Religious figure in art: paintings, drawings and prints

Head of a Female Saint, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Head of a Female Saint, c. 1515.

Kopf einer weiblichen Heiligen (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on spruce wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

An Augustinian father, c. 1850–1860.

Un padre de San Agustín (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Portrait of Father Jan Jasiak, Jacek Malczewski

Portrait of Father Jan Jasiak, 1925.

Portret księdza Jana Jasiaka (museum title)

Jacek Malczewski (Polish), oil on cardboard

National Museum in Kraków, Poland

Saint Francis Xavier, c. 1750–1760.

San Francisco Xavier (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on copper

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

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, Sandro Botticelli

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, 1490.

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome (museum title)

Sandro Botticelli (Italian), tempera on wood

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Altarpiece of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Friar Juan de Zumárraga and Juan Diego

Retablo de la Virgen de Guadalupe, fray Juan de Zumárraga y… (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on metal

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

Portrait of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés, Diego Velázquez

Portrait of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés, 1640s.

Portrait de l'archevêque Fernando de Valdés (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery, United Kingdom

Saint Francis, 1745–1750.

Saint Francis (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto, Titien

Portrait of Cardinal Filippo Archinto, 1558.

Portrait du cardinal Filippo Archinto (museum title)

Titien (Italian), oil on canvas

Philadelphia Museum of Art, United States

Portrait of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva, Le Greco

Portrait of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva, c. 1600.

Retrato de Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

El Greco Museum, Spain

Saint Gertrude (Santa Gertrudis), Miguel Cabrera

Saint Gertrude (Santa Gertrudis), 1763.

Saint Gertrude (Santa Gertrudis) (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

Dallas Museum of Art, United States

The Founding of the City of São Paulo, Oscar Pereira da Silva

The Founding of the City of São Paulo, c. 1909.

Fundação da Cidade de São Paulo (museum title)

Oscar Pereira da Silva (Brazilian), oil on canvas

Museu Paulista collection (Fundo Museu Paulista), Brazil

Saint Peter of Alcántara, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Peter of Alcántara, 18th century.

San Pedro de Alcántara (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Miguel Cabrera

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, c. 1750–1760.

San Ignacio de Loyola (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on copper

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

Portrait of Reverend P.S. Dineen (1860-1934), Lexicographer, John Butler Yeats

Portrait of Reverend P.S. Dineen (1860-1934), Lexicographer, 1905.

Portrait of Reverend P.S. Dineen (1860-1934), Lexicographer (museum title)

John Butler Yeats (Irish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Ireland

Friars Crossing a Ford, c. 1850–1876.

Los frailes atravesando un vado (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

A monk from the order of St Francis viewed from behind, Pancho Fierro

A monk from the order of St Francis viewed from behind, c. 1848.

A monk from the order of St Francis viewed from behind (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Portrait du pape Paul V, 1605.

Portrait du pape Paul V (museum title)

Caravaggio (Italian), oil on canvas

Borghese Gallery, Italy

Saint Ildefonso, c. 1603–1614.

Saint Ildefonso (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Christ on the Waves

Cristo sobre as ondas (museum title)

Victor Meirelles (Brazilian), oil on paper on canvas laid on wood

Museu Victor Meirelles, Brazil

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), Hans Holbein le Jeune

Christ on the Mount of Olives (one panel of the Passion cycle), c. 1524.

Christus am Ölberg (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

A Monk, c. 1895–1899.

Munkki (museum title)

Elin Danielson-Gambogi (Finnish), oil

Finnish National Gallery, Finland

The Plainchant, 1855.

El canto llano (museum title)

Francisco Laso (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Portrait of Innocent X, 1650.

Innocent X (museum title)

Diego Velázquez (Spanish), oil on canvas

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Italy

Allegory of the Virgin as Protector of the Dominicans

Alegoría de la Virgen como protectora de los dominicos (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

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

Saint Jerome, c. 1610–1614.

Saint Jerome (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

National Gallery of Art, United States

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino, Le Greco

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino, 1609.

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States

Nothing is Known of This; two figures picking up a body in front of a church, a monk singing next to them and another in the background; page 7 from the "Witches and Old Women" Album (D), c. 1819–1823.

