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Description: Saint James the Great, Apostle of Christ, Intervenes in the War in Cuzco

TitleSaint James the Great, Apostle of Christ, Intervenes in the War in Cuzco

Creator namePoma de Ayala, Felipe Guamán

Creator nationality/culturePeruvian

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation date1615

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk on paper, book

LocationFrom "El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno," Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsSaints in artPeru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548

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Changing Faces: The Re-Emergence of a Sacred Landscape in Colonial Mexico and Peru

Adrian Locke

The Arts in Latin America, 1492–1820

These questions posed by Bartolomé de Alva in 1634 reveal the many unforeseen challenges confronting those closely involved in the dissemination of the imported state religion of Catholicism across the newly established viceregal dominions of...

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Adrian Locke

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.258-263

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00264.018

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Description: Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria...

Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels, middle panel

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameGaddi, Agnolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1387

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on poplar panel

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.3.html

Accession number1937.1.4.b

Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew,...

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Twelve Angels, and the Blessing Christ, middle panel

St. Jerome in his Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1500–1510

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.4 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29742001

Accession number1845,0825.690

St. Jerome in his Study

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. 1325

Object typeMosaic

MaterialsMiniature mosaic set in wax on wood panel, with gold, gilded copper (?), and multicolored stones

Dimensions7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (18 x 13 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj27115

Accession numberBZ.1954.2

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John...

Portable Mosaic Icon with Saint John Chrysostom

St Sebastian

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMantegna, Andrea

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1457-1459

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions26 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (68 x 30 cm)

LocationKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

https://www.khm.at/objektdb/detail/1155/

Accession numberGG_301

St Sebastian

Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameGaddi, Agnolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1387

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on poplar panel

Dimensions80 3/4 x 97 1/4 in. (205 x 247 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.206122.html

Accession number1937.1.4.a-c

Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew,...

Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels

Description: Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1470–1485

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (24.3 x 19 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29367001

Accession number1856,0712.1029

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows...

Trinity with Christ as the Man of Sorows Adored by St. John the Baptist and another Saint

Christ and Zacchaeus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Possibly a copy by a German artist of a Byzantine pattern book

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1200

Object typeArchitectural drawing

MaterialsSilverpoint and sepia with red ink on vellum (single leaf)

Dimensions31 x 20.2 cm

LocationAugustinermuseum, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Accession numberInv. Nr. G 23/la

Christ and Zacchaeus

St. Sebastian

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameSchongauer, Martin

Creator nationality/cultureAlsatian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1469–1474

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions6 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (16.5 x 11.1 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1895-0915-265

Accession number1895,0915.265

St. Sebastian

St. Catherine of Siena

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1460–1470

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (24.9 x 18.8 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/29361001

Accession number1845,0825.481

St. Catherine of Siena

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 425–450

Object typeMosaic

LocationRavenna, Italy

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of...

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

St. Victor, from St. Victor altarpiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameMaster of the Palazzo Venezia Madonna

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1350

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions61 x 18 7/8 in. (155 x 48 cm)

LocationStatens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

http://collection.smk.dk/#/en/detail/KMS3625

Accession numberKMS3625

St. Victor, from St. Victor altarpiece

St. Corona, from St. Victor altarpiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameMaster of the Palazzo Venezia Madonna

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1350

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions61 x 20 1/2 in. (155 x 52 cm)

LocationStatens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

http://collection.smk.dk/#/en/detail/KMS3624

Accession numberKMS3624

St. Corona, from St. Victor altarpiece

Virgin of the Long Thigh

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameRaimondi, Marcantonio

Creator name (description)After Raphael

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1520–1530

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions15 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. (40.1 x 26.7 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_H-1-49

Accession numberH,1.49

Virgin of the Long Thigh

Pattern Book: St. Luke and the Annunciation

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameDaliwe, Jacques

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Accession numberMs. A.74, fol. iv b

Pattern Book: St. Luke and the...

Pattern Book: St. Luke and the Annunciation

St. George and the Dragon

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks

Dimensions12 3/4 x 9 in. (32.5 x 23 cm)

LocationFitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/120865

Accession numberP.3385-R

St. George and the Dragon

Vision of Saint Bernard

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator namePerugino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1490–1494

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions68 1/8 x 67 1/4 in. (173 x 170.7 cm)

LocationAlte Pinakothek, Munich

https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/de/bookmark/artwork/8MLvMzodxz

Accession numberWAF 764

Vision of Saint Bernard

Penance of St. John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1509

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions10 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (25.8 x 20.1 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1418802&partId=1

Accession numberE,1.246

Penance of St. John Chrysostom

Votive crown with Leo VI and Saints, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. AD 870–930

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEnamel and silver-gilt

LocationTreasury, S. Marco, Venice

Votive crown with Leo VI and Saints,...

Detail from a votive crown with Leo VI and Saints

St. Eloy in his Workshop

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMaster of Balaam

Creator name (description)Attributed to Master of Balaam

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1440–1460

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (11.5 x 18.5 cm)

LocationRijksmuseum, Amsterdam

http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.55291

Accession numberRP-P-OB-963

St. Eloy in his Workshop

Virgin and Child in Glory with St. Catherine and St. Barbara

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1495–1505

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut, hand-colored

DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (7.9 x 7.9 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/13697001

Accession number1856,0209.83

Virgin and Child in Glory with St....

Virgin and Child in Glory with St. Catherine and St. Barbara

Virgin and Child with St. Sebastian and St. Roch

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameJacob von Strassburg

Creator name (description)After Benedetto Bordone

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1520–1525

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

Dimensions21 3/8 x 15 5/8 in. (54.2 x 39.7 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/139476001

Accession number1919,0616.14

Virgin and Child with St. Sebastian and...

Virgin and Child with St. Sebastian and St. Roch

Saint Jerome in His Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameAntonello da Messina

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Dimensions18 x 14 1/4 in. (45.7 x 36.2 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/antonello-da-messina-saint-jerome-in-his-study

Accession numberNG1418

Saint Jerome in His Study

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureFerrarese

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1470–1480

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions8 3/8 x 7 3/4 in. (21.3 x 19.7 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/384084

Accession number28.97.108

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

The Hornbach Sacramentary: St Peter presents the book to Christ

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 970–1000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationSt. Ursen-Kathedrale, Solothurn, Switzerland

Accession numberDomschatz, fol. 10v

The Hornbach Sacramentary: St Peter...

The Hornbach Sacramentary: St Peter presents the book to Christ

St. Jerome

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCarpi, Ugo da

Creator name (description)After Titian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1516

Object typePrint

MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks

Dimensions6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (15.6 x 9.6 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1498624&partId=1

Accession number1860,0414.100

St. Jerome

Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCaraglio, Giovanni Jacopo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1524–1527

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions10 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. (25.6 x 44.5 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1456397&partId=1

Accession numberW,1.184

Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul

Martyrdom of St. Catherine

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1498

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

Dimensions15 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (38.7 x 28.4 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1338950&partId=1&searchText=durer+catherine&page=1

Martyrdom of St. Catherine

The Lindisfarne Gospels: St Matthew

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameEadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne

Creator name (description)Creator uncertain

Creator nationality/cultureBritish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. AD 700

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment

LocationBritish Library, London

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=cotton_ms_nero_d_iv_f025v

Accession numberCotton MS Nero D IV, fol. 25v

The Lindisfarne Gospels: St Matthew

San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameJacopo di Cione

Creator name (description)Attributed to Jacopo di Cione and workshop

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1370–1371

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera and gilding on panel

DimensionsCentral panel: 81 1/4 x 44 5/8 in. (206.5 x 113.5 cm); each side panel: 66 1/2 x 44 1/2 in. (169 x 113 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jacopo-di-cione-and-workshop-the-san-pier-maggiore-altarpiece

Accession numberNG569.1–3

San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece

Lectionary: St Germain with Sts Rusticus and Eleutherius

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1070–1100

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 11751, fol. 59r

Lectionary: St Germain with Sts Rusticus...

Lectionary: St Germain with Sts Rusticus and Eleutherius

Virgin and Christ, St. John, and Two Angels

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMusi, Agostino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1516

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (25.1 x 17.1 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_H-7-13

Accession numberH,7.13

Virgin and Christ, St. John, and Two...

Virgin and Christ, St. John, and Two Angels

Apocalypse: Unfinished miniature, the New Jerusalem comes down to earth

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1270

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/6502427e-7b38-4a12-bc0d-ef125c2cfc9b

Accession numberMs. Douce 180, p. 90

Apocalypse: Unfinished miniature, the...

Apocalypse: Unfinished miniature, the New Jerusalem comes down to earth

Saint Augustine in His Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1490–1499

Object typePainting

MaterialsPanel

Dimensions16 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (41 x 27 cm)

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Saint Augustine in His Study

St John the Baptist with busts of St Philip, St Stephen, St Andrew, and St Thomas

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1100–1200

Object typeTablet/Plaque/Hieroglyph

MaterialsIvory

Dimensions9 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 3/8 in. (23.2 x 13.3 x 0.8 cm)

LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O92548/st-john-the-baptist-and-plaque-unknown/

Accession number215-1866

St John the Baptist with busts of St...

St John the Baptist with busts of St Philip, St Stephen, St Andrew, and St Thomas

Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1484–1485

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions72 7/8 x 70 7/8 in. (185 x 180 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/864025/

Accession number106

Virgin and Child with Saints John the...

Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist

St Onesiphorus and St Porphyrios

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 370–400

Object typeMosaic

LocationHagios Georgios, Thessaloniki, Greece

St Onesiphorus and St Porphyrios

Pentecost, x-ray study

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameGiotto

Creator name (description)Giotto and his workshop

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1310–1318

Object typePainting

MaterialsPanel

Dimensions17 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. (45.5 x 44 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/giotto-and-workshop-pentecost

Accession numberNG5360

Pentecost, x-ray study

St. Jerome in Penitence

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsHand-colored engraving

Dimensions9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (24.5 x 15.9 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/st-jerome-in-penance-126275

Accession number31.987

St. Jerome in Penitence

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameBronzino, Agnolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

LocationSan Lorenzo, Florence

http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/catalogo/scheda.asp?nctn=00172610 &value=1

Accession numberN. Cat. 00172610

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, detail

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and Longinus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMantegna, Andrea

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1470–1475

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink and wash

Dimensions13 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (35 x 28.5 cm)

LocationStaatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

https://emp.graphische-sammlung.mwn.de/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/ResultListView/result.t1.collection_list.$TspTitleImageLink.link&sp=10&sp=Scollection&sp=SfieldValue&sp=0&sp=1&sp=3&sp=SdetailList&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=F&sp=T&sp=0

Accession numberInv.-Nr. 3065 Z

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and...

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and Longinus

St Anne

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationS. Maria Antiqua, Rome

St Anne

Saint James Altarpiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator namePollaiuolo, Antonio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1467–1468

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera grassa on panel

Dimensions68 7/8 x 70 1/2 in. (172 x 179 cm)

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Accession numberinv. 1890 no. 1617

Saint James Altarpiece

Book of Hours: Unfinished page with drawings for marginal drolleries

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameQuarton, Enguerrand

Creator name (description)Miniatures attributed to Enguerrand Quarton and a second artist, perhaps the Master of the Aix Annunciation

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1440–1450

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York

Accession numberMS M.358, fol. 19r

Book of Hours: Unfinished page with...

Book of Hours: Unfinished page with drawings for marginal drolleries

St. Roch

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameNicoletto da Modena

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1500–1510

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions3 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. (9.7 x 6.9 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/62938001

Accession number1854,0512.40

St. Roch

Life and Miracles of St Germain: St Germain

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1070–1100

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 12610, fol. 40v

Life and Miracles of St Germain: St...

Life and Miracles of St Germain: St Germain

Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameAntonio da Trento

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1520–1530

Object typePrint

MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks

Dimensions11 3/8 x 18 3/4 in. (28.8 x 47.5 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

Martyrdom of St. Peter and St. Paul

The Arrival of the Ambassadors

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameCarpaccio, Vittore

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1497–1498

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions116 7/8 x 207 1/8 in. (297 x 526 cm)

LocationGallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Accession numberCat. 574

The Arrival of the Ambassadors

The Arrival of the Ambassadors, Saint Ursula series

Saint Antoninus Altarpiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameLotto, Lorenzo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1541–1542

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions130 3/4 x 92 1/2 in. (332 x 235 cm)

LocationSanti Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

Saint Antoninus Altarpiece

St. Augustine

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameBotticelli, Sandro

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Dimensions59 7/8 x 44 1/8 in. (152 x 112 cm)

LocationChiesa di Ognissanti, Florence

St. Augustine

The Leofric Gospels: St Mark

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/a6033413-041f-4990-a71e-b895ce246d17

Accession numberMs. Auct. D.2.16, fol. 71v

The Leofric Gospels: St Mark

St. Martin Dividing his Cloak

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1504

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink and gray-brown wash heightened in white on blue paper

Dimensions7 1/4 x 5 in. (18.5 x 12.7 cm)

LocationStaatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Accession numberInv.-Nr. 36 Z

St. Martin Dividing his Cloak

Gospels: St John the Evangelist

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nationality/cultureByzantine

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1200–1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberMS. gr. 54, fol. 278v

Gospels: St John the Evangelist

St. Christopher

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1506

Object typePrint

MaterialsChiroscuro woodcut from two blocks

Dimensions11 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. (28.2 x 19.3 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

St. Christopher

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCézanne, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1870

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions21 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (54 x 73 cm)

LocationCollection E. G. Bührle Foundation, Zurich

Accession numberRewald 167

Temptation of Saint Anthony

Description: Bible: Initial "P" for II Corinthians and St Paul escapes from...

