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“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” A painting based on Pope Francis’ Urbi et Orbi.
And a cropped version of my Urbi et Orbi painting without the lettering at the bottom.
Very specific old-timey beekeeper references. From a 19th-century beekeeping book.
Well, it's another Monday. Here's a thread of lesser-known images of the Madonna and Child to cheer up your twitter.
First: Madonna of the Sea by Anita Magsaysay-Ho.
The Virgin Mary and Child Jesus by an unknown artist, Lucknow, Mughal India, c. 1760.
Based on a print by by Egidius Sadeler II.
Based on a painting by Hans von Aachen.
Illustrations by Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen from Svartedauen (Black Death), a book of poems and art inspired by the plague of 1349.
"Art remains a sure refuge, the hope of a reason for our life here, and this consoling thought that a little beauty is also found in our life, and that we are continuing the work of creation....”
—Maurice Denis, continued in next tweet