Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Top religious art main subjects

This is an overview of the top religious art main subjects (main subject (P921) by number of paintings with genre (P136) set to religious art (Q2864737)) of the sum of all paintings. This is a subset of Top main subjects. You can use this Petscan query to find items that have main subject (P921) set to a Bible story (Q856663), but the genre (P136) is missing (add "P136:Q2864737" & "P140:Q5043" in Petscan) and this Petscan query for other paintings using one of these main subject (P921), but without genre (P136). See also Christian religious art and Top religious art depicts.

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WDQS | PetScan | TABernacle | Find images | Recent changes | Query: SELECT ?item (COUNT(?item) as ?count) WHERE { ?painting wdt:P31 wd:Q3305213 ; wdt:P921 ?item ; wdt:P136 wd:Q2864737 . SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en" . ?item rdfs:label ?name . } } GROUP BY ?item ?name HAVING (?count > 5) ORDER BY DESC(?count) LIMIT 300

image	Main subject	instance of	count
	Madonna and Child	artistic theme two biblical humans	4854
	Crucifixion of Jesus	gospel episode artistic theme crucifixion deicide	2192
	adoration of the Magi	artistic theme Bible story	1623
	Annunciation	artistic theme Bible story religious and cultural festive day	1385
	Holy Family	family triad artistic theme group of biblical humans religious concept	1288
	adoration of the shepherds	artistic theme Bible story	1139
	Descent from the Cross	Bible story artistic theme	860
	lamentation of Christ	artistic theme Bible story	787
	Assumption of Mary	dogma artistic theme myth entering heaven alive religious and cultural festive day holiday anniversary non-working day	764
	Nativity of Jesus	occurrence Bible story parturition artistic theme	756
	Jerome	human	573
	Last Supper	Bible story artistic theme banquet	532
	Baptism of Jesus	Bible story artistic theme baptism	505
	Christ carrying the cross	artistic theme Bible story	475
	Resurrection of Jesus	resurrection in Christianity artistic theme Bible story pericope	464
	Ecce Homo	artistic theme Bible story winged words	438
	Flight into Egypt	itinerary Bible story flight artistic theme	425
	entombment of Christ	Bible story artistic theme burial	420
	rest on the flight into Egypt	artistic theme	407
	Mary Magdalene	human biblical figure	391
	Visitation	Bible story artistic theme holiday religious and cultural festive day	384
	John the Baptist	human biblical figure	372
	Penitent Magdalene	artistic theme legend	371
	Agony in the Garden	narrative Bible story artistic theme agony	344
	Pietà	artistic theme	319
	Fall of man	myth artistic theme Bible story change cognition	314
	Presentation of Jesus at the Temple	gospel episode Bible story artistic theme	309
	Susanna and the Elders	chapter of the Bible artistic theme	307
	Judith and Holofernes	artistic theme Bible story	291
	martyrdom of Saint Sebastian	artistic theme martyrdom occurrence	281
	Flagellation of Christ	Bible story artistic theme Arma Christi flagellation	273
	Catherine of Alexandria	human	267
	Crowning with Thorns	occurrence Bible story artistic theme torture	265
	Temptations of Saint Anthony	artistic theme legend	262
	Peter	human human biblical figure	250
	Man of Sorrows	artistic theme title of Jesus	243
	Jesus	human biblical figure human	239
	Coronation of the Virgin	artistic theme	238
	Raising of Lazarus	miracles of Jesus artistic theme Bible story pericope	234
	Francis of Assisi	human	224
	Jesus and the woman taken in adultery	pericope interpolation Bible story artistic theme	205
	Day of Judgment	artistic theme religious belief biblical concept	196
	Immaculate Conception of Mary	Roman Catholic dogma artistic theme title of Virgin Mary Marian devotion Marian dogma human fertilization	194
	John the Evangelist	human human biblical figure	186
	Pentecost	Bible story artistic theme	181
	Parable of the Prodigal Son	parable of Jesus	179
	sacra conversazione	artistic theme	173
	Binding of Isaac	human sacrifice artistic theme Bible story	172
	Lot and his daughters	Bible story artistic theme	166
	Supper at Emmaus	Bible story artistic theme	165
	Salvator Mundi	artistic theme title of Jesus Bible story	165
	birth of the Virgin Mary	parturition artistic theme occurrence legend	164
	Christ and the Woman of Samaria	artistic theme Bible story gospel episode	163
	Ascension of Jesus	artistic theme Bible story	159
	Jesus among the doctors	artistic theme Bible story	157
	circumcision of Jesus	artistic theme Bible story Brit milah	157
