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As Easter is only a month away, we decided to celebrate by compiling 19 of the most famous Easter paintings that tell the story of Easter through art in order.

1. 1. Da Vinci's Last Supper

2. 2. Mantegna's The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane

3. 3. Caravaggio's The Betrayal of Christ

4. 4. Madrazo's Jesus about to be struck in front of former high priest

5. 5. Segher's The Denial of Saint Peter

6. 6. Caravaggio's Denial of Saint Peter

7. 7. Ge's What is truth?

8. 8. Ciseri's Behold the man

9. 9. Ruben's The flagellation of Christ

10. 10. El Greco's Christ carrying the cross

11. 11. Titan's Christ carrying the cross

12. 12. Raphael's Christ falling on the way to calvary

13. 13. Breugel's Procession to calvary

14. 14. Caravaggio's Crowning with thorns

15. 15. Velazquez's Christ crucified

16. 16. Tissot's Crucifixion seen from the cross

17. 17. Reuben's The descent from the cross

18. 18. Caravaggio's The entombment of Christ

19. 19. Pierro della Francesca's The Resurrection

Da Vinci's Last Supper

The Last Supper is the meal that Jesus shared with his disciples before he gets betrayed, arrested and crucified. It is the scriptural basis for The Eucharist. The gospels tell us at the Last Supper, Jesus predicts that one of his disciples will betray him, and that Peter will deny knowing him 3 times. Da Vinci's Last Supper painting is currently housed in the Santa Maria della Grazie in Milan and measures 460cm x 880cm. You can of course buy a faithful hand painted fine art reproduction of it here - Easter Paintings at a sizing of your choosing.

2. The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane

In the Roman Catholic Church, the Agony in the Garden is the first Sorrowful mystery of the rosary and the First Station of the Way of The Cross. In this famous Easter painting you can see Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane after the Last Supper whilst the disciples sleep and Judas leads the mob.

3. Caravaggio's The Betrayal of Christ

The kiss of Judas, also known as the Betrayal of Christ, is how Judas identified Jesus to the mob who had come from the chief priests to arrest him. You can take a look at some of our replica Caravaggio paintings here. This religious Easter artwork is actually our hand painted fine art reproduction of Caravaggio's Betrayal of Christ. If you're fan of Caravaggio, take a look at our Caravaggio art reproduction examples by our two copy artists.

4. Madrazo's Jesus about to be struck in front of former High Priest

In this famous religious Easter painting we see The Sanhedrin trial of Jesus, which refers to the trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin (a judicial body).

5. Segher's The Denial of Saint Peter

Jesus predicted that Peter would deny knowledge of him, stating that Peter would disown him before the rooster crowed the next morning. The gospels tell us that Peter did indeed deny Jesus 3 times and when he realised what he did he cried. This is known as the repentance of Peter. In this famous Easter painting we can see Peter denying Christ to those that ask him.

6. Caravaggio's Denial of Saint Peter

Above is Caravaggio's interpretation of the denial of Saint Peter, which Denial of Saint Peter painting do you prefer? Segher's or Caravaggio's? You can of course commission a reproduction oil painting of either on our Easter Paintings page.

7. Nikolay Nikolayevich Ge's What is truth?

Ge's What is truth? painting shows an arrogant Pilate asking Christ: "What is truth?" he looks as if he already knows the answer. A beam of light separates the two figures.

8. Ciseri's Behold the Man

This famous Easter painting depicts Pilate presenting Christ to the people of Jerusalem. It is generally assumed (based on the gospels) that the crime for which Jesus was brought to Pilate and executed was sedition, founded on his claim to be king of the Jews.

9. Rubens - The Flagellation of Christ

The flagellation of Christ is a scene from the Passion of Christ very frequently shown in Christian religious art. It is also the fourth station of the modern alternate Stations of the Cross.

10. El Greco's Christ Carrying the Cross

According to three of the Gospels, a woven crown of thorns was placed on the head of Jesus during the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus. In El Greco's famous religious Easter painting we see Jesus carrying the cross whilst wearing the crown of thorns.

11. Titian's Christ Carrying the Cross

The above Easter painting is Titian's interpretation of Christ carrying the cross. Painted in 1565, Christ carrying the cross is housed in the Prado in Spain. Christ is painted with a tearful gaze staring straight at the viewer, we can see the rope around his neck, the crown of thorns and droplets of blood on his face. Simon of Cyrene is also shown in this artwork as helping Jesus carry his Cross.

12. Raphael's Christ falling on the way to Calvary

Raphael's Christ falling on the way to Calvary, shows the iconic moment when Jesus falls and his mother, Mary suffers a spasm of agony, also known as the swoon of the Virgin. It measures 318 cm × 229 cm (125 in × 90 in) and the original artwork is housed in the Prado in Spain.

13. Bruegel the Elder's Procession to Calvary

What is interesting about Bruegel The Elder's Calvary is a another name for the Golgotha hill, which the gospels of Mark and Matthew both translate Golgotha as the place of the Skull - A place outside of Jerusalem's walls where Christ was crucified. Procession to Calvary is that everybody with the exception of Jesus is in contemporary dress as Bruegel clearly wanted to make a reference to his own day.

14. Caravaggio's The Crowning with Thorns

The Crowning of Thorns is a painting by Caravaggio based on the gospel of Matthew.

"And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him, and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him they mocked him, saying, 'Hail, King of the Jews!" (Mt 27:27-29).

Caravaggio's Crowning of Thorns is located in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna and was painted c. 1607, it measures, 127 cm × 165.5 cm (50 in × 65.2 in). Pain and sadism is central to the theme of this artwork.