Bible: Initial "P" for II Corinthians and St Paul escapes from Damascus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1260

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York

Accession numberM. 111, fol. 170v

Bible: Initial "P" for II Corinthians...

Bible: Initial "P" for II Corinthians and St Paul escapes from Damascus

Head of Saint Philip for the "Last Supper"

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameLeonardo da Vinci

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1495

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk

Dimensions7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (19 x 15 cm)

LocationRoyal Library, Windsor, United Kingdom

https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/search#/1/collection/912551/

Accession numberRCIN 912551

Head of Saint Philip for the "Last...

Head of Saint Philip for the "Last Supper"

Conversion of Saul

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1542–1549

Object typePainting

MaterialsFresco

LocationPauline Chapel, Vatican City

Conversion of Saul

Virgin and Child with Saints Francis, John the Baptist, Zenobius, and Lucy

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameDomenico Veneziano

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1445–1447

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions78 3/4 x 85 in. (200 x 216 cm)

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/the-madonna-and-child-with-saint-francis-john-the-baptist-saint-zenobius-and-saint-lucy

Accession numberInv. 1890 no. 884

Virgin and Child with Saints Francis,...

Virgin and Child with Saints Francis, John the Baptist, Zenobius, and Lucy

Saint Luke, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameSimone Martini

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1330–1339

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera and gold leaf on panel

LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/702/simone-martini-saint-luke-italian-1330s/

Accession number82.PB.72

Saint Luke, detail

Virgin and Child with St. Justine, St. George, and a Donor

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameVeronese, Paolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Dimensions39 x 39 in. (99 x 99 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066781

Accession number139

Virgin and Child with St. Justine, St....

Virgin and Child with St. Justine, St. George, and a Donor

Crucifixion

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameBulgarini, Bartolommeo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1350–1351

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions15 3/4 x 28 in. (40 x 71 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010066517

Accession number312

Crucifixion

Panel with St John the Evangelist and St Paul

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 930–970

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsIvory

LocationMuseo Archeologico, Venice

Panel with St John the Evangelist and St...

Panel with St John the Evangelist and St Paul

St Apollinaris in prayer amid symbols of the Apostles and the Transfiguration

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 549

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy

St Apollinaris in prayer amid symbols of...

St Apollinaris in prayer amid symbols of the Apostles and the Transfiguration

Christ enthroned between St. Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 525–550

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Christ enthroned between St. Vitalis and...

Christ enthroned between St. Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius

Description: Homilary: Sketch of initials "I" and "M" with St...

Homilary: Sketch of initials "I" and "M" with St Mark

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1300–1350

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk and pigments on finely prepared, thin to thick parchment bound between wooden boards covered with alum-tawed white pigskin

LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore

http://art.thewalters.org/detail/12654/

Accession numberW.148, fol. 1

Homilary: Sketch of initials "I" and "M"...

Homilary: Sketch of initials "I" and "M" with St Mark

Sacramentary: The stoning of St. Stephen

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)Manuscript from St Maur-des-Fossés, Paris

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 12054, fol. 156v

Sacramentary: The stoning of St. Stephen

Virgin of the Long Thigh

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDente, Marco

Creator name (description)After Raphael

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1520–1527

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions16 x 10 5/8 in. (40.5 x 26.9 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_H-7-41

Accession numberH,7.41

Virgin of the Long Thigh

The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameTintoretto, Jacopo

Creator nationality/cultureVenetian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1564

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions155 7/8 x 157 1/2 in. (396 x 400 cm)

LocationPinacoteca di Brera, Milan

http://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/the-finding-of-the-body-of-saint-mark/

Accession number5959

The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark

Our Lady of the Rosary with Saints

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nationality/cultureMexican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1700–1799

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on "tecali" stone

Dimensions10 x 14 1/2 x 3/4 in. (25.6 x 36.8 x 2 cm)

LocationBrooklyn Museum of Art

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4762

Accession number52.8

Our Lady of the Rosary with Saints

St Menas

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 400–430

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationGreco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt

St Menas

St. Lucy before Paschasius

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameLotto, Lorenzo

Creator name (description)Copy after Lorenzo Lotto

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk, brown ink, pen (drawing), wash with brown

Dimensions8 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. (20.8 x 19.4 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020200302

Accession numberINV 10340, Recto

St. Lucy before Paschasius

Gospels: Hardpoint drawing of St Matthew photographed by ultraviolet light

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureAnglo-Saxon

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1070–1100

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationWadham College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Accession numberMs. 2, fol. 11

Gospels: Hardpoint drawing of St Matthew...

Gospels: Hardpoint drawing of St Matthew photographed by ultraviolet light

Virgin and Christ, St. John, and Two Angels

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMusi, Agostino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (24.2 x 17 cm)

LocationAlbertina, Vienna

Virgin and Christ, St. John, and Two...

Virgin and Christ, St. John, and Two Angels

San Giovanni Elemosinario

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1545–1547

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions103 7/8 x 61 3/8 in. (264 x 156 cm)

LocationSan Giovanni Elemosinario, Venice

San Giovanni Elemosinario

The Hornbach Sacramentary: Abbot Adalbert presents the book to St Pirmin

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 970–1000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationSt. Ursen-Kathedrale, Solothurn, Switzerland

Accession numberDomschatz, fol. 8v

The Hornbach Sacramentary: Abbot...

