Madonna and Child with Saint Zechariah is a c.1530–1533 oil on panel painting by Parmigianino, now in the Uffizi. It shows the Madonna and Child with...

herself and the Christ child. Botticelli famously painted his female figures, especially his Madonnas, with incredibly pale, porcelain-like faces, with light...

The Virgin and Child Enthroned (also known as the Thyssen Madonna) is a small oil-on-oak panel painting dated c. 1433, usually attributed to the Early...

˹for punishment˺. But not the chosen servants of Allah. We blessed him ˹with honourable mention˺ among later generations: " In the Quran, God praises...

God, Zechariah (or Zakariya) was given a son by the name of "Yaḥya" or "John", a name specially chosen for this child alone. In accordance with Zechariah's...

Zechariah, Prado Museum, Madrid. The Virgin and Child, Prado Museum, Madrid. Portrait of a Female Donor, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid. Madonna,...

altarpiece portraying the Madonna del Latte in Glory with Angel and Saints, flanked by two panels with St. Catherine of Siena and St. Lawrence. On the recto...

Lucia of Syracuse (283–304AD), also called Saint Lucia (Latin: Sancta Lucia) (and better known as Saint Lucy) was a Roman Christian martyr who died during...

Virgin, Madonna), epithets (Star of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, Cause of Our Joy), invocations (Panagia, Mother of Mercy, God-bearer Theotokos), and several...

is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish...

as a saint in the Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. He is the patron saint of Athens and is venerated as the protector of judges and the judiciary...

below and surrounding the East Apse. Below, the next focal point is an image of an enthroned Madonna and Child, whom are flanked by archangels and apostles...

for the Jews but also for the Gentiles (non-Jewish people). Daniel Joel Zechariah Jeremiah lamenting the fall of Jerusalem Ezekiel hears the word of the...

side of the Madonna and Child kneel Saint Agnes and Zechariah. It was detached on a section of wall before the church was demolished in 1823 and moved to...

Christ before Herod, Ecce Homo, Exit to Calvary, and Crucifixion. The altarpiece of the Madonna with child and beatified Jesuits replaces the original altarpiece...

nature of Christ's ministry and opens with Zechariah performing his priestly duties." The Eastern Orthodox Church commemorated Saint Luke, Apostle of the Seventy...

Joseph and the angel, the Flight into Egypt, Luke the Evangelist painting the Madonna and Child, and the Baptism of Jesus. Jesus in the Temple and the Resurrection...

homes. Alternatively many compositions clearly derive from a Madonna and Child, with a Saint Joseph added. Often the figures were shown close-up, filling...

Botticelli and his workshop, executed in 1481–1482 in the Sistine Chapel, Rome (modern-day Italy). On 27 October 1480, Botticelli, together with other Florentine...

ruler of Florence, and Pope Sixtus IV. The Florentines started to work in the Sistine Chapel as early as spring 1481, along with Pietro Perugino, who...

Baptist. Left: the vision of Zechariah (father of John the Baptist), the visitation of the Virgin Mary, and the birth of Saint John the Baptist. Right: St...

Domenico, and Aristotile. Michelangelo soon began his work, starting at the west end with the Drunkenness of Noah and the Prophet Zechariah and working...

Catholic Marian art and no image permeates Catholic art as does the image of Madonna and Child. The icon of the Virgin Theotokos with Christ is, without...

1480–1482 and located in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. On 27 October 1480 Botticelli, together with other Florentine painters, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo...

eye' comes from verses in Deuteronomy 32:10, Psalm 17:8 Proverbs 7:2, and Zechariah 2:8, implying an object or person who is greatly valued. In Proverbs...

would be the forerunner of the Lord. Citing their advanced age, Zechariah asked with disbelief for a sign so he would know the truth of this prophecy...

the priest Zechariah (not to be confused with the prophet of the same name shown on the upper register), holds a lamb in his left arm and is turned towards...

restored and a relic of Saint Simon Stock was placed there in 1951. The saint's feast is celebrated in the places dedicated to him. Also associated with Our...

filled with a sculpture of the Madonna and the Child set in a scallop shell. The rim of the niche is decorated with cherubs among six-pointed stars and whiffs...

accompanied by the proliferation of the tender image of Jesus in Madonna and Child paintings, made an important impact within the Christian ministry...