Nothing is Known of This; two figures picking up a body in… (museum title)

Francisco de Goya (Spanish), brush, black and gray ink and wash, scraper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

A priest from the order of Santo Domingo (Saint Dominic), Pancho Fierro

A priest from the order of Santo Domingo (Saint Dominic), c. 1848.

A priest from the order of Santo Domingo (Saint Dominic) (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), Le Greco

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), c. 1600.

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609) (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Saint Jerome as Scholar, c. 1610.

Saint Jerome as Scholar (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, Hans Holbein le Jeune

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, 1521–1522.

Der tote Christus im Grab (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on limewood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

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

Christopher Columbus and His Son Diego Request Hospitality at the Franciscan Convent of Santa María de La Rábida, Ignacio Merino

Christopher Columbus and His Son Diego Request Hospitality at the Franciscan Convent of Santa María de La Rábida, 1857.

Cristóbal Colón y su hijo Diego solicitan hospitalidad en… (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Titus in Monk's Habit, Rembrandt van Rijn

Titus in Monk's Habit, 1660.

Titus in monniksdracht (museum title)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch), oil on canvas

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands

Monks on the Deck, 1898.

Munker på dekket (museum title)

Frits Thaulow (Norwegian), oil on wood panel

National Museum of Norway

Trifacial Trinity, c. 1750–1770.

Trinidad trifacial (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Lima Art Museum (MALI), Peru

Padre Miguel Correa Pacheco, Almeida Júnior

Padre Miguel Correa Pacheco, 1890.

Padre Miguel Correa Pacheco (museum title)

Almeida Júnior (Brazilian)

Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Candelária, Brazil

A canon handing a crucifix to a man, Pancho Fierro

A canon handing a crucifix to a man, 1848.

A canon handing a crucifix to a man (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Saint Ursula, 18th century.

St. Ursula (museum title)

École de Cuzco, oil on canvas

Denver Art Museum, United States

The Friar Painter and His Critics, Ignacio Merino

The Friar Painter and His Critics, 1865.

El fraile pintor y sus críticos (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Saint Ignatius Sends Saint Francis Xavier to the East Indies, Miguel Cabrera

Saint Ignatius Sends Saint Francis Xavier to the East Indies, 1756.

Envía San Ignacio a la India Oriental a San Francisco Javier (museum title)

Miguel Cabrera (Mexican), oil on canvas

National Museum of the Viceroyalty (Tepotzotlán), Mexico

Christopher Columbus before the Scholars at Salamanca, Ignacio Merino

Christopher Columbus before the Scholars at Salamanca, 1863.

Cristóbal Colón ante los sabios en Salamanca (museum title)

Ignacio Merino (Peruvian), oil on canvas

Ignacio Merino Municipal Art Gallery, Peru

Head of a Male Saint, Hans Holbein le Jeune

Head of a Male Saint, c. 1515.

Kopf eines männlichen Heiligen (museum title)

Hans Holbein le Jeune (Swiss), oil on spruce wood

Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

Saint Francis of Assisi in Prayer and Penance, Melchor Pérez de Holguín

Saint Francis of Assisi in Prayer and Penance, 1694.

San Francisco de Asís en oración y penitencia (museum title)

Melchor Pérez de Holguín (Bolivian), oil

Casa Nacional de Moneda, Potosí, Bolivia

A monk from the order of Barbones, Pancho Fierro

A monk from the order of Barbones, 1848.

A monk from the order of Barbones (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro, Francisco de Goya

Pilgrimage to the Fountain of San Isidro, 1819.

Procession du Saint-Office (museum title)

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

Prado Museum, Spain

San Bernardino de Siena, 1603.

Saint Bernardin de Sienne (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish)

Prado Museum, Spain

A priest from the Mercederian order (Order of Our Lady of Mercy), Pancho Fierro

A priest from the Mercederian order (Order of Our Lady of Mercy), 1848.

A priest from the Mercederian order (Order of Our Lady of… (museum title)

Pancho Fierro (Peruvian), watercolor on paper

Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States

Ecstasy of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Le Greco

Ecstasy of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1600.

Ecstasy of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata (museum title)

Le Greco (Spanish), oil on canvas

São Paulo Museum of Art, Brazil