	Our Lady of Sorrows	title of Virgin Mary artistic theme	152
	David and Goliath	Bible story artistic theme	149
	The massacre of the innocent children of Bethlehem	Bible story artistic theme	146
	Saint Jerome in the wilderness	artistic theme mythical event	143
	mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria	artistic theme legend	141
	Paul the Apostle	human	139
	conversion of Paul the Apostle	religious conversion artistic theme Bible story Christian holy day	129
	marriage of the Virgin	Bible story artistic theme	127
	Finding of Moses	artistic theme Bible story	127
	Nursing Madonna	artistic theme title of Virgin Mary	126
	Tobias and the Angel	artistic theme Bible story	125
	Marriage at Cana	wedding miracles of Jesus artistic theme Bible story Marian devotion	124
	Virgin Mary	human biblical figure	124
	Saint George and the Dragon	artistic theme legend	115
	parable of the Good Samaritan	parable of Jesus artistic theme	115
	Judgment of Solomon	Bible story artistic theme	112
	arrest of Jesus	arrest Bible story	109
	Noli me tangere	artistic theme phrase Bible story	105
	Transfiguration of Jesus	miracles of Jesus artistic theme	104
	Holy Trinity	Christian dogma attributes of God in Christianity	103
	Saint Francis receiving the Stigmata	artistic theme legend	101
	Death of the Virgin Mary	artistic theme	99
	Saint Barbara	human human whose existence is disputed	99
	Saint Cecilia	human	97
	Education of Virgin Mary	artistic theme	97
	annunciation to the shepherds	artistic theme Bible story	96
	Virgin and Child with Saint Anne	artistic theme group of biblical humans	94
	Augustine of Hippo	human	93
	Saint Sebastian	human	91
	Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael	artistic theme Bible story	89
	Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary	Bible story artistic theme	86
	Tower of Babel	Bible story artistic theme narrative motif myth of origins	85
	John the Baptist preaching	Bible story artistic theme	83
	Samson and Delilah	Bible story artistic theme	82
	Harrowing of Hell	artistic theme Bible story katabasis	81
	Genesis flood narrative	deluge myth Bible story artistic theme	81
	Raising of the Cross	artistic theme Bible story	80
	Pilate's court	trial	79
	presentation of Mary	Bible story artistic theme	76
	John the Baptist in the wilderness	Bible story artistic theme	74
	Bathsheba at her bath	artistic theme Bible story	74
	mystic marriage of Saint Catherine	artistic theme legend	72
	Andrew the Apostle	human biblical figure	72
	Salome	human human biblical figure	72
	Saint Christopher	human	69
	Donation of the rosary	artistic theme legend saint symbolism	68
	Salome with the head of John the Baptist	artistic theme	66
	The Little Children	Bible story	66
	David and Abigail	Bible story artistic theme	65
	Doubting Thomas	Bible story artistic theme	64
	Cleansing of the Temple	Bible story artistic theme	62
	Denial of Peter	Bible story artistic theme	61
	Anthony of Padua	human	61
	beheading of John the Baptist	Bible story martyrdom decapitation artistic theme	60
	Anthony the Great	human	60
	Bartholomew the Apostle	human biblical figure	59
	Road to Emmaus appearance	Bible story artistic theme	56
	Nehushtan	serpent in the Bible biblical concept	55
	Matthew the Apostle	human biblical figure human	54
	St. James the Elder, Apostle	human biblical figure apostle	49
	Daniel in the lions' den	chapter of the Bible Bible story	47
	Joseph and Potiphar's wife	Bible story artistic theme	46
	War in Heaven	war Bible story artistic theme	45
	Rich man and Lazarus	parable of Jesus	45
	Moses striking water from the rock	Bible story artistic theme	45
	saint	title Roman Catholic beatification and canonization stage canonization status	41
	Saint Dominic	human	39
	Esther before Ahasuerus	Bible story artistic theme	38
	Saint Luke painting the Virgin	artistic theme	38
	Isaac blessing Jacob	Bible story artistic theme	37
	Saint John on the island of Patmos	artistic theme Bible story	36
	Render unto Caesar	phraseme	36
	Miraculous catch of fish	miracles of Jesus artistic theme	35
	Rebecca at the well	artistic theme Bible story	35
	God the Father	deity theonym	33
	Saint Lucy	human	33
	the meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek	Bible story artistic theme	33
	Calling of Matthew	Bible story artistic theme	32
	Saint Martin sharing his cloak	artistic theme legend	32
	Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene	miracle artistic theme occurrence	32
	Our Lady of the Rosary	title of Virgin Mary artistic theme	31
	Ambrose	human	31
	Simon the Zealot	human biblical figure	31
