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Biblical scene

307 works by 37 artists

307 works featuring “Biblical scene” by 37 artists, from the 15th to the 20th century, held in 105 museums.

La Vocation de saint Matthieu, Caravaggio

La Vocation de saint Matthieu, 1609.

La Vocation de saint Matthieu (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Church of Saint-Louis-des-Français, Italy

Isaac and Rebecca, Known as ‘The Jewish Bride’, Rembrandt van Rijn

Isaac and Rebecca, Known as ‘The Jewish Bride’, c. 1665–1669.

Portret van een paar als Isaak en Rebekka, bekend als 'De… (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Creation of Adam, Michel-Ange

The Creation of Adam, 1511–1512.

Creation of Adam (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, Michel-Ange

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, 1511.

Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Paysage avec Agar et l'ange, Nicolas Poussin

Paysage avec Agar et l'ange, 1660.

Paysage avec Agar et l'ange (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ancient Art, Italy

Conversion of Paul, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Conversion of Paul, 1567.

Conversion of Paul (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Austria

The Flood, Michel-Ange

The Flood, 1508–1509.

The Flood (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

The Entombment, Nicolas Poussin

The Entombment, c. 1656–1657.

The Entombment (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), pen and brown ink

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ecce homo, Caravaggio

Ecce homo, 1607.

Ecce homo (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Moses Smashing the Tablets of the Law, Rembrandt van Rijn

Moses Smashing the Tablets of the Law, 1659.

Moses Smashing the Tablets of the Law (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany

Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn

Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1668.

Return of the Prodigal Son (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Spring, Nicolas Poussin

Spring, 1660–1664.

Le Printemps (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

La Résurrection de Lazare, Caravaggio

La Résurrection de Lazare, 1609.

La Résurrection de Lazare (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Regional Museum of Messina, Italy

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1609.

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Gallery of the Royal Collections, Spain

Adam and Eve, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Adam and Eve, 1517.

Adam und Eva (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on paper, mounted (probably at a later date) on spruce wood; watermark: ox head with rope

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Tobias and the Angel, Jacek Malczewski

Tobias and the Angel, 1924.

Tobiasz z aniołem (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on wood

National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

The Denial of St Peter, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Denial of St Peter, 1660.

De verloochening van Petrus (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1607.

Salomé avec la tête de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, Nicolas Poussin

Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man, 1655.

Saints Peter and John Healing the Lame Man (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Descent from the Cross, Carl Bloch

Descent from the Cross, 1886.

Kristi nedtagelse af korset (museum title)

Carl Bloch (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

Adoration of the Shepherds, Le Greco

Adoration of the Shepherds, 1612–1614.

L'Adoration des bergers (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Christ Calms the Storm, study for the altarpiece in Raahe church, Eero Järnefelt

Christ Calms the Storm, study for the altarpiece in Raahe church, 1925.

Kristus asettaa myrskyn, harjoitelma Raahen kirkon… (museum title)

Eero Järnefelt (Finnish), pastel on canvas

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

Eliezer and Rebecca, Nicolas Poussin

Eliezer and Rebecca, c. 1660–1665.

Éliézer et Rebecca (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Fitzwilliam Museum, United Kingdom

Autumn, Nicolas Poussin

Autumn, 1660–1664.

L'Automne (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Circumcision, Rembrandt van Rijn

The Circumcision, 1661.

The Circumcision (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist, 1566.

The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on oak panel

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary

The Massacre of the Innocents, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Massacre of the Innocents, 1566.

The Massacre of the Innocents (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Esther before Ahasuerus, Nicolas Poussin

Esther before Ahasuerus, 1655.

Esther devant Assuérus (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Hermitage Museum, Russia

Le Christ à la colonne, Caravaggio

Le Christ à la colonne, 1606.

Le Christ à la colonne (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, Nicolas Poussin

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1653.

Le Christ et la femme adultère (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Le Reniement de saint Pierre, Caravaggio

Le Reniement de saint Pierre, 1610.

Le Reniement de saint Pierre (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

L'Annonciation, Caravaggio

L'Annonciation, 1609.

L'Annonciation (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, France

The Entombment of Christ, Juan Rodríguez Juárez

The Entombment of Christ, c. 1702.

The Entombment of Christ (museum title)

Juan Rodríguez Juárez (Mexican), oil on copper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Jacob's Departure, Rodolfo Amoedo

Jacob's Departure, 1884.

A Partida de Jacó (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Brazil

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, Caravaggio

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste, 1608.

La Décollation de saint Jean-Baptiste (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

St. John's Co-Cathedral, Malte

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange, Eugène Delacroix

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange, 1861.

La Lutte de Jacob avec l'Ange (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil, plaster, and wax

Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France

The Agony in the Garden, Eugène Delacroix

The Agony in the Garden, 1861.

The Agony in the Garden (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

The Parable of the Great Supper, Wilhelm Marstrand

The Parable of the Great Supper, 1869.

Lignelsen om den store nadver (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Saviour Praying, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

The Saviour Praying, 1903.

Fohászkodó Üdvözítő (museum title)

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (Hungarian), oil on canvas

Janus Pannonius Museum, Hungary

Noli me tangere, Nicolas Poussin

Noli me tangere, 1653.

Noli me tangere (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Winter, Nicolas Poussin

Winter, 1660–1664.

L'Hiver (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Summer, Nicolas Poussin

Summer, 1660–1664.

L'Été (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

Study for Jesus in Capernaum, Rodolfo Amoedo

Study for Jesus in Capernaum, 1885.

Estudo para Jesus em Cafarnaum (museum title)

Rodolfo Amoedo (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil

L'Adoration des bergers, Caravaggio

L'Adoration des bergers, 1609.

L'Adoration des bergers (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Regional Museum of Messina, Italy

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden, Michel-Ange

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden, 1509–1510.

Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Christ and Doubting Thomas, Wilhelm Marstrand

Christ and Doubting Thomas, 1870.

Kristus og den vantro Thomas (museum title)

Wilhelm Marstrand (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

La Flagellation du Christ, Caravaggio

La Flagellation du Christ, 1607.

La Flagellation du Christ (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Museo di Capodimonte, Italy

Le Crucifiement de saint André, Caravaggio

Le Crucifiement de saint André, 1607.

Le Crucifiement de saint André (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Cleveland Museum of Art, United States

Le Souper à Emmaüs, Caravaggio

Le Souper à Emmaüs, 1606.

Le Souper à Emmaüs (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Pinacoteca di Brera, Italy

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1565.

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (museum title)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Dutch), oil on panel

Courtauld Institute of Art, United Kingdom