Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob / St Peter is Walking on the Water| Art for A Proper 14

Art for Proper 14A.

Originally posted August 6, 2014. Updated August 11, 2023

Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe with sleeves.

Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob
VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y
Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob
1630
Oil on canvas, 223 x 250 cm
Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial
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Additional art related to Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 (the reading for Proper 14A, August 13, 2023): Down the Well But Not Out For the Count curated by Margaret M. Duffy on her blog Ad Imaginem Dei.

Matthew 14:29 He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus.

St Peter is Walking on the Water

BORRASSA, Lluis
St Peter is Walking on the Water
1411-13
Tempera on wood, 102 x 65 cm
Sant Pere, Terrasa
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