Biblical Narrative Art

Artworks illustrating scenes from biblical narratives, showcasing diverse figures and settings that represent significant moments in scripture.

Roman Guards at the Tomb James Tissot (1836-1902/French)

Roman Guards at the Tomb James Tissot (1836-1902/French)

Migration Period (Germanic Tribes and the Huns). 4th-6th century. Engraving, 1882. Color.

Wm. Hole's paintings, O.T., Old Testament 1925, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Return from Egypt James Tissot (1836-1902 French)

Worshipping Idols by Ezuchevsky, Mikhail Dmitrievich (1880-1928)/ Private Collection/ Russia/ Pencil, Gouache on paper/ Modern/ 31x47,5/ Mythology, Allegory and Literature,History

The religious and patriotic frenzy of the Pai Marire (Hauhau sect) as they dance around a fire.

Wm. Hole's paintings, O.T., Old Testament 1925, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

History of Egypt. Funeral procession going to the cemetery. The procession crossed the Nile River with the boat in which they placed the deceased and the mourners. Engraving, 1882.

RELACION DE LOS INDIOS DE MICHOACAN - MANUSCRITO DEL SIGLO XVI. Author: FRAY JERONIMO DE ALCALA. Location: MONASTERIO-BIBLIOTECA-COLECCION. SAN LORENZO DEL ESCORIAL. MADRID. SPAIN.

Christ with cross vs. Trotsky Christos s krestom. 1915 - 1925. Posters. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Soviet Union , History , 1917-1936, Political posters, Russian

Gideon choosing his soldiers. Old Testament. Antique bible illustration by Gustave Dore (1832-1883)

Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Christ's baptism.

'Storming of St. Sebastian, August 31, 1813', 1909. Artist: Thomas Sutherland.

The Monk Sir Froissart in the breach of the Monastery Wall during the Hundred Years War

Italy, Trentino Region, San Zeno di Trento, Basilica of SS. Sisinio, Martirio and Alessandro, altar frontal with the stories of the Martyrs of Anaunia, polychrome marble inlays

Imagen alegórica del papa Pio IX (1792-1878) guiando la nave de la iglesia católica a través de los mares.

The Tankas (pinyin: Danjia) or boat people are an ethnic subgroup in Southern China who have traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hainan, and Zhejiang provinces, as well as Hong Kong and Macau. Historically, the Tankas were considered to be outcasts. Since they were boat people who lived by the sea, they were sometimes referred to as 'sea gypsies' by the Chinese and British. The Tanka also formed a class of prostitutes in Canton operating the boats in Canton's Pearl River which functioned as brothels, they did not practice foot binding and their dialect was unique. They were forbidden to marry Chinese or live on land. Their ancestors were the natives of Southern China before the Chinese expelled them to their current home on the water.

Adoration of the Magi, by Volpato Giambattista, 17th Century, tela. Italy, Veneto, Lamon, Belluno, Archpriest church. Whole artwork. Magi: three Kings: Wise Men Mary Madonna Infant Jesus: Christ Child: Baby Jesus: Child Jesus dresses: robes: garments drapery shepherds sky light blue: azure blue angels light landscape.

Gospel Illustration by Jerome Nadal (1507-1580). Color. Farmer. Detail.

Procession Arriving at Cavalry James Tissot (1836-1902/French)

Dr Syntax Meditating on the Tombstones, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1820, Watercolor and graphite with pen and red ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 7/16 x 7 7/16 inches (11.3 x 18.9 cm), children, church, churchyard, genre subject, horse (animal), landscape, men, mourning, shovel, skulls (skeleton components), tombstones, urn, vicar, woman

Painting in Our Lady of Togo church, Hebrews crossing the Red Sea

Peter & John Follow Afar Off James Tissot (1836-1902 French)

The calling of the apostles Peter and Andrew, by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), fresco. Chapel of Villa Sacchetti, Castelfusano.

Witch burning in the Middle Ages, three women on the burning pyre, historical engraving from 1883, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original.