The Hornbach Sacramentary: Abbot Adalbert presents the book to St Pirmin

Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameDaddi, Bernardo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1333

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions92 x 35 1/8 in. (233.7 x 89.2 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.1.html

Accession number1937.1.3

Saint Paul and a Group of Worshippers

St. Paul

Title page for "Apocalypse"

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1511

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

DimensionsImage 7 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. (18.4 x 18.2 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/virgin-mary-appearing-to-saint-john-on-patmos-apocalypse-404

Accession numberB95

Title page for "Apocalypse"

Homiliary: Initials "I" and "M" with St Mark

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1300–1350

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsInk and pigments on finely prepared, thin to thick parchment bound between wooden boards covered with alum-tawed white pigskin

LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore

http://art.thewalters.org/detail/12654/

Accession numberW.148, fol. 24

Homiliary: Initials "I" and "M" with St...

Homiliary: Initials "I" and "M" with St Mark

St. Roch

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsDotted print

Dimensions11 1/8 x 8 1/4 in. (28.1 x 20.8 cm)

LocationBiblioteca Classense, Ravenna, Italy

St. Roch

The Raising of Lazarus, and St Jerome, St Augustine, and St Gregory

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. AD 600–700

Object typePainting

LocationMuseo Cristiano, Brescia, Italy

The Raising of Lazarus, and St Jerome,...

The Raising of Lazarus, and St Jerome, St Augustine, and St Gregory

St. George and the Dragon

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1507–1508

Object typePrint

MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks, heightened with brush on blue tinted paper

Dimensions9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (23.4 x 16 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1419286&partId=1

Accession number1895,0122.264

St. George and the Dragon

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBurgkmair, Hans, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1508

Object typePrint

MaterialsChiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks on blue tinted paper

Dimensions12 3/4 x 9 in. (32.3 x 23 cm)

LocationAshmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

Accession numberWA1863.3041

St. George and the Dragon

St. James and St. Philip with Scenes from their Lives

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameSpinello Aretino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsFresco

LocationS. Domenico, Arezzo, Italy

St. James and St. Philip with Scenes...

St. James and St. Philip with Scenes from their Lives

Panel with St John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 870–900

Object typeMosaic

LocationHagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

Panel with St John Chrysostom

Life of St Alban: The scourging of St Alban

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameParis, Matthew

Creator nationality/cultureBritish

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1240

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationTrinity College, Dublin

Accession numberMs. 177 (E.1.40), fol. 35

Life of St Alban: The scourging of St...

Life of St Alban: The scourging of St Alban

The Lorsch Gospels: Christ in Majesty

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBatthyáneum Library, Alba Iulia, Romania

Accession numberCodex aureus, fol. 36

The Lorsch Gospels: Christ in Majesty

San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece, right main tier panel

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameJacopo di Cione

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1370–1371

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera and gilding on panel

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jacopo-di-cione-and-workshop-adoring-saints-right-main-tier-panel

Accession numberNG569.3

San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece, right main...

San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece, right main tier panel

Description: Saint Thomas Receiving the Virgin's Belt with Saints Michael Archangel, Augustine,...

Saint Thomas Receiving the Virgin's Belt with Saints Michael Archangel, Augustine, Margaret of Antioch, and Catherine of Alexandria

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameNeri di Bicci

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1467

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera, tooled gold, and silver on panel with vertical grain

Dimensions61 1/4 x 60 7/8 in. (155.6 x 154.6 cm)

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/102028.html

Accession numberCat. 27

Saint Thomas Receiving the Virgin's Belt...

Saint Thomas Receiving the Virgin's Belt with Saints Michael Archangel, Augustine, Margaret of Antioch, and Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Margaret

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameRaphael

Creator name (description)With workshop

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1518

Object typePainting

Dimensions72 7/8 x 46 1/8 in. (185 x 117 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010060769

Accession numberINV. 607

Saint Margaret

Temptation of Saint Anthony (?)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1909

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on paper

Dimensions24 3/8 x 18 7/8 in. (62 x 48 cm)

LocationModerna Museet, Stockholm

https://sis.modernamuseet.se/en/objects/4110/st-antoniu

Accession numberNMB 1246

Temptation of Saint Anthony (?)

Panel with St Sebastian

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 680

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome

Panel with St Sebastian

St. Andrew

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameRomano, Giulio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsRed chalk

Dimensions8 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. (20.6 x 14 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

St. Andrew

Bible: Initial "V" with St. Jerome as a scribe ruling parchment

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1255

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationKongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen

Accession numberMs. 4.2°, vol. 2, fol. 137v

Bible: Initial "V" with St. Jerome as a...

Bible: Initial "V" with St. Jerome as a scribe ruling parchment

Virgin and Child with Saints ("San Marco altarpiece"), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameAngelico, Fra

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1438–1443

Object typePainting

MaterialsPanel

LocationMuseo di San Marco, Florence

Virgin and Child with Saints ("San Marco...

Virgin and Child with Saints ("San Marco altarpiece"), detail

Saint Jerome

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameBarocci, Federico

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1590

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationGalleria Borghese, Rome

Saint Jerome

Vision of St. Eustace

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1501

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions14 1/4 x 10 3/8 in. (36.1 x 26.2 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

Accession number1868,0822.183

Vision of St. Eustace

Vision of St Eustace

Description: Jacobus de Voragine, "Legenda Aurea": St. Giles with the deer,...

Jacobus de Voragine, "Legenda Aurea": St. Giles with the deer, marginal drawing and instruction

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1300–1330

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

Accession numberHM 3027, fol. 118v

Jacobus de Voragine, "Legenda Aurea":...

Jacobus de Voragine, "Legenda Aurea": St. Giles with the deer, marginal drawing and instruction

Gospels: St Mark

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1000–1100

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 14782, fol. 52v

Gospels: St Mark

St. Jerome in His Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1514

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (24.8 x 18.9 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=764909&partId=1&search

Accession numberE,4.109

St. Jerome in His Study

St Jerome in His Study

Description: Homilies of St John Chrysostom: The Emperor Nicephorus III Botaneiates between St...

Homilies of St John Chrysostom: The Emperor Nicephorus III Botaneiates between St John Chrysostom and the Archangel Michael

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1078

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberMS. Coislin 79, fol. 2v

Homilies of St John Chrysostom: The...

Homilies of St John Chrysostom: The Emperor Nicephorus III Botaneiates between St John Chrysostom and the Archangel Michael

St Agnes

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 630

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Agnese, Rome

St Agnes

Conversion of St. Paul

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameRosselli, Francesco di Lorenzo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions13 1/8 x 18 5/8 in. (33.4 x 47.4 cm)

LocationHamburger Kunsthalle

Conversion of St. Paul

The Leofric Gospels: St Mark

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1030–1175

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBodleian Library, Oxford University, United Kingdom

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/96a84c45-3f7a-4dd0-8f08-fee4f4da1b94

Accession numberMs. Auct. D.2.16, fol. 72v

The Leofric Gospels: St Mark

Description: The Virgin and Child enthroned between St Felix and St Adauctus and attended by...

