
This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the 1st Sunday of Lent, Year B. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.
See hymn suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.
Classical
The Temptation in the Wilderness - Rivière
Source: WikimediaArtist: Briton Rivière (1840–1920)
Man of Sorrows
Source: WikimediaArtist: William Dyce (1806–1864)
Christ in the Wilderness
Source: WikimediaArtist: Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino) - circa 1515–20
Contemporary
Jesus is tempted
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48312Artist: JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa - 1973
Rainbow Over the Pyramid - sign of the covenant
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54136Artist: Hai Thinh
Noah's Ark Icon
from St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Amsterdam The NetherlandsSource: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56487
Artist: Natalia Ermakova
License: Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial ShareAlike 3.0
Rainbow over the wilderness
Source: FlickrArtist:
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Line Art
Jesus is Tempted by the Devil
Source: http://catholic-resources.org/Nadal/012.jpgArtist: Jerome Nadal (1507-1580)
Angels minister to Jesus in the wilderness
Source: WikimediaArtist: Hieronymus Wierix after Bernardino Passeri. Published in Antwerp in 1563.