IDCIRCO ENIM PICTURA IN ECCLESIIS ADHIBETUR UT HI QUI LITTERAS NESCIUNT SALTEM IN PARIETIBUS VIDENDO LEGANT QUAE LEGERE IN CODICIBUS NON VALENT
Pope Gregory the Great, c. AD 600
Pictures are used in churches, so that those who are ignorant of letters may at least read by seeing on the walls, what they cannot read in books.
Separation of Light from Darkness (1508-12) Michelangelo
Creation of the Sun and Moon (1508-12) Michelangelo
Separation of Land from Water (1508-12) Michelangelo
Creation of the World, Third Day (c. 1504) Hieronymus Bosch
Creation of the Animals (1550) Tintoretto
Creation of Adam (1508-12) Michelangelo
Creation of Eve (1356) Bartolodo di Fredi
Creation of Eve (1508-12) Michelangelo
The Fall (1467-68) van der Goes
Temptation of Eve (1508-12) Michelangelo
Fall of Man (1510) Albrecht Durer
Adam and Eve (1509-11) Raphael
Adam and Eve (1550) Tintoretto
Adam and Eve (1623) Domenichino
Heaven and Hell (1510) Hieronymus Bosch
Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (1427) Masaccio
The Expulsion (1510) Albrecht Durer
Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (1508-12) Michelangelo
Expulsion of Adam and Eve (1791) West
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (1827-28) Thomas Cole
Noah Leading the Animals into the Ark (1655) Castiglione
The Flood (1508-12) Michelangelo
Evening of the Deluge (1843) Turner
Sacrifice of Noah (1508-12) Michelangelo
Drunkenness of Noah (1508-12) Michelangelo
Tower of Babel (1866) Gustav Dore
Meeting of Abraham and Melchidizek (1625) Rubens
Lot and His Daughters (1496-99) Durer
Hagar and the Angel (1660) Poussin
Abraham and the Three Angels (1960-66) Marc Chagall
Destruction of Sodom (1866) Gustav Dore
Abraham and Isaac (1645) Rembrandt
Binding of Isaac (c. 1620) Domenichino
Binding of Isaac (1655) Rembrandt
Binding of Isaac (1960-66) Marc Chagall
Rebecca at the Well (1580-85) Veronese
Rebecca at the Well (1648) Poussin
Selling of Joseph into Slavery (1637) Bourdon
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1555) Tintoretto
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife (1655) Rembrandt
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph (1656) Rembrandt
Finding of Moses (1570) Veronese
Finding of Moses (1650) Poussin
Finding of Moses (1650) Bourdon
Gathering of Manna (1540-55) Bacchiacca
Moses Striking the Rock (1624) Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael
The Brazen Serpent (1575) Tintoretto
The Brazen Serpent (1653) Bourdon
Worship of the Golden Calf (1560) Tintoretto
Adoration of the Golden Calf (1634) Poussin
Ruth and Boaz (1660-64) Poussin
Ghost of Samuel Appearing to Saul (1800) Blake
Meeting of David and Abigail (c.1630) Rubens
David Victorious (1627) Poussin
Judgment of Solomon (1509-11) Raphael
Judgment of Solomon (1649) Poussin
Judgment of Solomon (1518) Raphael
From the Divided Monarchy to the Exile
Prophet Elijah Receiving Bread (1625-28) Rubens
Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire (c. 1740-55) Giuseppe Angeli
Elijah Fed by the Raven (1510) Giovanni Girolamo Salvoldo
Ezekiel's Vision (1518) Raphael
Prophet Jeremiah (1508-12) Michelangelo
Prophet Zechariah (1508-12) Michelangelo
Job and his Daughters (1799-1800) Blake
Daniel in the Lions' Den (1615) Rubens
Discovery of the Murder of Holophernes (1472) Botticelli
Judith Returns to Bethulia (1472) Botticelli
Judith and Holophernes (1495) Mantegna
Judith and Holophernes (1550) Tintoretto
Bathing of Susanna (1560-62) Tintoretto
Tobias Laying Hold of the Fish (1617-18) Domenichino
Tobias and the Angel (c. 1480) Fra Filippino Lippi
Triumph of Mordecai (1641) Rembrandt
Seven Deadly Sins (1485) Hieronymus Bosch
Annunciation Triptych (1440) van der Weyden
Annunciation (1445) Fra Angelico
Annunciation (c. 1448) Fra Carenvale
Annunciation (1455) Piero della Francesca
Annunciation (1455) van der Weyden
Annunciation (1472-75) Leondardo da Vinci
Annunciation (1489-90) Botticelli
Annunciation (1583) Tintoretto
The Presentation in the Temple
Presentation in the Temple (1300) Bondone
Presentation in the Temple (1306) Giotto
Presentation in the Temple (1450) Fra Angelico
Presentation in the Temple (1455) Mantegna
Presentation in the Temple (1460) Bellini
Presentation in the Temple (1463) Memling
Presentation in the Temple (1500) Holbein
Presentation in the Temple (1631) Rembrandt
Simeon's Song of Praise (1669) Rembrandt's last painting
Presentation in the Temple (1700) de Gelder
Presentation in the Temple (1796) Benjamin West
Presentation in the Temple (1886) James Tissot
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