A drover and a mule standing on a road with a church in the background ca. 1880-1910 José Guadalupe Posada. A drover and a mule standing on a road with a church in the background. José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851-1913). ca. 1880-1910. Etching on zinc. Prints

The pharaoh's Egyptian army drowned in the Red Sea. Book of Exodus. Old Testament. Antique digitally colored Biblical illustration by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

ERIXSON, Sven (1899-1970). Life-Death-Life. 20th c. SWEDEN. Stockholm. Chapel of Holy Cross. Fresco.

Spain. Burial. Engraving by Sadurni after a painting by Fernando Cabrera titled Earth. 19th century. Colored.

Sailors' votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor (19th century). Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

Photo production of (presumably) a print of apostles that see Christ walking over the water, c. 1850 - c. 1870 photograph Part of album with photos of sights and landscapes in England and of art. England paper. photographic support albumen print story of Christ walking on the water, 'Navicella' (Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52; John 6:15-21) More from Tiberias

Spanish civil war: Burning Convents ( drawing Carlos Saenz de Tejada ) .

World War I British poster for the Polish Victims Relief Fund, 1915. Homeless Polish men, women and children carry their few possessions away from a burning village.

Native Americans swim out to a small boat of arriving Europeans in an engraving of 1706. Two sailing ships are anchored offshore. The accompanying text describes the landing of the colonists at a wide river they called Port Royal, either present-day Port Royal Sound or Saint Helena Sound in South Carolina, ca. 1670 (BSLOC_2020_1_212)

Baptism of Christ by Elimo Njau, 20th Century

Sailors' votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor (19th century). Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

The abduction of Dina, a daughter of Jacob and Leah, mentioned by name in the Torah of the Tanakh or in the Old Testament of the Bible, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Dance to the Giant by Seth Eastman from The American Aboriginal Portfolio by Mary Eastman, 1853, (1808-1878), USA, Chicago, Newberry Library

Jesus Christ nailed to the Cross

Feather-woman gazes down from Sky Country, where she is trapped for digging up the sacred turnip & sees the camp of the Blackfeet where she had once lived Date: 1914

Interior of a Nootka Native American house, drawing by John Webber, 1778. Native American Civilization, United States and Canada, 19th century.

Dr Paul Neis undertook a scientific mission to Cochinchina and Laos on behalf of the French Minister of Public Education. He returned to Bangkok by way of Chiang Mai and north Thailand. His mission lasted for 19 months between 1882 and 1884.

Jazeps Grosvalds (1891-1920). Latvian painter. Three Crosses (White Crosses), 1917. Oil on canvas, 57 x 69 cm. Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga. Latvia. Author: Jazeps Groswalds (1891-1920). Latvian painter.

The Mikado's Procession. Felice Beato (English, born Italy, 1832 - 1909)

A North American Indian shaman or medicine man healing a patient. Chromolithograph by C. Schuessele after Captain Eastman.

THE TEMPTATION OF ST. ANTHONY, by Herri met de Bles, 1550s, Northern Renaissance oil painting. Anthony was a 3rd century Christian ascetic, who retreated to the Eastern Desert of Egypt, where legend tells of his supernatural temptation by demons. This work features monsters and an earthly inferno (BSLOC_2017_16_112)

Windmill and town of Bois-le-Duc, from Adoration of the Magi, tripytch, c.1495 (with donors Scheyven and Patron saints Peter Agnes and Joseph) (detail)

The Feast of the Redeemer in Venice, July 1910, drawing by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 30, July 24, 1910.

Pilgrimage painting in the cloister of the pilgrimage church of Maria Loreto in Stary Hroznatov, Altkinsberg, Cheb district, Cheb, Bohemia, Chebia, Czech Republic, Europe

Khusrau compelled watch supporters impaled, after failed against father Jahangir Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

Hottentot (Khoikhoi) village, illustration from Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the people of Africa, Africa 18th Century.

