Category: Christmastide

Quod vidimus et audivimus, annuntiamus vobis

26 December 2006

This Saint John the Evangelist was painted by Francesco Furini sometime in the 1630s. Today it hangs in the Musée des Beaux–Arts of Lyon. December...

In principio erat Verbum

24 December 2006

This is an extraordinary painting of the Nativity, principally because of the crucifix on the rustic shelf inside the stable. It is the work of...

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