The Carthusian Paintings of Juan Sánchez Cotán
Juan Sánchez Cotán paintings move from austere still life to monastic devotion. Step into the great cycle of the Charterhouse of Granada.
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.
Juan Sánchez Cotán paintings move from austere still life to monastic devotion. Step into the great cycle of the Charterhouse of Granada.
Juan de Juanes paintings bring Raphael’s calm classical light into Spanish Catholic devotion. Step into the religious masterworks of the great Valencian master.
Joachim Patinir paintings invented the religious landscape as we know it. Step into the panoramic world of the first specialist landscape master of Antwerp.
Hubert van Eyck paintings begin the entire Flemish tradition. Step into the founding masterpiece of European oil painting, the Ghent Altarpiece.
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