Jusepe de Ribera Paintings and the Dark Fire of Spanish Baroque Art
Jusepe de Ribera paintings give Spanish Naples its most ferocious tenebrist voice. Step into the martyrs, apostles, and Carthusian saints of the great Neapolitan master.
Christian art is the visual tradition of the Christian faith, spanning nearly two thousand years, from the frescoes of the catacombs and the golden mosaics of Byzantium to the masterpieces of the Renaissance and Baroque and the devotional images of today. The guides below trace that story across its greatest works.
The life of Christ: the Nativity, Baptism, Sermon on the Mount, Last Supper, Crucifixion and Resurrection, plus Jesus walking on water, the Wedding at Cana, Doubting Thomas and the Good Shepherd.
Scripture and the Old Testament: the most famous biblical paintings and scenes such as David and Goliath.
By era and style: medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and modern Christian painting.
The Virgin, saints and angels: Virgin Mary paintings, the Black Madonna, female saints in art and the archangels.
Devotion and the masters: from the Sacred Heart to Raphael’s Madonnas and Giotto. Browse it all in our galleries.
Jusepe de Ribera paintings give Spanish Naples its most ferocious tenebrist voice. Step into the martyrs, apostles, and Carthusian saints of the great Neapolitan master.
Konrad Witz paintings combine late Gothic German sculpture and new Flemish realism. Step into the upper Rhine altarpieces of the great Basel master.
Lucas Cranach the Elder paintings track the German Reformation in real time. Step into the Saxon altarpieces of Luther’s closest painter friend.
Luis de Morales paintings give Spanish Counter-Reformation devotion its most intimate voice. Step into the silvery Madonnas of the Divine of Badajoz.
Michael Pacher paintings bring Italian Renaissance perspective into the Alpine altarpieces of the South Tyrol. Step into the great Saint Wolfgang and Church Fathers cycles.
Nicolas Poussin paintings invented French classical religious art. Step into the calm Roman altarpieces of the great founder of French classicism.
Gustave Doré paintings have been overshadowed by his world-famous Bible engravings. Step into the rare sacred canvases of the Strasbourg-born master.
Martin Schongauer paintings are the rare painted survival of the great German engraver who shaped Albrecht Dürer. Step into the upper Rhine Madonnas of Colmar.
Geertgen tot Sint Jans paintings are among the rarest treasures of early Dutch art, including the famous Nativity at Night now in London.
Pedro Berruguete paintings introduced Italian Renaissance perspective into Spain. Step into the great Castilian altarpieces of the founding Spanish Renaissance master.