Paintings on Genesis 1—11

 

Verse

Title

Painter

ch.1—10

Stories of Genesis (roof of Sistine Chapel)

Michelangelo (Sistine)

1:1

Ancient of days

Blake

1:3

Day 1: creation of light

Michelangelo (Sistine)

1:6

2nd day of creation

Escher

1:6

Day 2: separation of waters

Michelangelo (Sistine)

1:9

3rd day of creation

Escher

1:11

4th day of creation

Escher

1:14

Day 4: creation of the sun

Michelangelo (Sistine)

1:25

Creation

Tintoretto

ch.2

Garden of Eden

Bassano

ch.2

Garden of Eden (1)

Field

ch.2

Garden of Eden (2)

Field

2:7

Creation of Adam

Michelangelo (Sistine)

2:22

Creation of Eve

Doré

2:22

Creation of Eve

Michelangelo (Sistine)

3:6

Adam and Eve

Tintoretto

3:6,24

Temptation and Expulsion

Michelangelo (Sistine)

3:17

Denunciation of Adam

Watts

3:24

Expulsion from Eden

Cole

3:24

Expulsion from Eden

Doré

3:24

Expulsion from Eden

Gjertson

3:24

Expulsion from Eden

West

ch.4

Stories of Cain and Abel

Ghiberti

4:4

Sacrifice of Abel

Doré

4:8

Murder of Abel

Doré

4:8

Cain and Abel

Tintoretto

4:8

Murder of Abel

Titian

4:9

Cain and Abel

Novelli

4:10

Denunciation of Cain

Watts

6:22

Noah and his sons building the ark

Raphael

7:8

Animals entering the ark

Brueghel

7:8

Animals entering the ark

Castiglion

7:8

Animals entering the ark

Hicks

7:11

The Flood

Danby

7:11

The Flood

Doré

7:11

The Flood

Martin

7:11

The Flood

Michelangelo (Sistine)

8:1

Subsiding waters

Cole

8:20

Noah’s sacrifice

Bassano

8:20

Sacrifice of Noah

Michelangelo (Sistine)

8:20

Sacrifice of Noah

Puget

9:20

Drunkenness of Noah

Michelangelo (Sistine)

9:25

Curse of Canaan

Doré

11:4

Tower of Babel

Bruegel

11:4

Tower of Babel (small)

Bruegel

11:4

Tower of Babel

Doré

11:4

Tower of Babel

Valckenborch