Pictures of St. Timothy or Timotheus -- Leadership Lessons from 1 and 2 Timothy

Leadership Lessons from 1 & 2 Timothy -- JesusWalk Bible Study Series

Pictures of St. Timothy or Timotheus

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
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It seems that there are few paintings of St. Timothy in Western art, probably because the Scripture doesn't associate him as a leading character with a particular narrative. Primarily what is available online are contemporary icons.

Portraits

Louis Glanzman (American illustrator, 1922- ), St. Timothy (2003)
Jan van Eyck (1390-1441), "Portrait of a Man (Timothy)" (1432), oil on panel, National Gallery, London.
Portraits of St. Timothy, mainly manuscript illustrations
Portrait of St. Timothy, Santa Pudenziana, Rome. A tradition at Rome has Timothy as the son of St. Pudens, a Roman Senator who hosted both St. Peter and St. Paul in his home and who also fathered SS. Pudenziana, Praxedes, and Novatus.
"St. Timothy" (5th century), fresco, Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls
The Baptism and Ordination of St. Timothy (Ca. 1080), Fresco, Marian Oratory in the Church of Santa Pudenziana, Rome
St. Timothy and St. Novatus (16th century), Fresco, Church of Santa Pudenziana

Icons

Timotheus (late 14th - early 15th century), fresco in Gračanica Monastery (Kloster Gracanica, Serbian Orthodox), Kosovo. Shown with Cyril of Alexandria.

St. Timothy's Anglican Church, Tomball, TX, has several contemporary icons of St. Timothy on their website. Another, another, another, another,
Icon of St. Timothy
Icon of St. Timothy (Greek lettering)
Icon of St. Timothy (holding a book, English lettering)
Icon of St. Timothy (English, holding a book)
Icon of St. Timothy (English, holding a book, tanned)
Timotheus (late 14th - early 15th century), fresco in Gračanica Monastery (Kloster Gracanica, Serbian Orthodox), Kosovo. Shown with Cyril of Alexandria.
Timotheus Seichter (icon 3 or 4), (Greek letters)
Icon of St. Timothy (English, holding book)
Icon of Apostle Timothy (English)
Icon of St. Timothy (Greek)
Icon of Saint Timothy (English)
Icon of Saint Timothy (English)
Icon of Saint Timothy (Greek)

Stained Glass Windows

St. Timothy stained glass window, location unknown. Timothy reading a book.
Edward Burne-Jones, St. Timothy and His Grandmother Lois (c. 1872), Vyner Memorial Window in Oxford Cathedral.
St. Timothy with the martyrs' palm, removed from Neuwiller Abbey.
Eunice Teaching Timothy, Trinity Church North Transept Stained Glass Window, Boston, MA.
St. Timothy, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Massillon, OH

Symbol of St. Timothy

Club and stones, St. Timothy
Companion of Paul on his missionary journeys and referred to by Paul as "the beloved son in faith." Reputedly beaten and stoned to death for denouncing the worship of Diana. First Century.

Widows

Louis Glanzman, Dorcas (2003).

Tabitha, stained glass window (1949), St John's Church, Ainsdale, UK

Greed and Avarice

Jacopo Zigozzi (1547-1626), Allegory of Avarice, oil on canvas, 57-7/8 x 33-1/4", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Matthias Stom or Stormer (Dutch Artist, 1600-1650)

Avarice. Canvas, 67.9 x 57.5 cm, The Kremer Collection. Woman counting coins by candlelight. AllPosters.
Frau mit Kerze (1640-50), The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Christus am Ölberg, Berlin, Staatliche Museum
De Reiuge Petrus (1615/1650), Gotha, Schlossmuseum, Schloss, Friedenstein

Lars Justinen (1955- ), "Inspiration," based on 2 Timothy 3:16. Hand with pen on writing parchment.

Relic of St. Timothy, at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Diocese of Fort Worth, TX

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