	Mass of Saint Gregory	artistic theme legend	30
	Veil of Veronica	relic associated with Jesus veil Holy Face of Jesus artistic theme	29
	Four Evangelists	group of humans	29
	Reconciliation of Jacob with Esau	Bible story artistic theme	28
	gathering of manna	Bible story artistic theme miracle	28
	Luke the Evangelist	human	28
	Lawrence of Rome	human	27
	meeting of Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate	artistic theme legend	27
	Christ blessing	artistic theme	26
	Jacob wrestling with the angel	artistic theme Bible story	26
	Christ Child	certain aspects of a person's life human biblical figure title of Jesus	26
	martyrdom of Saint Lawrence	artistic theme martyrdom	26
	Christ taking leave of his Mother	artistic theme legend	25
	The Holy Infants Embracing	lost painting artistic theme painting	23
	Solomon and the queen of Sheba	Bible story artistic theme	23
	Joseph	human biblical figure	23
	triumphal entry into Jerusalem	triumphal entry artistic theme pericope	23
	birth of John the Baptist	Bible story artistic theme parturition	22
	Philip the Apostle	human biblical figure	22
	Pensive Christ	artistic theme	22
	Christ washing the Disciples' feet	Bible story artistic theme ritual foot washing in Christianity ritual purification	22
	works of mercy	Christian ethics artistic theme charity	21
	martyrdom of Peter of Verona	martyrdom	21
	David	human biblical figure human	21
	Holy Kinship	artistic theme family	20
	Margaret the Virgin	human	20
	angel		20
	Philip Baptising the Eunuch	Bible story artistic theme	20
	Martin of Tours	human	20
	charity	theological virtue Seven virtues artistic theme personification	20
	Benedict of Nursia	human	19
	Solomon's idolatry	artistic theme Bible story	19
	feeding the multitude	miracles of Jesus	19
	Saint Ursula	human	18
	Mark the Evangelist	human	17
	Disrobing of Jesus	Bible story artistic theme undress	17
	Abraham and the Three Angels	Bible story artistic theme	17
	Hagar	human biblical figure	17
	Saint Apollonia	human	16
	Healing the paralytic at Bethesda	Bible story artistic theme miracles of Jesus	15
	Temptation of Jesus	Bible story pericope verse of the Bible	15
	stoning of Saint Stephen	Bible story artistic theme stoning	13
	hell	religious concept mythical location	13
	appearance of Christ and Mary to St. Francis of Assisi in the Portiuncula chapel	artistic theme mythical event Visions of Jesus and Mary	13
	liberation of Peter	artistic theme Bible story	13
	Jael and Sisera	artistic theme Bible story	13
	Saint Nicholas	human	13
	Agnes of Rome	human	13
	Healing the blind who was blinded since birth	Bible story artistic theme historical event healing	12
	Crossing the Red Sea	Bible story	12
	Samson and the lion	Bible story artistic theme	12
	Burning bush	metaphor Bible story	12
	Gregory I	human	12
	woman		11
	Mocking of Jesus	Bible story artistic theme mockery	11
	Elizabeth of Hungary	human	11
	religious art	art genre	11
	Maestà	artistic theme	10
	Saint Jerome extracting a thorn from the lion's foot	artistic theme mythical event miracle healing	10
	Thomas the Apostle	human biblical figure human	10
	Clare of Assisi	human	10
	John the Apostle	human biblical figure	10
	death of Saint Joseph	artistic theme death	9
	crucifixion of Andrew	crucifixion	9
	James the Less	human	9
	Roch	human	9
	Keys of Heaven	saint symbolism artistic theme	9
	Teresa of Ávila	human	9
	Michael	archangel angel in Judaism angels in Christianity Mukarrabun	9
	meal at the house of Simon the Pharisee	Bible story artistic theme	8
	Veil of Veronica held up by Veronica	artistic theme	8
	Saint George	human whose existence is disputed human legendary saint	8
	martyrdom of Saint George	artistic theme mythical event martyrdom	8
	Catherine of Siena	human	8
	ritual foot washing in Christianity		8
	Eligius	human	8
	Passion	Bible story suffering	7
	Peter of Verona	human	7
	Moses	human biblical figure	7
	Tobias and Sara	artistic theme Bible story	7
	hermit	occupation vocation social class	7
	Elijah	human biblical figure	7
	Joseph	human biblical figure	6
	Raising of Jairus' daughter	miracles of Jesus artistic theme Bible story	6
	annunciation of the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah	Bible story artistic theme	6
	death	end concept property	6
	naming of John the Baptist	Bible story artistic theme miracle	6
	Paul of Thebes	human	6
	James, son of Alphaeus	human biblical figure	6
	Stephen	human	6
	Saint Dominic in Soriano	painting miracle artistic theme	6
	Eucharist in the Catholic Church	sacrament of the Catholic Church	6

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