John of the Cross: The Poet Who Wrote His Masterpiece in a Prison Cell
On the night of 2 December 1577 a group of Carmelite friars broke into a small house in Avila and…
Ignatius of Loyola: The Cannonball That Made a Saint
On 20 May 1521 a cannonball came through the wall of the citadel at Pamplona, passed between Inigo de Loyola’s…
Agnus Dei: 7 Famous Lamb of God Paintings, From Van Eyck to Zurbaran
The Lamb of God, in Latin the Agnus Dei, is one of the oldest and richest images in Christian art….
Jesus Walking on Water: The Few Masters Who Dared to Paint It
Jesus walking on water is one of the hardest miracles a painter can attempt. The story is simple and strange:…
10 Doubting Thomas Paintings, From Duccio to Carl Bloch
Doubting Thomas paintings capture one of the most human moments in the Gospels. When the risen Christ first appeared to…
10 Wedding at Cana Paintings of Christ’s First Miracle
Wedding at Cana paintings gather around the very first miracle of Jesus. In the Gospel of John, Christ, his mother,…
10 David and Goliath Paintings, From Caravaggio to Doré
David and Goliath paintings turn one of the oldest underdog stories in the world into some of the most powerful…
Jesus and the Lamb: 7 Good Shepherd Paintings of Christ and His Sheep
The Good Shepherd is one of the oldest and most beloved images in Christian art, and among the very…
Archangel Remiel: The Angel Who Wakes the Dead
Archangel Remiel has the strangest job description in the whole of angelic literature. The Book of Enoch says that God…
The Baptism of Christ: The Angel That Made Verrocchio Quit
The Baptism of Christ is a panel painting made in the Florentine workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio around 1470 to…