Jan van Eyck, The Adoration of the Lamb, 1432 Commonly referred to as The Adoration of the Lamb, this is the central panel—the largest of twenty connected pa...

Unknown, Anastasis, c. 1310 “He descended into hell.” It is a phrase from the Apostle’s Creed to which many of us probably haven’t given much consideration, ...

James Tissot, What Our Lord Saw from the Cross, 1894 The crucifixion is one of the most oft-represented events in Christian art, and few artists of note have...

Fra Angelico, Noli Me Tangere, c. 1440 The cross and the empty tomb. These are the two key events around which the Christian message revolves. The Gospels te...

Francisco de Zurburan, Agnus Dei, c. 1635-40 How it must have shocked and puzzled the followers of John the Baptist when, seeing Jesus approaching the place w...

Piero della Francesco, The Resurrection, c. 1463 In this striking image from Renaissance master Piero della Francesco, Christ strides forth victoriously from...

Titian, Christ On the Cross and the Good Thief, c. 1566 The KJV translation tells us that Christ was crucified between two “thieves,” though it is highly unl...

Masaccio, The Holy Trinity, c. 1426 Masaccio’s fresco of the crucifixion was created for the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, and completed about 1...