A representation of the Virgin or of Jesus, occasionally of God the Father or of the Holy Trinity, enthroned in glory.

the Visitation (of our Lady), the visit paid by the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth, recorded in Luke i. 39 ff.; hence elliptical, the day on which this is…

the Virgin Mary represented with the dead body of Christ on her lap. Cf. Pietà, n.

Christian Church. With the and usually with capital initial. A picture or representation of the Annunciation.

A work of art representing the birth of Jesus; the scene of the birth of Jesus represented in, or as part of, a work of art.

A painting or sculpture of the Virgin Mary supporting the dead body of Christ, usually on her lap.

A painting of a type representing the appearance of Jesus to Mary Magdalene at the sepulchre (John 20:17).

A picture or image of the Virgin Mary; a madonna.

A representation of the heavens opening and revealing celestial beings. ?Obsolete. (Cf. French gloire.)

spec. The scourging of Christ; a picture representing this.

A picture of the scourging of Jesus: = flagellation, n. 1b.

The Virgin Mary regarded in her role as a mother sorrowing for the death of Jesus; a representation of this in art or sculpture. Hence also: a…

A picture or representation of the Crucifixion of Christ.

In Art, a painting of the Madonna and Child in an enclosed garden.

An iconographical variant of the Virgin and Child in which the Child is depicted on the Virgin's left arm while she indicates Him with her right…

A representation in painting or sculpture of Jesus's agony in the Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36–46, Mark 14:32–42).

Art. Usually with the and capital initial. The image of Christ's descent into hell after his crucifixion, bringing salvation to the righteous, esp…