Religion Collection (page 4)

Orpheus, 1896. Artist: John MacAllan Swan
Orpheus, 1896. Painting held at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. From The Studio Volume 73. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1918]

Lausanne, 1909. Artist: JMW Turner
Lausanne, 1909. From The Water-colours of J. M. W. Turner, text by W. G. Rawlinson and A. J. Finberg. [Avalon Press, London, 1909]

St Jerome in his Study, 1514 (1906). Artist: Albrecht Durer
St Jerome in his Study, 1514 (1906). From Durer Des Meisters Gemalde Kupferstiche und Holzschnitte in 471 Abbildungen [Stuttgart und Leipzig, Deutsch Verlags-Ansalt, 1906]

The Dream of St Ursula, 1495, (1911)
The Dream of St Ursula, 1495. after a tempera on canvas by Vittore Carpaccio (c1465-c1525). Original housed in the Gallerie dell Accademia, Venice. From A History of Painting Vol

Orthodox priest blessing the soil, Russia. A print from Customs of the World, Volume II Hutchinson and Co, Paternoster Row, London

St Ebbes Church, Oxford, 1835. Artist: John Le Keux
St Ebbes Church, Oxford, 1835

Jews praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, 1878. Artist: Maurycy Gottlieb
Jews praying in the Synagogue on Yom Kippur, 1878. Gottlieb, Maurycy (1856-1879). Found in the collection of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Tsar Nicholas II at the opening ceremony of the first Duma, St Petersburg, Russia, 1906. The Duma, the elected legislative assembly of the Russian Empire

Juno and Carthage, c1636-1655. Artist: Eustache Le Sueur
Juno and Carthage, c1636-1655

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium, 19th century. Artist: David Roberts
Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium, 19th century. Found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Grand Entrance to the Temple of Luxor, 19th century. Artist: David Roberts
Grand Entrance to the Temple of Luxor, 19th century. From Egypt and Nubia, Volume 1

By the River at Vernon, 1883. Artist: Claude Monet
By the River at Vernon, 1883. Front view of church, Penthievre pavilion, river bank view

The Laying in the Tomb ( The Deposition / The Entombment ), 1602-16044. Artist: Michelangelo Caravaggio
The Laying in the Tomb ( The Deposition / The Entombment ), 1602-1604. Mary of Clopas with her arms raised; Mary Magdalene with bowed head; Nicodemus grasps the legs of the dead Christ

Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century. Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Nichiren Calming the Storm, 19th century

Roman Relief of Saturn. Saturn is a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in myth as god of generation, dissolution, plenty, wealth, agriculture, periodic renewal and liberation

Detail of Chartres Cathedral, 12th century
Detail of Chartres Cathedral, showing Kings and Queens in the central door of the west front, 12th century

Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the law (Ten Commandments), 1866. Artist: Gustave Dore
Moses descending from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the law (Ten Commandments), 1866. From The Bible (Exodus 5.35)

Construction of the Temple at Jerusalem by King Solomon, 15th century. Solomon directs proceedings from a balcony. From Les antiquities Judaiques (Antiquities of the Jews)

Lao-Tzu, Chinese philosopher and sage. Born in c604 BC Lao Tzu was the Father of Taoism

Opening words of St Lukes Gospel Quoniam from the Book of Kells, c800. The Book of Kells is a manuscript of the Four Gospels originally thought to have been produced in Ireland in the 6th century at

Giant limestone statues of Rameses II, Temple of Rameses, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 1836. Artist: David Roberts
Giant limestone statues of Rameses II, Temple of Rameses, Abu Simbel, Egypt, 1836. The reign of the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II (ruled 1279-1213 BC)

The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, c19th century. Artist: David Roberts
The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Nubia, 19th century. A plate from Egypt and Nubia, Volume 1. Found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Le Coup de Lance, 1620. Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
Le Coup de Lance, 1620. At the Crucifixion the soldier pierces Christs side to make sure he is dead. At bottom right, the Virgin Mary and St John the Apostle turn aside in despair

