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Old Masters
An archive of paintings by old masters, filed under the Bible passages they show. All reproductions are in the public domain; every picture names the place where the original hangs.
By Scripture
Genesis
Hieronymus Bosch, The Creation of the World, c. 1490–1500
Michelangelo, The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Plants, c. 1511
Jacopo Tintoretto, The Creation of the Animals, c. 1550–53
Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1511–12
Michelangelo, The Fall and the Expulsion from Paradise, c. 1509–10
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Adam and Eve, 1526
Titian, The Fall of Man, c. 1550
Masaccio, The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (detail), c. 1425–27
Andrea del Sarto, The Sacrifice of Isaac, c. 1527–28
Caravaggio, The Sacrifice of Isaac, c. 1603
Rembrandt, The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1635
Exodus
David Roberts, The Israelites Leaving Egypt, 1828
Agnolo Bronzino, The Crossing of the Red Sea, 1541–42
Nicolas Poussin, The Crossing of the Red Sea, c. 1633–34
Numbers
1 Samuel
Andrea del Castagno, David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1450–55
Caravaggio, David and Goliath, c. 1599
Peter Paul Rubens, David Slaying Goliath, c. 1616
Guido Reni, David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1604–06
Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, c. 1610
Psalm
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Good Shepherd, c. 1660
Eastman Johnson, The Lord Is My Shepherd, 1863
Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Good Shepherd, c. 1918
Matthew
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, c. 1495–98
Piero della Francesca, The Resurrection, c. 1463–65
Luke
Jan van Eyck, The Annunciation, c. 1434–36
Fra Angelico, The Annunciation, c. 1440–45
Leonardo da Vinci, The Annunciation, c. 1472–76
El Greco, The Annunciation, 1597–1600
Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night, c. 1490
Hugo van der Goes, Portinari Altarpiece (central panel), c. 1475–78
Correggio, The Holy Night, c. 1528–30
Gerard van Honthorst, Adoration of the Child, c. 1619–20
Georges de La Tour, The Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1644
Rembrandt, The Return of the Prodigal Son, c. 1668
Dieric Bouts, The Last Supper, 1464–68
Juan de Juanes, The Last Supper, c. 1562
Jacopo Tintoretto, The Last Supper, 1592–94
Altobello Melone, The Road to Emmaus, c. 1516–17
Rembrandt, The Supper at Emmaus, 1648
Caravaggio, The Supper at Emmaus, 1601
Diego Velázquez, The Supper at Emmaus, c. 1622–23
John
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