Genre: Religious
Religious Paintings
Religious paintings depict scenes from scripture and the lives of saints. Churches and patrons were the main source of commissions for centuries, so many famous works in European museums began as altarpieces or devotional pictures.
560 paintings listed, each with the museum that holds it.
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The Annunciation
Jan van Eyck, 1436
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The Adoration of the Magi
Sandro Botticelli, 1476
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence
The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci, 1498
Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Salvator Mundi
Leonardo da Vinci, 1500
Private Collection, Unknown
The Alba Madonna
Raphael, 1510
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Sistine Madonna
Raphael, 1512
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Dresden
The Creation of Adam
Michelangelo, 1512
Vatican Museums, Vatican City
The Yellow Christ
Paul Gauguin, 1889
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Madonna
Edvard Munch, 1894
Munch Museum, Oslo
Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ)
Giotto di Bondone, 1305
Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus
Simone Martini, 1333
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence
Adoration of the Magi
Gentile da Fabriano, 1423
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence
Crucifixion
Masaccio, 1426
Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Jan van Eyck, 1432
Royal Museums of Turin, Turin
The Adoration of the Magi
Fra Angelico, 1445
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca, 1460
Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino
Lamentation of Christ
Andrea Mantegna, 1480
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
Assumption of the Virgin
Titian, 1518
Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice
Adam and Eve
Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Madrid
Assumption of the Virgin
Correggio, 1530
Parma Cathedral, Parma
Madonna with the Long Neck
Parmigianino, 1540
Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Florence
Judith Beheading Holofernes
Caravaggio, 1599
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Palazzo Barberini), Rome
The Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio, 1600
Louvre, Paris, Paris
Flagellation of Christ
Caravaggio, 1607
Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples
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Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
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What is the difference between genre and style in art?
Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
Where can I see religious paintings?
In our listings, Private Collection, Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Louvre, Paris hold the most religious paintings. Each artwork page has the museum, location and visiting details.