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Saints Oil Paintings

Read the attribute, name the figure: the emblems painters used so a viewer could tell one saint from another.

Saints in Western painting: who they are, how they are recognised, and the works that depict them.

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Art Subjects

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Bringing Food for the Inmates of a Hospital by Adam Elsheimer

Portraits

281 artworks

Cultural Heritage

219 artworks

Religious

187 artworks

Saint John the Baptist by Agnolo Bronzino

Religion

170 artworks

Group

118 artworks

Male

94 artworks

Mythology

94 artworks

Fantasy

90 artworks

Saint Monica in a Landscape by Alexandre Cabanel

Female

66 artworks

Forest Scene with Saint George Fighting the Dragon by Albrecht Altdorfer

Landscapes

63 artworks

View of the Canal Saint Martin by Alfred Sisley

Architectural

19 artworks

Willows and Farmhouses at Saint Catherine les Arras by Camille Corot

Rural

19 artworks

Botanicals

18 artworks

Saint-Julien-des-Chazes by Armand Guillaumin

Mountain

17 artworks

Tree

17 artworks

Forest

15 artworks

Seascapes

13 artworks

Animal Art

12 artworks

City

11 artworks

Annunciation with Saint Emidius by Carlo Crivelli

Photography

9 artworks

Urban

9 artworks

A Creek in Saint Thomas, Antilles by Camille Pissarro

Nautical

8 artworks

River

8 artworks

Opening of the fifth seal (The vision of Saint John the Divine) by El Greco

Abstract Art

7 artworks

Bell Tower of the Church of Saint Paterne at Orleans by Camille Corot

Rock

7 artworks

Still Life

7 artworks

Sea

6 artworks

Cat

5 artworks

Eco Nature

5 artworks

The Saint Antoine Road at l"Hermitage, Pontoise by Camille Pissarro

Field

5 artworks

The Eve of Saint Agnes by John Everett Millais

Colors

4 artworks

Flower

4 artworks

Saint Michael the Archangel by Claudio Coello

Surrealism

4 artworks

Saint Anthony (part of Tapestry in six paintings) by Niko Pirosmani

Horse

3 artworks

Portal from the Abbey Church of Saint Laurent by Camille Pissarro

Vintage

3 artworks

View to Saint Mark’s Square, Venice by Franz Richard Unterberger

Boats and Ships

2 artworks

Highland

2 artworks

Shapes

2 artworks

Textures

2 artworks

Valley

2 artworks

Saint Eulalia by John William Waterhouse

Bird

1 artworks

Still Life Apples, Pears and Flowers on a Table, Saint Pelagie by Gustave Courbet

Fruit

1 artworks

Saint Nicholas les Arras, Willows on the Banks of the Scarpe by Camille Corot

Lake

1 artworks

Leaf

1 artworks