The Virgin and Child enthroned between St Felix and St Adauctus and attended by Turtura

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. AD 528

Object typePainting

LocationChurch of St Felix and St Adauctus, Rome

The Virgin and Child enthroned between...

The Virgin and Child enthroned between St Felix and St Adauctus and attended by Turtura

The Andean world

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator namePoma de Ayala, Felipe Guamán

Creator nationality/culturePeruvian

Creator roleMapmaker

Creation datec. 1613

Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram

The Andean world

Description: Joinville, "Credo": Scenes of Pentecost, baptism, and marriage,...

Joinville, "Credo": Scenes of Pentecost, baptism, and marriage, etc.

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 11907, fol. 232

Joinville, "Credo": Scenes of Pentecost,...

Joinville, "Credo": Scenes of Pentecost, baptism, and marriage, etc.

St. Jerome in his Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameLippi, Filippino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1490

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink

Dimensions9 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (24.2 x 20.9 cm)

LocationCleveland Museum of Art

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.532

Accession number1924.532

St. Jerome in his Study

The Hornbach Sacramentary: St Pirmin presents the book to St Peter

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation dateAD 970–1000

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationSt. Ursen-Kathedrale, Solothurn, Switzerland

Accession numberDomschatz, fol. 9v

The Hornbach Sacramentary: St Pirmin...

The Hornbach Sacramentary: St Pirmin presents the book to St Peter

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameBarocci, Federico

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1557–1558

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil

LocationCathedral, Urbino, Italy

Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

Meditationes Vitae Christi: Christ teaching in the Temple

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1400–1430

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBritish Library, London

Accession numberRoyal MS 20 B IV, fol. 37v

Meditationes Vitae Christi: Christ...

Meditationes Vitae Christi: Christ teaching in the Temple

Dish with St Sergius or St Bacchus

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. AD 641–651

Object typeContainer

MaterialsSilver and niello

DimensionsHeight 3 1/8 in. (7.8 cm); diameter 9 5/8 in. (24.3 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=60990&partId=1

Accession number1899,0425.2

Dish with St Sergius or St Bacchus

Panel with St Demetrius between donors

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 647

Object typeMosaic

LocationHagios Demetrios, Thessaloniki, Greece

Panel with St Demetrius between donors

Reliquary of the True Cross with the Deesis and Saints

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation datec. AD 963–969

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsIvory

LocationS. Francesco, Cortona, Italy

Reliquary of the True Cross with the...

Reliquary of the True Cross with the Deesis and Saints

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and Longinus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMantegna, Andrea

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1475–1480

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

DimensionsSheet 12 1/2 x 10 5/8 in. (31.9 x 27 cm)

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and...

Risen Christ with St. Andrew and Longinus

Description: The Belleville Breviary: December and building the New Church with bricks from the...

The Belleville Breviary: December and building the New Church with bricks from the Old

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator namePucelle, Jean

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1325

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 10483, fol. 6v

The Belleville Breviary: December and...

The Belleville Breviary: December and building the New Church with bricks from the Old

The Scribe Guntfridus presents the book to St Vaast

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Municipale, Boulogne-sur-mer, France

Accession numberMs. 9, fol. 1

The Scribe Guntfridus presents the book...

The Scribe Guntfridus presents the book to St Vaast

Miracles of the Medical Saints Cosme and Damien

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 11

Creator nameRincón de Figueroa, Fernando del

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1510

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions188 × 155 cm

LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid

https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/milagros-de-los-santos-medicos-cosme-y-damian/bfdb052e-4eb4-4aeb-9167-d1e2b247bb8d?searchid=4a9582ed-43fb-1bb0-fdd6-4a663bb62100

Accession numberP002549

Miracles of the Medical Saints Cosme and...

Miracle of the Black Leg

Chroniques de France: King Louis before the reliquary of St Denis

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameBoucicaut Master

Creator name (description)Creator uncertain; attributed to the Boucicaut workshop

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBritish Library, London

Accession numberCotton MS Nero E II, vol. 2, fol. 4v

Chroniques de France: King Louis before...

Chroniques de France: King Louis before the reliquary of St Denis

St. Cecilia

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBonasone, Giulio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1539

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions12 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (32 x 19.3 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1445618&partId=1

Accession numberH,4.63

St. Cecilia

St. George with Two Angels

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1506

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

Dimensions14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (37.5 x 27.3 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

St. George with Two Angels

Frontispiece from a manuscript commissioned by Gagik-Abbas, Kars

Posted by:John Carlson

May 30

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1050

Object typeBook/Manuscript

Frontispiece from a manuscript...

Frontispiece from a manuscript commissioned by Gagik-Abbas, Kars

Saint Mark

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameDonatello

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1411–1413

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

DimensionsHeight 92 7/8 in. (236 cm)

LocationOrsanmichele, Florence

Saint Mark

Conversion of St. Paul

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameVico, Enea

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1545

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving from two plates

Dimensions20 7/8 x 36 5/8 in. (53.1 x 93.1 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

Conversion of St. Paul

St John the Evangelist

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMaster E. S.

Creator nationality/cultureGerman or Swiss

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1450–1467

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. (14.8 x 9.9 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1845-0809-64

Accession number18,450,809.64

St John the Evangelist

Tours Gospels: St Matthew

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationStaatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Accession numberMs. theol. lat. fol. 733, fol. 22v

Tours Gospels: St Matthew

Majestà

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nameDuccio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1312–1315

Object typePainting

MaterialsEgg tempera on wood

Dimensions24 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (61.4 x 39.3 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/duccio-the-virgin-and-child-with-saints-dominic-and-aurea

Accession numberNG566

Majestà

Portinari Altarpiece, wing showing portrait of donor and Saints Anthony and Matthew

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 07

Creator nameGoes, Hugo van der

Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1476–1478

Object typePainting

LocationGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Portinari Altarpiece, wing showing...

Portinari Altarpiece, wing showing portrait of donor and Saints Anthony and Matthew

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMaster E. S.

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1450–1460

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions6 x 4 1/8 in. (15.2 x 10.5 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.3405.html

Accession number1943.3.193

Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

Description: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Cosmas and Damian, Lawrence, John the...

