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Images from the collections

Images about Christian saints

77 images from works
  • Jesus calls the fishermen from the sea to be his apostles. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after J.C. Tardieu and C.J. Vernet.
  • The Virgin Mary and the Christ child, with Saint Augustine, Saint George, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Stephen and an angel with a lily. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia.
  • St. John of God carrying a sick patient from a hospital ward. Line engraving by G. Petrini.
  • Saint Peter is crucified upside down. Engraving by C. Tinti, 1784, after G. Reni.
  • Saint Cecilia with Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint John the Evangelist, a bishop and Saint Mary Magdalen. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Raphael.
  • The dissection of the body of a miser in the presence of St Anthony of Padua: the miser's heart is found not in his body, but in a casket with his money. Engraving by G. Canuti after Girolamo da Treviso.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after T. Viti.
  • Saint John the Evangelist watches an angel giving robes to martyrs. Woodcut.
  • Saint Anne with the young Mary. Coloured stipple engraving.
  • Saint Sebastian with the infant Saint John the Baptist, Saint Francis, Saint Antony of Padua or Saint Bernardino and Saint George. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Francia.
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Works from the collections

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    The ecstasy of Andrea Corsini. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni, c. 1635-40.

    Reni, Guido, 1575-1642. | Reference: 25577i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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    Antoniter-Forum. Heft 10, 2002 / herausgegeben von Joseph Kiermeier-Debre.

    | Date: 2002
    • Books

    Saints and animals in the Middle Ages / Dominic Alexander.

    Alexander, Dominic. | Date: 2008
    • Books

    Bernadette of Lourdes : her life, death and visions / Thérèse Taylor.

    Taylor, Thérèse. | Date: 2003
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    Saint Bonaventure resuscitates a dead child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F.G. Gessi.

    Gessi, Francesco, 1588-1649. | Reference: 25606i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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Christianity
Mary
Jesus
Women in Christianity
Angels
Martyrs
Mother and child
Death
Bishops
John the Baptist

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