15. Velazquez's Christ Crucified

Christ Crucified was painted by Velazquez (1599-1660) in 1632 and is housed in the Prado, Madrid. Christ here is pale and has ben painted with a divine sense of beauty, the influence of Classicism is very evident.

16. Tissot's Crucifixion, seen from the cross

What is striking about this Easter painting of French artist, Tissot's Crucifixion is that it portrays the bystanders and women witnesses and doesn't show us Christ on the cross, which is the norm for Crucifixion paintings. Usually, like Velazquez's Christ Crucified as seen above, Christ is of course painted as the central figure but here in Tissot's painting, the only thing you can see of Christ is his feet.

17. Reuben's The Descent from the Cross (1617)

The gospels tells us that Joseph of Arimathea removed Christ from the Cross with Nicodemus assisting. "Joseph immediately purchased a linen shroud (Mark 15:46) and proceeded to Golgotha to take the body of Jesus down from the cross". Rubens' The Descent from the Cross (1617) is currently housed in Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.

18. Caravaggio's The entombment of Christ

After Christ's crucifixion, we know that some of his disciples and his mother, Mary took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb. What is striking about this painting, is that there is no landscape, no architecture, just darkness. There's a word for this: tenebroso, which means dark style. This has the desired effect of making us, the viewer focus on the figures of the painting and the action, which is all happening in the foreground. If you look at Jesus' body it has been painted so you feel you could nearly touch it, and the figure in orange holding Christ's legs, his elbow looks as if it is coming out of the painting. This is a characteristic of Baroque painting, where the artist tries to breakdown the space between painting and viewer, so we feel more part of the painting.

19. Piero della Francesca's The Resurrection

The Gospels state that after Jesus was crucified and lay in a tomb between Friday evening and Sunday morning, he rose from the dead and appeared alive to his disciples. In Piero della Francesca's Resurrection, we can see that Christ has been depicted as both man and God. Jesus has been painted with an unidealised face yet his body has been painted as if it was a sculpture, without blemishes. This Easter resurrection painting is also unusual because it has two vanishing points.

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19 of the Most Famous Easter Paintings (that tell the Easter story) | Easter Art on Canvas

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As Easter is only a month away, we decided to celebrate by compiling 19 of the most famous Easter paintings that tell the story of Easter through art in order. 1. Da Vinci's Last Supper 2. Mantegna's The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 3. Caravaggio's The Betrayal of Christ 4.

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London's National Gallery is cleverly telling the Easter story through paintings in their collection. The story of the events leading up to and following the Crucifixion, known as the Passion of Christ is explored.

This is an interesting way to celebrate Easter during Coronavirus lockdown which has closed all galleries and churches in the UK. With these handy links you can discover the story of the PassionFollow the links below to view the paintings online or take a virtual stroll of the Sainsbury Wing to discover more about the collection of early paintings in the Gallery.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/the-easter-story https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours/sainsbury-wing-vr-tour
Easter is one of the most important festivals in the Christian calendar. It celebrates Christ's resurrectionon the third day after his crucifixion. Most Christians refer to the week before Easter as , including Maundy Thursday (commemorating the Washing of the Feet), the Last Supper , and Good Friday , commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus .
The date of Easter Sunday varies from year to year. In 2020 Easter Sunday is on 12 April. Holy Week Palm Sunday This is the Sunday before Easter Sunday.
It is the first day of Holy Week and celebrates Jesus's arrival in Jerusalem riding on a donkey. Crowds of people came out of the city to greet him, throwing down palm branches on the road. After this came the second Purification of the Temple (Matthew 21: 12-13) where Jesus drove the traders out of the Temple in Jerusalem, accusing them of turning a house of prayer into a den of thieves.
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/albrecht-altdorfer-christ-taking-leave-of-his-mother https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/marcello-venusti-the-purification-of-the-temple https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jacopo-bassano-and-workshop-the-purification-of-the-temple Maundy Thursday This is the Thursday before Easter Sunday. On Maundy Thursday Christians remember when Jesus ate the Passover meal with his disciples, breaking bread and drinking wine. Christians refer to this meal as the Last Supper.
That Passover meal was when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples in an extraordinary display of humility. He then commanded them to do the same for each other.

Maundy is derived from the Latin word , meaning a commandment. Jesus, at the Last Supper, commanded: 'And now I give you a new commandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.' John 13:34
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/ercole-de-roberti-the-institution-of-the-eucharist https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jacopo-tintoretto-christ-washing-the-feet-of-the-disciples https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/garofalo-the-agony-in-the-garden https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/giovanni-bellini-the-agony-in-the-garden Good Friday Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. It commemorates the execution of Jesus by crucifixion. Good Friday is a day of mourning in church. During special Good Friday services Christians remember Jesus's suffering and death on the cross, and what this means for their faith. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jacopo-di-cione-the-crucifixion https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/master-of-the-aachen-altarpiece-the-crucifixion https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/raphael-the-mond-crucifixion Easter Sunday Easter Sunday marks Jesus's resurrection. After Jesus was crucified on the Friday his body was taken down from the cross and buried in a cave tomb. The tomb was guarded by Roman soldiers and an enormous stone was put over the entrance. On Sunday Mary Magdalene and some of Jesus's disciples visited the tomb. They found the stone had been moved and that Jesus's body had gone. Jesus was seen later that day by Mary and the disciples, and for 40 days afterwards by many people. His followers realised that God had raised Jesus from the dead. https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/ugolino-di-nerio-the-resurrection https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/imitator-of-andrea-mantegna-the-resurrection https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/imitator-of-andrea-mantegna-noli-me-tangere
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