Mycenaean Linear A tablet
Minoan Linear A tablet from Aghia Triadha, from the Archaeological Museum of Heracleions collection in Crete. Linear A is an early Mycenean writing system that has not yet been deciphered

Childhood of Christ, c1620. Artist: Gerrit van Honthorst
Childhood of Christ, c1620. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Mystical Bird (Karyobinga), 1820-33. Creator: Hokusai
Mystical Bird (Karyobinga), 1820-33

Heart of the Andes, 1859. Creator: Frederic Edwin Church
Heart of the Andes, 1859

The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402. Creator: Lorenzo Monaco
The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402. Christ and the Virgin pray to God on behalf of a prominent Florentine family

Guanyin as the Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva, 1593. Creator: Unknown
Guanyin as the Nine-Lotus Bodhisattva, 1593

Rue de l Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), 1898. Creator: Camille Pissarro
Rue de l Epicerie, Rouen (Effect of Sunlight), 1898

German Renaissance ceiling and wall painting, wood mosaic and embroidery, (1898). Creator: Unknown
German Renaissance ceiling and wall painting, wood mosaic and embroidery, (1898). Fig 1: Wall-painting from the bath-rooms in the Fugger-house at Augsburg

The Door-God - Military, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Military, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies

The wailing women, 1922. Creator: Henry Traut
The wailing women, 1922. Paula Rendl as Mary Magdalene, Martha Veit as the Virgin Mary, Melchior Breitsamter as St John: players in the Oberammergau Passion Play

Portrait of Sir Edwin Sandys, with turned-down ruff, c1560-1570, (1937). Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Sir Edwin Sandys, showing a turned-down ruff, the predecessor of the Vandyke collar. Reign of James I, c1560-1570, (1937). Edwin Sandys (1519-1588) English Archbishop

Sponsa De Libano, 1891, (c1930). Creator: Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
Sponsa De Libano, 1891, (c1930). The North and South Winds blow on the Bride of Lebanon. The lilies symbolise her virginity

The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola, 1890. Supporters of Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence

The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, 1499-1500, (1943). Creator
The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist, (The Burlington House Cartoon), 1499-1500, (1943). The Virgin Mary sits on the lap of her mother

High Wycombe from the Marlow Road, c1802, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
High Wycombe from the Marlow Road, c1802, (c1900). Rural scene with cows in the foreground, and the town of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire in the distance

The May-pole, 1866. Artist: Charles Cousen
The May-pole, 1866. 19th century imagining of Elizabethans celebrating May Day, an annual European tradition thought to have originated as a pagan fertility rite

The Temptation in the Wilderness, 1898. Artist: Briton Riviere
The Temptation in the Wilderness, 1898. Jesus Christ in the desert

Salisbury Cathedral, 1823, (c1915). Artist: John Constable
Salisbury Cathedral, 1823, (c1915). The painting is part of the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney

Cardinal Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, 1532-1534 (1945). Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Cardinal Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, 1532-1534 (1945). John Fisher (c. 19 October 1469 - 22 June 1535), venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint John Fisher

Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, 1864. Late Gothic edifice with a vast fan vaulted ceiling with ornate stained glass windows

Scene in the Birmingham No Popery riots, 1868 (1906). Rioting broke out after a lecture by the anti-Catholic campaigner William Murphy. From Cassells History of England, Vol. VI

The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra, 1857. Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Wedding of St George and Princess Sabra, 1857. Painting held by the Tate, London. From The Studio Volume 69. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1916-17]

The Brighton Mail on Christmas Day, 1836 (1905). Artist: Henry Thomas Alken
The Brighton Mail on Christmas Day, 1836 (1905). From The Connoisseur (January 1905)

Mona Lisa, c1505, (1912). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Mona Lisa, c1505, (1912). A colour print of Leonardos famous painting of Mona Lisa or La Gioconda from Famous Paintings with an Introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London)

A gorgon and panthers from the pediment of the temple of Artemis on Corfu
The archaic west pediment of the temple of Artemis on Corfu, showing Medusa in the centre fleeing from Perseus. On the left side is Pegasus, and on the right is Chyrisppus

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