vertical portrait painting.

Jacopo Tintoretto A Procurator of Saint Mark's, c. 1575/1585 National Gallery of Art

A young woman and an older man kneel to either side of a nude baby outside of a barn-like structure in this vertical painting.

Lorenzo Lotto The Nativity, 1523 National Gallery of Art

A woman supports a pudgy baby who sits on a stone ledge in this vertical painting. They both have pale skin, rosy cheeks, blond hair, and subtle halos made of gold dots. The woman’s body faces us, and her head tips to our left.

Fra Filippo Lippi Madonna and Child, c. 1440 National Gallery of Art

Six elegantly dressed, light-skinned women, a man with dark brown skin, and a person of short stature gather around a nude baby boy in front of a landscape with a town in the distance in this vertical painting.

Paolo Veronese The Finding of Moses, c. 1581/1582 National Gallery of Art

A young woman plays a small pipe organ while a winged angel holds up a piece of sheet music in this horizontal painting. A strong light source illuminates the scene from our right, creating deep shadows in the dark background.

Orazio Gentileschi Saint Cecilia and an Angel, c. 1617/1618 and c. 1621/1627 National Gallery of Art

Shown under an ornately carved stone arch, a young woman holds a baby on her lap as she sits on a curving gold chair flanked by two kneeling angels in this vertical painting. All of the people have pale skin.

Hans Memling Madonna and Child with Angels, after 1479 National Gallery of Art

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