List of apostolados


An apostolado, or apostles series, is a series of individual portrait paintings of the apostles of Jesus Christ, sometimes including other figures, such as Jesus, Luke, Mary, [mother of Jesus|Mary], and/or Paul. The first potential example of an apostolado stems from a pair of portraits of the apostles James the Elder and Philip by Albrecht Dürer in 1516, which he may have intended as a full series of twelve. In Spain, apostolados are a prevalent genre of art of the apostles, being popularized by Greco-Spanish painter El Greco and leading to other renowned artists of the genre such as Francisco [de Zurbarán], Paul Rubens">Paul the Apostle">Paul Rubens, and Anthony van Dyck. Images of saints, and therefore the apostles, became popular in Catholic Europe during the Renaissance as a result of the Counter-Reformation, which in turn derived from a heavy emphasis of the Catholic doctrine of intercession of saints and opposition to Protestant iconoclasm.

''Apostolados''

Although the concept of the apostles in the context of Christianity generally refers to the Apostles in the New Testament#Lists of the [Twelve Apostles in the New Testament|first twelve apostles of Jesus Christ] as enumerated in the Gospels, some apostolados contain portraits of other important figures in Christianity, such as Jesus, Paul, Mary, and/or Luke.
Series titleArtistNotesAndrew the First-CalledBartholomew the ApostleJames the ElderJames the YoungerJohn the BelovedJude the ApostleMatthew the EvangelistMatthias the ApostlePeter the RockPhilip the ApostleSimon the ZealotThomas the TwinJesus the NazarenePaul the ApostleLuke the Evangelist
Dürer's Apostle seriesAlbrecht Dürer
'El Greco
'El Greco and his workshop
El Greco and his workshop
'Peter Paul Rubens
Böhler seriesAnthony van Dyck
Jusepe de Ribera
'Francisco de Zurbarán
Rembrandt's apostles and evangelistsRembrandt