The Nun

Among those depicted on the ground floor include nuns with children, country folk, city commuters, couples, and a woman walking her dog - all with their own unique stories and backgr...

Original Aviation Poster-Travel the World-Sabena-Belgium-Airport, c.1950 Poster for the promotion of tourism by the airline SABENA. Nuns, families, businessmen, soldiers, a musician...

Like Péguy’s first two mysteries, The Mystery of the Holy Innocents takes up the principle of a dialogue between Madame Gervaise, a nun, and the young Joan of Arc.

A small illustration depicts a nun attending to a sick patient, emphasizing the argument that religious orders were still essential for social welfare despite being outlawed.

There Greek nuns in an orphanage who kept Simon with other children, named him Samsonian, after the town of Samson where he was born.

There Greek nuns in an orphanage who kept Simon with other children, named him Samsonian, after the town of Samson where he was born.

The legend during the 7th Century was that Melangell was a nun living in the wilderness of the Kingdom of Powys where she became the supernatural protector of rabbits and hares from ...

The name “Monachella” refers to the headdress of nuns, evoked in the discreet, enveloping form of the shade.

A young woman holding a string of rosary beads kneels at the foot of a nun, who tenderly holds her hand. Signed and dated to the lower right.

The convent is full of eccentric nuns - from a heroin using head of the abbey to a nun who keeps a tiger in the courtyard !

The painting depicts Saint Monica in Augustinian habit, caught in a moment of fervent prayer with her gaze and right hand raised toward the heavens. A second nun of the same order st...

A former home to women, nuns, and abbesses, the abbey provided a resonant setting for Raynal’s exploration of works that blend portraits of women with animal figures.

Also recurrent is the painting of religious subjects caught in the intimate dimension of recollection, as in In the convent and Nun in the garden. In 1872 he successfully participate...

Andrés Iniesta · For those who know the difference between potential and work done, this $29500 2.5 ct round cut diamond engagement ring is clearly in the latter category—its round e...

Set in a historic site that once housed generations of women, nuns, and abbesses, the exhibition brought together works that merge portraits of women with animal figures.

Founded in Rio de Janeiro during the 1960s by architects Guilherme Nunes and Sávio Visconti, Fátima Arquitetura e Interiores LTDA.

The convent, dedicated to Franciscan nuns, was founded by João Gonçalves de Câmara and Donna Isabella (the convent’s first Abbess).

Amie later joined a Convent at Finchley and became known as the ‘Painting Nun’, signing her works Sister Mary Etheldreda.

The name of this model is "Sister" that evoque the white headdress of nuns. EU wiring original working. USA wiring compatible with adaptor.

Height: 145cm Designer: Mario Bellini Manufacturer: Flos Date: 1960s Materials: Lacquered metal Description: This flatpackable design was made by Flos in 1969 and immediately bec...

Hand-Colored Portrait of Héloïse, ca. 1900 (after 1827) Finely hand-colored engraving of Héloïse (1101–1164), the famed French nun, scholar, and writer, produced around 1900 after t...

The eight sides are smoothly carved and have the Hebrew letters Nun, Gimmel, Hey, and Shin painted on four of the sides.

One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun on the Subway reading about the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II which took place on May 13 1981.

One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun on the Subway reading about the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II which took place on May 13 1981.

Dos Villancicos Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (text) Artemio Rodríguez (linocut) Printed at Taller Martín Pescador, Mexico Published by El Tercer Milenio / Artes de México Signed and nu...

after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) Lithograph after a drawing of 1941 Printed signature and date Book plate from Aragon. Henri Matisse: Dessins, Thèmes et Variations : précédés d...

Nun in the Shadows - Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper A dark abstracted portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C).

Once a spiritual home for women—nuns and abbesses—the Abbey sets the stage for Raynal’s work, which blends female portraiture with animal figures.

Other important works that followed were the Saint Anthony for the hermitage of San Antón (1746), the Saint Augustine for the Convent of the Augustinian Nuns of Corpus Christi, and t...

Presented in this historic space — once home to women, nuns, and abbesses — the installation dialogues with a broader body of work that pairs female portraits with animal forms.

Presented in this historic space — once home to women, nuns, and abbesses — the installation dialogues with a broader body of work that pairs female portraits with animal forms.

after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) Lithograph after a drawing of 1941 Printed signature and date Book plate from Aragon. Henri Matisse: Dessins, Thèmes et Variations : précédés d...

after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) Lithograph after a drawing of 1941 Printed signature and date Book plate from Aragon. Henri Matisse: Dessins, Thèmes et Variations : précédés d...

after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) Lithograph after a drawing of 1941 Printed signature and date Book plate from Aragon. Henri Matisse: Dessins, Thèmes et Variations : précédés de "...

after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) Lithograph Signed in the plate Vélin Paper Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9") This lithograph is one of a rare edition made during the Second World War ...

after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954) Lithograph Signed in the plate Vélin Paper Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9") This lithograph is one of a rare edition made during the Second World War ...

The composition features three nuns dressed in black and with triangular orange faces, walking down from an abstracted mountainous landscape.

Ancient bronze lantern from a monastery of cloistered nuns located on the Amalfi coast. A candle was strung on the top, illuminating the chapel for a month.

The Monastery of Pantanassa, located in the fortified town of Mystras, is a 14th-century Byzantine masterpiece and the only monastery in the area still inhabited by nuns today. By ch...

It is made entirely of carved olivewood with a circular top, a square main body, and a flywheel bottom. The letters Nun, Gimmel, Hey, and Shin of the Hebrew alphabet are written on i...

The dreidel has four sides that prominently display the letters Nun, Gimmel, Hey, and Shin of the Hebrew Alphabet.

An olive branch was given to her at the age of seventeen on Palm Sunday by the bishop before she left her father’s house to follow Saint Francis and become a Benedictine nun. The oli...

This humble interior is sparsely decorated indicating its inhabitants are poor, and looking closely the viewer can make out a figure in the bed, as a nun takes care of two small chil...

In controversial statements made by other nuns of the same convent, it was claimed that she sang verses to the god Baal while they sang in the choir.

Above, the top is a straight and thin line, a sensually shaped plate on the sides, below, sinuous three- dimensional shapes reminiscent of the crests of a free-range rooster or the h...

"The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary" by Anne Catherine Emmerich (19th century) A mystical work based on the visions of the German nun Anne Catherine Emmerich, this book includes a d...

But wait - there are two nuns in the class. I’ll be OK. And so, I stayed and fell in love with figure drawing and to this day, I enjoy painting pictures of people - seminude - at t...

Titled on the lower margin "Las rinde el Sueño " (The dreams win) Perfect conditions. Nuns, beggars, imprisoned, harlots, all in the same space that recalls a prison cell.

By her ordained name "ShiHui" the true nun, the former wife of WeiZhong (likely a name).

This Italian box, has a rectangular shape, hand-realized in an antique abbey in Umbria region, by a Benedictine nun, according to the famous ora et labora rule.

One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun on the Subway reading about the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II which took place on May 13 1981.

Amie later joined a Convent at Finchley and became known as the ‘Painting Nun’, signing her works Sister Mary Etheldreda.

This artwork portrays a nun. On the back of this artwork there is a text.

During the Civil War Sherman’s generals were told that all religious structures were to remain unharmed as the Union army made its way through Columbia, SC. Ursuline nuns and the stu...

One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun on the Subway reading about the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II which took place on May 13 1981.

One image captures an Irish Catholic Nun on the Subway reading about the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II which took place on May 13 1981.

Monasteries with celibate monks and nuns, along with the practice of reincarnated spiritual leaders, are later adaptations.