God in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Poseidon and Amphitrite, c. 1913.

Poseidon and Amphitrite (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, Nicolai Abildgaard

Apollo charging the Parcae to visit Ceres, who has fled from the Earth, 1809.

Apollon pålægger Parcerne at opsøge den fra jorden… (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), oil on canvas

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

The Adoration of Cupid, Alexandre Roslin

The Adoration of Cupid, 1787.

Amors tillbedjan (museum title)

Alexandre Roslin (Swedish), oil on canvas

Nationalmuseum, Sweden

The Creation of Adam, 1511–1512.

Creation of Adam (museum title)

Michel-Ange (Italian), fresco

Vatican Museums, Vatican

Allegory of the Holy Eucharist, Miguel Cabrera

Allegory of the Holy Eucharist, 1750.

Alegoría de la Santa Eucaristía (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on copper

Andrés Blaisten Collection, Mexico

Mars Resting, 1640.

Repos de Mars (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Coronation of the Virgin, Diego Velázquez

Coronation of the Virgin, 1635–1636.

Le Couronnement de la Vierge (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Adam and Eve in Paradise, École de Cuzco

Adam and Eve in Paradise, 18th century.

Adam and Eve in Paradise (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan, Diego Velázquez

Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan, 1630.

La Forge de Vulcain (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Judgment of Paris, 1710s.

Le jugement de Pâris (museum title)

Antoine Watteau (French), oil on wood

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Rape of Persephone, c. 1913.

The Rape of Persephone (museum title)

Rupert Bunny (Australian), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Australia

The Holy Family, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Holy Family, 1717.

La Sagrada Familia (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Spring, 1660–1664.

Le Printemps (museum title)

Nicolas Poussin (French), oil on canvas

Department of Paintings, Louvre Museum, France

The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament of the Altar, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Disputation of the Holy Sacrament of the Altar, 18th century.

La Disputa del Santísimo Sacramento del Altar (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

L'Enseignant, le Pasteur et la Providence, Albrecht Dürer

L'Enseignant, le Pasteur et la Providence, 1526.

L'Enseignant, le Pasteur et la Providence (museum title)

Albrecht Dürer (German), woodcut on paper

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Germany

Trifacial Trinity, c. 1750–1770.

Trinidad trifacial (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

The Enthroned Trinity as Three Identical Figures, École de Cuzco

The Enthroned Trinity as Three Identical Figures, c. 1720–1740.

La Trinidad entronizada como tres figuras iguales (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

God the Father Supported by Angels, Rembrandt van Rijn

God the Father Supported by Angels, 1655–1660.

God the Father Supported by Angels (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), pen and brown ink

National Gallery of Art, United States

Dedo de Deus, 1935.

Dedo de Deus (museum title)

Eliseu Visconti (Brazilian), oil on wood

Private collection

Day of the God (Mahana no Atua), Paul Gauguin

Day of the God (Mahana no Atua), 1894.

Jour de Dieu (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago, United States

The Heart of Jesus

El Corazón de Jesús (museum title)

Juan Patricio Morlete Ruiz (Mexican), oil on copper

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida, James Barry

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida, 1809.

Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida (museum title)

James Barry (Irish), etching and mezzotint

Yale Center for British Art, United States

The Annunciation, c. 1615.

Anunciación (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on copper

Blaisten Museum (Andrés Blaisten Collection, Mexico City), Mexico

The Annunciation

La anunciación (museum title)

Luis Juárez (Mexican), oil on wood

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

Saint Augustine, Doctor of the Church, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Augustine, Doctor of the Church, 18th century.

San Agustín, doctor de la iglesia (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Jupiter and Antiope: the larger plate, Rembrandt van Rijn

Jupiter and Antiope: the larger plate, 1659.

Jupiter en Antiope: grote plaat (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), etching

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate, 1898–1899.

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

A flying Cupid with an arrow in his hand, Nicolai Abildgaard

A flying Cupid with an arrow in his hand, c. 1792–1795.

En svævende Amor med pilen i hånden (museum title)

Nicolai Abildgaard (Danish), drawing

Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

La Gloria, c. 1551–1554.

La Gloire (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Jupiter, Neptune et Pluton, 1599.

Jupiter, Neptune et Pluton (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil

Villa Ludovisi, Italy

Le Chariot de foin, 1510.

Le Chariot de foin (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, Miguel Cabrera

The Virgin of the Apocalypse, 1760.

La Virgen del Apocalipsis (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of Art (MUNAL), Mexico City, Mexico

For the Love of God, Cornelius Krieghoff

For the Love of God, after 1860.

Pour l'amour du Bon Dieu (museum title)

Cornelius Krieghoff (Canadian), oil on canvas

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada

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

Saturn Devouring His Son, Francisco de Goya

Saturn Devouring His Son, 1819.

Saturne dévorant un de ses enfants (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), oil on plaster, transferred to canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Philemon and Baucis, 1658.

Philemon and Baucis (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on wood

National Gallery of Art, United States

Double Trinity with Saint Augustine and Saint Gertrude, École de Cuzco

Double Trinity with Saint Augustine and Saint Gertrude, c. 1700–1730.

Doble Trinidad con san Agustín y santa Gertrudis (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Sketch of the stained glass "Apollo - Copernicus's Solar System" in the Physicians' Society House in Kraków, Stanisław Wyspiański

Sketch of the stained glass "Apollo - Copernicus's Solar System" in the Physicians' Society House in Kraków, 1904.

Szkic witraża "Apollo - System słoneczny Kopernika" w… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pencil and colored pencil on paper

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto], Paul Gauguin

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto], 1895.

Te Atua (The Gods) Small Plate [recto] (museum title)

Paul Gauguin (French), woodcut on Japan paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

God the Father – Design to the Stained-Glass Window for the Franciscan Church in Krakow, Stanisław Wyspiański

God the Father – Design to the Stained-Glass Window for the Franciscan Church in Krakow, 1904.

Bóg Ojciec. Replika projektu witraża do okna zachodniego… (museum title)

Stanisław Wyspiański (Polish), pastel on canvas

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Mercury and Argus, c. 1659.

Mercure et Argos (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

Mystic Crucifixion, c. 1500.

Crucifixion mystique (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), oil and tempera on canvas

Fogg Art Museum, United States

The Double Trinity with Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria de la Cabeza, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

The Double Trinity with Saint Isidore the Farmer and Saint Maria de la Cabeza, 1701.

La Doble Trinidad con San Isidro Labrador y Santa María de… (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

The Holy Family and Brother Pedro Basto, Miguel Cabrera

The Holy Family and Brother Pedro Basto, 1752.

La Sagrada Familia y el Hermano Pedro Basto (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of the Viceroyalty (Tepotzotlán), Mexico

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite, Eugène Delacroix

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite, 1861.

Le Triomphe d'Amphitrite (museum title)

Eugène Delacroix (French), oil on canvas

Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Switzerland

Le Jardin des délices, 1490.

Le Jardin des délices (museum title)

Hieronymus Bosch (Dutch), oil on wood panel

Prado Museum, Spain

The Family of the Christ Child with the Soul Captive of Divine Love, École de Cuzco

The Family of the Christ Child with the Soul Captive of Divine Love, c. 1700–1730.

La parentela del Niño Jesús con el alma presa del amor… (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on copper

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory, École de Cuzco

Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory, 17th century.

Virgin of Carmel Saving Souls in Purgatory (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Brooklyn Museum, United States

The Triumph of Bacchus, 1628–1629.

Le Triomphe de Bacchus (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain

The Coronation of the Virgin, 1591.

Le Couronnement de la Vierge (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Prado Museum, Spain