spanishbaroqueart:

Francisco Herrera the Elder

Apotheosis of Saint Hermenegild (c. 1620-24)

Museum of Fine Arts, Seville, Spain

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spanishbaroqueart:

Juan de Roelas

The Martyrdom of Saint John the Evangelist

According to Tertullian, as quoted by Saint Jerome, in year 92, St John the Evangelist survived martyrdom at Rome under the Emperor Domitian by being immersed in a vat of boiling oil, from which he emerged unharmed. He was later exiled to island of Patmos. This event was traditionally said to have occurred at the Latin Gate, located on the southern portion of the Roman wall.

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necspenecmetu:

Andrea Vaccaro, Noli Me Tangere, 17th century

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100artistsbook:

David Bearing the Head of Goliath, Jacob Van Oost The Elder. Flemish (1601- 1671)

(Source: poboh, via malebeautyinart)

(via Edward Hicks - Peaceable Kingdom [c.1834] | Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

centuriespast:

MOSTAERT, Jan

(b. ca. 1475, Haarlem, d. 1555/56, Haarlem)

Abraham and Hagar
Oil on panel, 94 x 131 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

rhea137:

Tibet, 15th century, Smashana Adipati (Lords of the Charnel Ground). Collection of the Rubin Museum of Art.
(A Divine Diversion | Buddhist Art News)

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gentlebranches:

Philippe Lejeune: La nuit obscure de saint Jean/ The Dark Night of St John

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centuriespast:

COXCIE, Michiel van

Original Sin
Oil on panel, 237 x 87,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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The Murder of Abel, William Blake, 1825.

signorcasaubon:

Trinidad trificela — The Three-Faced Trinity, an iconographic type of the Godhead that fell into disuse (or rather, was effectively outlawed as heterodox) in the wake of the Reformation. Also of note is the Scutum Fidei— the “shield of faith”, which proclaimed the Christian belief in the Holy Trinity: Three Persons, each distinct from each other, but sharing one divine essence.

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