Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Mary
Table of Contents
References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images & Videos
Antonello da Messina: Madonna and Child Antonello da Messina: Virgin Annunciate Virgin and Child Albin Egger-Lienz: Madonna (Mother and Child)
The story behind Madonna with the Long Neck
Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child Holy Family Antonello da Messina: The Virgin Mary Reading Master of Flémalle: Virgin and Child Virgin and Child
For Students
Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A
Pop Quiz: 19 Things to Know About Christianity
Mary summary
Quizzes
Christmas tree, holiday, pine
How To Celebrate Christmas Quiz
Related Questions
Read Next
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
The three children, Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia, who saw the vision of Fatima in Portugal. Our lady of Fatima, saint, Christianity.
Our Lady of Fátima
Agnes with a lamb near her feet. St. Agnes (Saint Agnes) design drawing for stained glass window by J&R Lamb Studios, ink, mount size 10.5 x 14.5 in.
Roman Catholic Saints
Saint Francis Xavier baptizing the infidels by an unknown painter, 18th century; in the collection of the Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico.
How did St. Francis Xavier shape Catholicism?
Discover
Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017
What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.
Why Is It Called Black Friday?
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn in Ilulissat in Greenland. These ancient graves are pre christian and are at least 2000
14 Tough Questions Answered
Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides
Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Mary: Media

mother of Jesus
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-mother-of-Jesus/images-videos

Videos

The story behind Madonna with the Long Neck
With a name like Madonna with the Long Neck, it's no surprise that this...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Antonello da Messina: Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child, oil and tempera on panel by Antonello da Messina, 1475;...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Andrew W. Mellon Collection, 1937.1.30)
Antonello da Messina: Virgin Annunciate
Virgin Annunciate, oil on wood by Antonello da Messina, c. 1476....
Molteni Motta—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child, also called the Poligny Virgin, limestone, polychromy, and gilding,...
Photograph by AlkaliSoaps. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Rogers Fund, 1933 (33.23)
Albin Egger-Lienz: Madonna (Mother and Child)
Madonna (Mother and Child), painting by Albin Egger-Lienz, c. 1922; in a...
© Fine Art Images/Heritage Images—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child, tempera on poplar panel by Fra Filippo Lippi, c. 1440;...
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Samuel H. Kress Collection, accession no. 1939.1.290
Holy Family
Stained-glass window depicting Joseph, Mary, and the baby Jesus.
© Andy Rhodes/Fotolia
Antonello da Messina: The Virgin Mary Reading
The Virgin Mary Reading, tempera and oil on wood panel by Antonello da Messina,...
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911; 37.433)
Master of Flémalle: Virgin and Child
Virgin and Child, oil on wood panel by the Master of Flémalle, c. 1410;...
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; photograph, Joachim Blauel, Munich
Virgin and Child
Wooden statue of the Virgin and Child, supposedly carved by St. Luke; in the Benedictine...
© Martinmates/Dreamstime.com
“The Virgin of the Rosary”
La Vierge du Rosaire (“The Virgin of the Rosary”), Paris, c. 1490; the image on the...
The Newberry Library, Wing Fund, with the assistance of the Florence Gould Foundation, 1990 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Anthony van Dyck: Madonna of the Rosary
Madonna of the Rosary, oil on canvas by Anthony van Dyck, 1624–27; at the...
Memorato
Chartres Cathedral: “Beautiful Window”
The so-called “Beautiful Window,” stained glass depicting the Virgin Mary on her...
© jy cessay/Fotolia
Christian mosaic
Virgin Mary (centre), Justinian I (left), holding a model of Hagia Sophia, and Constantine...
© Joel Carillet—iStock/Getty Images
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Detail of a statue of the Virgin Mary on which she is pointing to her Immaculate...
© Getty Images
Virgin Mary
Wooden statue of the Virgin Mary.
© lebanmax/Shutterstock.com
“Annunciation,” gold leaf and tempera on wood panel by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1344;...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Assumption of the Virgin
Assumption of the Virgin, by Titian, 1516–18; in Santa Maria dei Frari,...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
Birth of the Virgin, panel by Pietro Lorenzetti, 1342; in the Museo dell'Opera...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
El Greco: Pentecost
Pentecost, oil on canvas by El Greco, c. 1600; in the Prado, Madrid. This...
Gianni Dagli Orti—REX/Shutterstock.com
The Annunciation, painting by Orazio Gentileschi, 1623; in the Galleria...
SCALA/Art Resource, New York
The Holy Family, oil on panel transferred to hardboard, by Giorgione, c....
Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Samuel H. Kress Collection
Hagia Sophia: panel
Panel depicting the Virgin and Child with the emperor John II Comnenus and the empress...
© Tolga TEZCAN—E+/Getty Images
VIEW MORE in these related Britannica articles: