List of Catholic artists

This list of Catholic artists concerns artists known, at least in part, for their works of religious Catholic art. It also includes artists whose position as a Roman Catholic priest or missionary was vital to their artistic works or development. It primarily features artists who did at least some of their artwork for Catholic churches, including Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Pope.

Note that this is not a list of all artists who have ever been members of the Catholic Church. Further, seeing as many to most Western European artists from the 5th century to the Protestant Reformation did at least some Catholic religious art, this list will supplement by linking to lists of artists of those eras rather than focusing on names of those eras.

List

Romanesque artists

*Agnes II, Abbess of Quedlinburg, work includes miniatures and engravings; possibly Gothic period

Gothic artists

*Duccio, ''Maestà'' (1308–11), his masterpiece was for Siena's cathedral
*Master Francke, German Gothic painter and Dominican friar
*Giotto, Proto-Renaissance artist with many religious works; the best regarded perhaps is his'' Cappella degli Scrovegni'' in the Arena Chapel

Renaissance to Rococo

* Juan de la Abadía, Spanish painter in the Spanish-Flemish style; did works in churches and hermitages
*Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, Nicolas-Sébastien Adam, and François Gaspard Adam, French sculptors and brothers; works include church sculptures
* Fra Guglielmo Agnelli, Italian sculptor, architect, and lay brother; among the more noted artists for the Dominican Order
*Angelica Veronica Airola, Baroque painter of religious works; became a nun
*Francesco Albani, works include a ''Baptism of Christ'' and frescoes for Santa Maria della Pace
*Cherubino Alberti, director of the Vatican authorized Accademia di San Luca who did work for chapels
*Mariotto Albertinelli, Florentine school painter known for his depiction of The Visitation
*Balthasar Augustin Albrecht, Bavarian painter partly known for an altar piece depicting the Assumption of Mary
*Matteo Perez d'Aleccio, reportedly worked with Michelangelo on the Sistine Chapel
*Martino Altomonte, works include ''Maria Immaculata'' and ''The Ascension of Mary''
*Fra Angelico, member of the Dominican Order and a beatified person
* Antonio de Paz, sculptor noted for work in Salamanca's churches and its cathedral
*Niccolò dell'Arca, works include ''Candlestick-holding Angel'' in the Arca di San Domenico
* Alberto Arnoldi, 14th-century Italian architect and sculptor; significant to Florence Cathedral and the city's 14th-century art
*Cosmas Damian Asam, German late Baroque/Rococo painter and architect, who worked with his brother Egid Quirin Asam in designing abbeys and churches of Germany
*Egid Quirin Asam, German sculptor and plasterer of late Baroque/Rococo churches and monasteries primarily in Bavaria during the Counter-Reformation; his works include the high altar or figurative art in Weltenburg Abbey, Braunau in Rohr abbey, St. Peter church in Sandizell, Asamkirche in Munich, Fürstenfeld abbey, and the Freising Cathedral, among others
*Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary who did paintings for the Cathedral of Avignon and was later honored by the Qianlong Emperor
*Johann Baptist Babel, Swiss sculptor who did work for Einsiedeln Abbey and the Cathedral of Saint Ursus of Solothurn
*Giovanni Baglione, works include frescoes in the vault of the nave of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
*Roque Balduque, Flemish sculptor and maker of altarpieces; known for works from after he settled in Spain
*Bartolommeo Bandinelli, did bas-reliefs in the choir of the cathedral of Florence
*Barna da Siena, works include ''Christ Bearing the Cross, with a Dominican Friar''
*Federico Barocci, became a lay Capuchin and Counter-Reformation artist
*Fra Bartolomeo, member of a Dominican Order; works include ''The Vision of St Bernard''
*Martino di Bartolomeo, fourteenth-century Italian painter and manuscript illuminator; works include Marian art, church frescoes, altar-pieces, and choirbooks
*Pompeo Batoni, works include ''Return of the Prodigal Son''
*Giuseppe Bazzani, Italian Rococo painter whose religious works include the altarpiece of ''St Romuald's Vision''
*Gaspar Becerra, Spanish Renaissance sculptor and painter; much of his religious art has been destroyed by war
*Giovanni Bellini, did ''Altarpiece with St Vincent Ferrar''
* Johann-Georg Bendl, Bohemian sculptor known for sculptures of saints and angels
*Johann Georg Bergmüller, religious works include ''Allegory of the Catholic Church and Communion'', drawings of Thomas Aquinas, church frescoes
*Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian Baroque sculptor, architect, painter, impresario who served under six popes of Rome during the Counter-Reformation, inheriting the role of papal artist from his predecessor, Michelangelo; he was considered the greatest expositor of Roman Baroque sculpture, renowned for creating, among others, the Baldacchino and Cathedra Petri in St. Peter’s Basilica, the Jesuit church Sant’ Andrea al Quirinale in Rome, and the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa in Santa Maria della Vittoria