Couple in front of a hut, detail from the central panel of the Adoration of the Magi or the Epiphany altarpiece, 1510, by Hieronymus Bosch (ca 1450-1516).

Asians Bringing Gifts from the East A.D. 1914-1916; original ca. 1479-1458 B.C. Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom Hugh R. Hopgood. Asians Bringing Gifts from the East 544594

Inside of a Cree Indian Tent, 1823. By Edward Francis Finden (1791-1857), after Robert Hood (c1797-1821). The Coppermine Expedition of 1819-22 was an exploration of the northern coast of Canada, headed by Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). His aim was to discover and map unchartered territory in the Northwest Passage, by way of the Coppermine River. Franklin chronicled the journey in a 'Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea', 1823.

Saint Francis Preaches to the Birds, Coppola Castaldo, Francesco (1845-1916)

Velas en en puerto, 1935. Author: OLEGUER JUNYENT.

People Smote Their Breasts at What was Done James Tissot (1836-1902 French)

Moses leads the Israelites across the Red Sea

This drawing illustrates the mosaic known as the Navicella by the renowned Italian artist of Giotto (1266-1337). The mosaic is now a lunette above the central opening to the portico at t. Peter's Cathedral at the Vatican. It was originally in the Old St. Peter's in Rome. It shows St.Peter walking on the Sea of Galilee At far right is Jesus Christ walking on the Sea of Galilee. Below Christ is the onor of the mosaic, cardinal stefaneschi, who gave the mosaic in 1266. The mosaic was placed here under Pope Paul V. The illustration also is a good example of the use, in a boat, of the double or Latin rudder.

Beggars at the church by Tvorozhnikov, Ivan Ivanovich (1848-1919)/ State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow/ 1889/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Realism/ 145,8x229/ Genre

Abraham receives the three angels, c. 1560 - 1590 drawing paper. ink brush / pen the visit of the three angels (three men) ~ story of Abraham (Genesis 18)

Sailors' votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor (19th century). Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

Exvotos marineros al Santo Cristo del Sagrat Cor (s.XIX). Convento del Sagrat Cor. Soller. Tramuntana.Mallorca.Illes Balears.España.

The first mass in America by Pharamond Blanchard, painting.

Laban Searching for his Stolen House Gods ca. 1665-70 Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682 Spanish) Oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

Biblical History, To the Hail Mary, Historical steel engraving from 1860

'Karaite Cemetery at Chufut-Kale'. Series "Views of Crimea". Germany-Russia, 1824. Dimensions: 31,6x41 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Carl Ferdinand von Kügelgen.

Arrival of Jewish pilgrims exiled from Israel at Kochi Copyright: xKenxGraham/DinodiaxPhotox

H. Christoffel. The H. Christoffel wades at the light of the moon through a river with the Christ child on his shoulders.

Sailors' votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor (19th century). Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

Exvotos marineros al Santo Cristo del Sagrat Cor (s.XIX). Convento del Sagrat Cor. Soller. Tramuntana.Mallorca.Illes Balears.España.

George Catlin, Father Hennepin and Companions at the Falls of St Anthony May 1, 1680, 1847 1848 Father Hennepin and Companions at the Falls of St. Anthony. May 1, 1680

The Crucifixion. Mezzotint by John Martin after himself, 1834.

Depiction of Saint Walpurga performing a miracle, showing figure, gesture, and robes, drawn with black and reddish chalk, gray and brown brush.

Votive sailors to Santo Cristo del Sagrat Cor, XIX century, Convent Sagrat Cor, Soller, Tramuntana, Mallorca Balearic Islands Spain

The arrival of the Spaniards in the Yucatan (Mexico). Illustration taken from the History of the Indies by Diego Duran, 1579 manuscript.