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Cosmas and Damian, Lawrence, John the Evangelist, Mark, Dominic, Francis, and Peter Martyr ("San Marco altarpiece")

Posted by:Reviewer 3

Jan 04

Creator nameAngelico, Fra

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1438–1443

Object typePainting

MaterialsPanel

Dimensions90 1/8 x 89 3/8 in. (229 x 227 cm)

LocationMuseo di San Marco, Florence

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints...

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Cosmas and Damian, Lawrence, John the Evangelist, Mark, Dominic, Francis, and Peter Martyr ("San Marco altarpiece")

Breton Gospels: St Luke

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date900–925

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment

LocationWalters Art Museum, Baltimore

https://art.thewalters.org/detail/2011/gospels-7/

Accession numberW.1, fol. 77v

Breton Gospels: St Luke

Book-cover with a Saint

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 550–600

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsSilver, originally partially gilt

Dimensions10 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 5/8 in. (27.3 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/468347

Accession number50.5.1

Book-cover with a Saint

Description: Christ acclaimed by St Peter and St Paul, who introduce St Cosmas and St Damian, St...

Christ acclaimed by St Peter and St Paul, who introduce St Cosmas and St Damian, St Theodore Stratelates, and Pope Felix IV on the banks of the Jordan

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 520–530

Object typeMosaic

LocationSt Cosmas and St Damian, Rome

Christ acclaimed by St Peter and St...

Christ acclaimed by St Peter and St Paul, who introduce St Cosmas and St Damian, St Theodore Stratelates, and Pope Felix IV on the banks of the Jordan

Saint Cecilia altarpiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameRaphael

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1518

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel transferred to canvas

Dimensions92 7/8 x 68 5/8 in. (236 x 149 cm)

LocationPinacoteca, Bologna, Italy

http://www.pinacotecabologna.beniculturali.it/lista-categorie/29-sala-15-raffaello-e-l-arte-centro-italiana/291-estasi-di-santa-cecilia-fra-i-santi-paolo-giovanni-evangelista-agostino-e-maria-maddalena.html

Accession number577

Saint Cecilia altarpiece

Calling of Saint Matthew

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1599–1600

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions10 ft. 7 in. x 10 ft. 10 in. (322 x 340 mm)

LocationContarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

Calling of Saint Matthew

Calling of Saint Matthew, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1599–1600

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationContarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

Calling of Saint Matthew, detail

Inspiration of Saint Matthew

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 02

Creator nameCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1602

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationFormerly Berlin

Inspiration of Saint Matthew

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1560

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationMonasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Description: Life of St Cuthbert: Cuthbert's vision of the death of Hadwald by falling from a...

Life of St Cuthbert: Cuthbert's vision of the death of Hadwald by falling from a tree

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1100–1130

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationUniversity College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Accession numberMs. 165, p. 94

Life of St Cuthbert: Cuthbert's vision...

Life of St Cuthbert: Cuthbert's vision of the death of Hadwald by falling from a tree

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1548–1557

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationSanta Maria Assunta dei Gesuiti, Venice

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameBronzino, Agnolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

LocationSan Lorenzo, Florence

http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/catalogo/scheda.asp?nctn=00172610 &value=1

Accession numberN. Cat. 00172610

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameTintoretto, Jacopo

Creator nationality/cultureVenetian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1564

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions155 7/8 x 157 1/2 in. (396 x 400 cm)

LocationPinacoteca di Brera, Milan

http://pinacotecabrera.org/en/collezione-online/opere/the-finding-of-the-body-of-saint-mark/

Accession number5959

The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark,...

The Finding of the Body of Saint Mark, detail

Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameBarocci, Federico

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

LocationCathedral, Urbino, Italy

Ecstasy of Saint Cecilia

Description: Life of St Cuthbert: St Cuthbert in a vision sees the soul of St Aidan received into...

Life of St Cuthbert: St Cuthbert in a vision sees the soul of St Aidan received into Heaven

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1100–1130

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationUniversity College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Accession numberMs. 165, p. 18

Life of St Cuthbert: St Cuthbert in a...

Life of St Cuthbert: St Cuthbert in a vision sees the soul of St Aidan received into Heaven

Panel with St Demetrius, a donor, and a child

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 570–630

Object typeMosaic

LocationHagios Demetrios, Thessaloniki, Greece

Panel with St Demetrius, a donor, and a...

Panel with St Demetrius, a donor, and a child

Book-cover with a Saint holding a cross

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 550–600

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsSilver, originally partially gilt

Dimensions10 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1/2 in. (27.4 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/468348

Accession number50.5.2

Book-cover with a Saint holding a cross

Saint Philip Baptizing the Ethiopian Eunuch

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 09

Creator nameHeemskerck, Maerten van

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1569

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsDark brown ink, gray wash, and white body color on a brown prepared paper

Dimensions189 × 266 mm

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/1569969

Accession numberKdZ 2779

Saint Philip Baptizing the Ethiopian...

Saint Philip Baptizing the Ethiopian Eunuch

St. Nicholas of Bari Quieting a Storm

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameAltdorfer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleDrawing

Creation date1508

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink and grayish-brown wash heighened in white on brown pepared paper

Dimensions7 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (19 x 14.8 cm)

LocationAshmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom

St. Nicholas of Bari Quieting a Storm

Crucifixion

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameGiotto

Creator name (description)Giotto and his workshop

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1311–1312

Object typePainting

MaterialsPanel

Dimensions17 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (45 x 43.5 cm)

LocationBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich

https://www.pinakothek.de/kunst/giotto-di-bondone/die-kreuzigung-christi

Accession number667

Crucifixion

Arnstein Bible: St Jerome, graphite drawing with later pen strengthening

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1172

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment

LocationBritish Library, London

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_2798_f004v

Accession numberHarley MS 2798, fol. 4v

Arnstein Bible: St Jerome, graphite...

Arnstein Bible: St Jerome, graphite drawing with later pen strengthening

St. Luke

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameSimone Martini

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1330–1339

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera and gold leaf on panel

Dimensions26 5/8 x 19 in. (67.6 x 48.3 cm)

LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/702/simone-martini-saint-luke-italian-1330s/

Accession number82.PB.72

St. Luke

The Justice of Trajan, detail with St. Gregory finding Trajan's tongue

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator name (description)After (?)Rogier van der Weyden

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1430–1470

Object typeTextile

MaterialsTapestry

LocationHistorisches Museum, Bern

The Justice of Trajan, detail with St....

The Justice of Trajan, detail with St. Gregory finding Trajan's tongue

Saint Jerome with the Trinity and Saints Paula and (?)Eustochium

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameCastagno, Andrea del

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1453

Object typePainting

LocationCorboli Chapel, Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Saint Jerome with the Trinity and Saints...