*Alonso Berruguete, Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect noted for emotive sculptures depicting religious ecstasy or torment
*Trophime Bigot, did a variety of altar-pieces, a depiction of the Assumption of the Virgin, depiction of Judith Beheading Holofernes, and paintings of saints
* Fra Bonaventura Bisi, Franciscan friar who did religious works like ''Holy Family, with St. John and St. Elisabeth''
* Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra, did religious art at the cloister of Nuestra Senora de Gracia and the College of the Jesuits
*Krzysztof Boguszewski, Polish Baroque painter and priest
*Andrea Bolgi, did Saint Helena statue in St. Peter's Basilica
*Boetius à Bolswert, copper-plate engraver who did emblems for the devotional book ''Pia Desideria'' and was a member of the Jesuit Sodality of Adult Bachelorhood
*Orazio Borgianni, did religious art in San Silvestro in Capite, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, and elsewhere
*Hieronymus Bosch, did '' Christ Crowned with Thorns'', which hangs in the San Lorenzo monastery at El Escorial
*Sandro Botticelli, '' Virgin and Child with an Angel'' and ''The Mystical Nativity'' are among his religious works; is believed to have become strongly moralistic in later life
*Francesco Botticini, largely known for Marian paintings, such as ''Assumption of the Virgin''
*Valentin de Boulogne, did ''The Martyrdom of Martinian and Processus'' and altarpieces for the Holy See
*Dieric Bouts, like many Early Netherlandish painters he did much religious work, such as ''The Entombment''
*Andrea Bregno, Italian Early Renaissance sculptor and architect who did religious sculptures and work on papal tombs
*Charles Le Brun, French Baroque painter whose religious works include ''The Sleep of Jesus'' and ''L'Assomption de la Vierge''
*Filippo Brunelleschi, designer of the dome of the Florence Cathedral
* Hannequin de Bruselas, Flemish architect and sculptor who worked as general contractor for Toledo Cathedral.
*Miguel Cabrera, given access to Our Lady of Guadalupe for copies, wrote about the image in Maravilla Americana, and did religious themes
*Guglielmo Caccia and Orsola Maddalena Caccia, father and daughter known for religious art
*Melchiorre Cafà, Maltese sculptor active in Rome; works include ''Martyrdom of Saint Eustace'', ''Virgin of the Rosary'', and ''Ecstasy of Saint Catherine''
*Girolamo Campagna, Northern Italian sculptor who did sculptures of saints and work on altars
*José Campeche, early Puerto Rican painter; although he also did portraits, his religious work is the most abundant of his known production
*Bernardino Campi, works include ''Immaculée Conception''
*Robert Campin, like many Early Netherlandish painters, he did much religious art
*Alonzo Cano
*Battistello Caracciolo or "Battistello", Italian caravaggisti whose works include a depiction of the ''Liberation of Saint Peter'' for Pio Monte della Misericordia and the ''Immaculate Conception'' for the Santa Maria della Stella in Naples
*Caravaggio, religious work includes '' The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew'' in the San Luigi dei Francesi
*Carlo Carlone, Italian Rococo artist active in Germany whose works include ''The Glorification of Saints Felix and Adauctus'' for the church of ''San Felice del Benaco''
*Fra Carnevale, member of the Dominican Order; works include ''Christ on the Cross''
*The Carracci, relatives who all did at least some religious art
*Juan Carreño de Miranda, noted as a court painter; also did works for convents and churches
*Jaume Cascalls, 14th-century Catalan sculptor linked to works at the Church of St. Mary, Poblet Monastery, Santa Maria de Ripoll, Girona Cathedral, and others
* Giuseppe Castiglione, sent to China as a missionary; also did wall paintings in Jesuit churches in Portugal and Macau
*Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun, saint, and non-professional artist
*Pasquale Cati, known for a depiction of the ''Matryrdom of Saint Lawrence'' and a depiction of the Council of Trent
*Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, sculptor who did restoration work for the Vatican and became a Knight of the Golden Spur
*Benvenuto Cellini, employed at the papal mint at Rome during the papacy of Pope Clement VII and later of Pope Paul III
*Giuseppe Cesari, a favorite of Pope Clement VIII, his patron; partly known for religious art for churches
*Petrus Christus, works include ''Portrait of a Carthusian''
*Agostino Ciampelli, trained in the studio of Santi di Tito; works include ''The Martyrdom of St. Clement I, Pope''
*Cimabue, works include a crucifix at Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze
*Matteo Civitali, noted sculptor and architect who built a chapel that the Holy Face of Lucca is in
*Hendrick de Clerck, Flemish Baroque painter who did an altarpiece
*Joos van Cleve, works include ''Man with the Rosary'' and ''Triptych of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew''
*Giulio Clovio, Italian/Croatian Renaissance painter of Farnese Hours; works include ''The Towneley Lectionary''
*Claudio Coello, Spanish Baroque painter