Sailors' votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor (19th century). Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

Sailors votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor 19th century. Convent of the Sacred Heart Sailors votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor 19th century. Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain. Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 21769553

Sailors' votive offerings to the Holy Christ of the Sagrat Cor (19th century). Convent of the Sacred Heart, Soller. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

The Altay or Altai are an ethnic group of Turkic people living in the Siberian Altai Republic and Altai Krai and surrounding areas of Tuva and Mongolia. circa 1910s

According to Chinese mythology, the priest Hsuan Chuang engaged a boat to take himself and his companions across a body of water. Only when the master was in the boat (pictured here) did he realize that it was a boat sent by the Demon of Blackwater River to entrap them in midstream, but the Sun and Western Dragon came to their rescue. This illustration dates to about 1922.

The Abduction of Sita, Page from an illustrated manuscript of the Ramayana Indian. The Abduction of Sita, Page from an illustrated manuscript of the Ramayana, ca. 1775. Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper, sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 1/16 in. (24.8 x 35.7 cm). This painting illustrates the pivotal moment in the Ramayana when the demon Ravana kidnaps Ramas beautiful wife, Sita. The multiheaded Ravana and Sita are shown twice: at the lower left Ravana has mortally wounded a giant vulture who valiantly attempted to save Sita, while in the upper right corner the demon flies away with his prize. Sita drops a pouch of jewelry to a group of monkeys, who will report her abduction to Rama. In the background, two sickly trees flank a healthy tree, echoing ugly Ravanas embrace of the lovely Sita. Asian Art ca. 1775

Historical views of Hindoostan (India). The four castes of Hinduism: Brahmin priest, Kshatriya soldier, Vaishya merchant and Shudra menial 49, Bengal tiger attacking a man 50 and fakirs and Sanyasi yogis performing self-mortification 51. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Asia, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1819.

Emancipation Proclamation. Published and sold by Martin & Judson, c1864. Print shows at centre the text of the Emancipation Proclamation with vignettes surrounding it; on the left are scenes related to slavery and on the right are scenes showing the benefits attained through freedom; also shows Justice and Columbia at the top centre beneath a bald eagle and a portrait of Abraham Lincoln at bottom centre above a scene of former slaves giving thanks

Scene tile, Jesus standing next to two Roman tax officials, corner motif of ox-head, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Yellow shard square. Purple on white fond bible tax religion Jesus Christ Roman

Album Containing Twelve Paintings of People Making Silk 19th century Unidentified artist. Album Containing Twelve Paintings of People Making Silk. Unidentified artist. China. 19th century. Album of twelve leaves; color on pith paper. Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Paintings

Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667-1749), Christ at the Sea of Galilee, c. 1740, oil on canvas

The Wandering Jew', c1901. Old, barefoot, bearded Jewish man in a storm, being rejected from buildings flying flags of different nations. Anti-Semitism

Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Baltic Sea, Rügen Island, Wittow Peninsula, Altenkirchen, Altenkirchen Parish Church

Exvotos marineros al Santo Cristo del Sagrat Cor (s.XIX). Convento del Sagrat Cor. Soller. Tramuntana.Mallorca.Illes Balears.España.

Building the Turtle Ship (From: Ten Scenes of Yi Sun-Shin's Life) by Anonymous / Private Collection / 20th century / South Korea / Oil on canvas / History /

T'IEN-KOAN is a divinity who brings good fortune : here he appears in a cloud, to guide a fortunate couple to haul up a catch of treasure in their fishing net Date: 1919

Traditional ceremony, Russia, Gorlovka, Regional Art Museum, 48x67

Tribesman fighting with a cowboy couple

Christ in the Storm in the Sea of Galilee, Rembrandt, Harmensz van Rijn, 1633.

Painting of a Blackfeet tepee encampment outside of historic Fort Walsh located in SE Saskatchewan Canada

Monks. Wrongly stranded by Solovyev, Lev Grigoryevich (1837-1919)/ Regional Art Museum, Sumy/ 1870s/ Russia/ Oil on canvas/ Realism/ 52x78,5/ Genre

Medicine Dance of the Winnebagos from "The American Aboriginal Portfolio Seth Eastman (1808-1878 American) Newberry Library, Chicago

Balaam Prophesies the Glory of Israel James Tissot (1836-1902 French) Jewish Museum, New York

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