Saint Jerome with the Trinity and Saints Paula and (?)Eustochium

Christ in Glory with Saints and Dominican Blessed

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameAngelico, Fra

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1423–1424

Object typePainting

MaterialsEgg tempera on wood

DimensionsCenter panel: 12 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (32 x 73 cm); inner left and right panels: 12 5/8 x 25 in. (32 x 63.5 cm); outer panels: 12 5/8 x 8 5/8 in. (32 x 22 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/probably-by-fra-angelico-fiesole-san-domenico-altarpiece

Accession numberNG663.1–5

Christ in Glory with Saints and...

Christ in Glory with Saints and Dominican Blessed

Life of St Cuthbert: Cuthbert playing as a boy rebuked by an Angel

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1100–1130

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationUniversity College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Accession numberMs. 165, p. 8

Life of St Cuthbert: Cuthbert playing as...

Life of St Cuthbert: Cuthbert playing as a boy rebuked by an Angel

The Virgin and Child enthroned between St Theodore and St George

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator name (description)Probably made by artists from Constantinople

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. AD 500–700

Object typePainting

LocationMonastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt

The Virgin and Child enthroned between...

The Virgin and Child enthroned between St Theodore and St George

Life of St Cuthbert: The ravens penitent before St Cuthbert

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationUniversity College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Accession numberMs. 165, p. 163

Life of St Cuthbert: The ravens penitent...

Life of St Cuthbert: The ravens penitent before St Cuthbert

St Augustine

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. AD 570–600

Object typePainting

LocationOld Library, Lateran Palace, Rome

St Augustine

Description: Christ enthroned between SS. Peter, Paul, Lawrence, Stephen, Hippolytus, and Pope...

Christ enthroned between SS. Peter, Paul, Lawrence, Stephen, Hippolytus, and Pope Pelagius II; in the spandrels, the towns of Bethlehem and Jerusalem

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 579–590

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome

Christ enthroned between SS. Peter,...

Christ enthroned between SS. Peter, Paul, Lawrence, Stephen, Hippolytus, and Pope Pelagius II; in the spandrels, the towns of Bethlehem and Jerusalem

Panel with St Ignatius the Younger

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 870–900

Object typeMosaic

LocationHagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

Panel with St Ignatius the Younger

Bible: Initial "P" with illuminator

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Municipale, Reims, France

Accession numberMs. 40, fol. 83v

Bible: Initial "P" with illuminator

Drawing of the Crucifixion with directions to the illuminator for subject and color

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1325–1350

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Ste Geneviève, Paris

Accession numberMs. 1624, fol. 1

Drawing of the Crucifixion with...

Drawing of the Crucifixion with directions to the illuminator for subject and color

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 14

Creator roleArchitect

Creation datec. 454

Object typeArchitecture

LocationRavenna, Italy

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, detail of Saint Lawrence mosaic

The Vision of Saint Jerome

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameDomenichino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1603

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/domenichino-the-vision-of-saint-jerome

Accession numberNG85

The Vision of Saint Jerome

Illustration

Acts and Epistles: St Luke and St James

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. 1250–1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBiblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Accession numberMS. gr. 1208, fol. 1v

Acts and Epistles: St Luke and St James

Martyrdom of Saint Maurice

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameGreco, El

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1580

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationMonasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial

Martyrdom of Saint Maurice

God the Father, detail of Saint George niche

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameDonatello

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

LocationOrsanmichele, Florence

God the Father, detail of Saint George...

God the Father, detail of Saint George niche

Beata Michelina

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameBarocci, Federico

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1606

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions67 3/8 x 99 1/4 in. (171 x 252 cm)

LocationPinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City

Accession numberInv. 40378

Beata Michelina

Saint Mark Freeing the Slave

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameTintoretto, Jacopo

Creator nationality/cultureVenetian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1548

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationGallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Accession numberCat. 42

Saint Mark Freeing the Slave

Vision of Saint Bernard, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameLippi, Filippino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1484–1485

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

LocationBadia, Florence

Vision of Saint Bernard, detail

Blinding of St. Victor

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameBulgarini, Bartolommeo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1350

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

Dimensions15 3/4 x 15 3/8 in. (40 x 39 cm)

LocationStädelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany

https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/de/werk/blendung-des-heiligen-viktor

Accession number2135

Blinding of St. Victor

St. Christopher

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut on a manuscript page

Dimensions7 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (19.5 x 6.5 cm)

LocationBiblioteca Oliveriana, Pesaro, Italy

St. Christopher

Assumption of the Virgin, detail: St Thaddeus

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameTaddeo di Bartolo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1401

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on panel

LocationCathedral, Montepulciano, Italy

Assumption of the Virgin, detail: St...

Assumption of the Virgin, detail: St Thaddeus

Saint Dominic with the Crucifix

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameAngelico, Fra

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1439–1445

Object typePainting

LocationCloister, Museo di San Marco, Florence

Saint Dominic with the Crucifix

Saint Dominic Praying before the Crucifix

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameAngelico, Fra

Creator name (description)Created by Fra Angelico and assistants

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1439–1445

Object typePainting

LocationCell 17, Museo di San Marco, Florence

Saint Dominic Praying before the...

Saint Dominic Praying before the Crucifix

Description: A jewelled cross surmounted by a bust of Christ flanked by St Primus and St...

A jewelled cross surmounted by a bust of Christ flanked by St Primus and St Felicianus

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 642–649

Object typeMosaic

LocationS. Stefano Rotondo, Rome

A jewelled cross surmounted by a bust of...

A jewelled cross surmounted by a bust of Christ flanked by St Primus and St Felicianus

Latin copy of St John Chrysostom's Sermons on St Matthew: St John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. AD 800–830

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationÖsterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Accession numberMS. Cod. 1007, fol. 1

Latin copy of St John Chrysostom's...

Latin copy of St John Chrysostom's Sermons on St Matthew: St John Chrysostom

St Demetrius

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator name (description)Sculpted in Constantinople

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1000–1200

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationS. Marco, Venice

St Demetrius

Book cover with Christ on the Cross amid Saints and Archangels

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 870–930

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsEnamel and silver-gilt

LocationBiblioteca Marciana, Venice

Accession numberCod. lat. 1. 101, gia Reserv. 56

Book cover with Christ on the Cross amid...

Book cover with Christ on the Cross amid Saints and Archangels

Container for a relic of the True Cross

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleArtist

Creation dateAD 964–965

Object typeContainer

MaterialsEnamel and silver-gilt

LocationCathedral Treasury, Limburg an der Lahn, Germany

Container for a relic of the True Cross

Life of St Amand: The death of St Amand

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1000–1100

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque de Valenciennes, France

Accession numberMs. 502, fol. 30

Life of St Amand: The death of St Amand

Description: King Agbar holding the Mandylion; St Thaddeus, St Paul the Theban, St Anthony, St...

King Agbar holding the Mandylion; St Thaddeus, St Paul the Theban, St Anthony, St Basil, and St Ephraim

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. AD 945

Object typePainting

LocationMonastery of St Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt

King Agbar holding the Mandylion; St...

King Agbar holding the Mandylion; St Thaddeus, St Paul the Theban, St Anthony, St Basil, and St Ephraim

The Gero Gospels: Christ in Majesty

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameAnno

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. AD 950–970

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationHessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek, Darmstadt, Germany

Accession numberMs. 1948, fol. 5v

The Gero Gospels: Christ in Majesty

St Andrew, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator roleMosaicist

Creation datec. AD 530–570

Object typeMosaic

LocationPanagia Kanakaria, Lynthrankomi, Cyprus

St Andrew, detail

St Philip and Queen Kandakia's eunuch

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationChurch, Dečani, Kosovo

St Philip and Queen Kandakia's eunuch

St. Jerome in the Wilderness

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameLotto, Lorenzo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1506

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions18 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. (48 x 40 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010064971

Accession numberM.I. 164

St. Jerome in the Wilderness

St. Peter Walking on Water

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameBeatrizet, Nicolas

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1559

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions13 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (33.7 x 47.5 cm)

LocationAlbertina, Vienna

St. Peter Walking on Water

St. Jerome in the Wilderness

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1496

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions12 3/4 x 9 in. (32.4 x 22.8 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=764916&partId=1&searchText=durer+jerome&page=1

St. Jerome in the Wilderness

St. Nicholas in Glory with Sts. John the Baptist and Lucy

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameLotto, Lorenzo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1527–1529

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions131 7/8 x 74 in. (335 x 188 cm)

LocationSanta Maria dei Carmini, Venice

St. Nicholas in Glory with Sts. John the...

St. Nicholas in Glory with Sts. John the Baptist and Lucy

St. Lucy Altarpiece

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameLotto, Lorenzo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1532

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions95 5/8 x 93 1/4 in. (243 x 237 cm)

LocationPinacoteca Communale, Jesi, Italy

St. Lucy Altarpiece

Saint Louis in Niche

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameDonatello

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1423

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsStatue: gilt bronze; niche: marble

DimensionsStatue: height 104 3/4 in. (266 cm); niche: 220 1/2 x 95 5/8 in. (560 x 243 cm)

LocationStatue: Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence; niche: Orsanmichele, Florence

Saint Louis in Niche

Description: The Virgin and Child with Female Saints; Jean du Cellier with Saint John the...

The Virgin and Child with Female Saints; Jean du Cellier with Saint John the Baptist

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nameMemling, Hans

Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1489

Object typePainting

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010061671

Accession numberRF 309, RF 886

The Virgin and Child with Female Saints;...

The Virgin and Child with Female Saints; Jean du Cellier with Saint John the Baptist

St. George with Two Angels

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1506

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut, the rays of the halo added in pen and ink

Dimensions15 1/4 x 10 7/8 in. (38.7 x 27.6 cm)

LocationStaatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

St. George with Two Angels

The Return of Saint Rainerius to Pisa

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameVeneziano, Antonio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1384–1386

Object typePainting

MaterialsFresco

LocationCamposanto, Pisa, Italy

The Return of Saint Rainerius to Pisa

St Jerome

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator nameBono da Ferrara

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1450

Object typePainting

MaterialsEgg tempera on poplar

Dimensions20 1/2 x 15 in. (52 x 38 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/bono-da-ferrara-saint-jerome-in-a-landscape

Accession numberNG771

St Jerome

St. Philip Banishes the Dragon

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nameLippi, Filippino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

LocationStrozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

St. Philip Banishes the Dragon

The Nativity

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator namePerino del Vaga

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1534

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas transferred from wood

Dimensions108 x 87 in. (274.4 x 221.1 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.46130.html

Accession number1961.9.31

The Nativity

Vision of Saint Bernard

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameLippi, Filippino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1484–1485

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions82 5/8 x 76 3/4 in. (210 x 195 cm)

LocationBadia, Florence

Vision of Saint Bernard

St. Eloy's Workshop

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDeutsch, Niklaus Manuel

Creator nationality/cultureSwiss

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1515

Object typePainting

Dimensions47 1/2 x 32 7/8 in. (120.6 x 83.5 cm)

LocationKunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland

St. Eloy's Workshop

Description: Glossed Bible: Initial "O" for Habakkuk with preliminary marginal...

Glossed Bible: Initial "O" for Habakkuk with preliminary marginal drawing

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1200–1300

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Accession numberLatin 11545, fol. 394v

Glossed Bible: Initial "O" for Habakkuk...

Glossed Bible: Initial "O" for Habakkuk with preliminary marginal drawing

Eulogia Ampulla. Side A: profile of St. Menas

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator nationality/cultureEgyptian

Creator rolePotter

Creation date400–500 AD

Object typeContainer

LocationMusée de Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010042732

Eulogia Ampulla. Side A: profile of St....

Eulogia Ampulla. Side A: profile of St. Menas

Life of St Cuthbert: the Scottish army attacking Lindisfarne

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 10

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1100–1130

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationUniversity College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Accession numberMs. 165, p. 153

Life of St Cuthbert: the Scottish army...

Life of St Cuthbert: the Scottish army attacking Lindisfarne

St. John Chrysostom

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1488

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

LocationMorgan Library & Museum, New York

St. John Chrysostom

Miracle of the Black Leg, altarpiece panel

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 11

Creator nameMaster of the Legend Scenes

Creator nationality/cultureAustrian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1500–1525

Object typePainting

MaterialsPainting formerly on wood, transferred to canvas

Dimensions68 × 86 cm

LocationÖsterreichische Galerie, Museum mittelalterlicher österreichischer Kunst, Vienna

https://sammlung.belvedere.at/objects/3721/wunderbare-beinheilung-durch-die-hll-cosmas-und-damian?#

Accession number4968

Miracle of the Black Leg, altarpiece...

Miracle of the Black Leg, altarpiece panel

Calling of Saint Matthew, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 12

Creator nameCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1599–1600

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationContarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

Calling of Saint Matthew, detail

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