François I as St John the Baptist | Art for B Advent 3

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

François I as St John the Baptist
CLOUET, Jean
(b. 1485/90, Bruxelles, d. 1541, Paris)
Portrait of François I as St John the Baptist
1518
Oil on wood, 96 x 79 cm
Private collection

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Francois I of France was a contemporary of Henry VIII. He seems to have attempted at times to steer a conciliatory course during the Reformation, before eventually pursuing tactics typical of a monarch of his times. Click to open the Wikipedia article on Francois I.

(previously posted 12/11/11)

St John the Baptist | Art for B Advent 2

Mark 1:4 John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

St John the Baptist
St John the Baptist
1513-16
Oil on panel, 69 x 57 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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(previously posted 12/04/11)

The Second Coming of Christ | Art for B Advent 1

Mark 13:26 Then they will see ‘the Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory.

Last Judgment The Second Coming of Christ
stained glass window
St. Matthew’s German
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Charleston, South Carolina.

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(previously posted 11/27/11, updated 11/26/14)

Last Judgment | Art for A Christ the King

Matthew 25:44-46 “Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Last Judgment
GIOTTO di Bondone
Last Judgment
1306
Fresco, 1000 x 840 cm
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua
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Jael, Deborah and Barak | Art for A Proper 28

Judges 4:4 At that time Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel.

Jael, Deborah and Barak
BRAY, Salomon de
Jael, Deborah and Barak
1635
Oil on panel, 87 x 72 cm
Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht
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SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLAND OVAL PATRON SAINT MEDAL / The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins| Art for St Margarets. Day and A Proper 27

PATRON SAINT MEDAL
SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLAND OVAL PATRON SAINT MEDAL
14KT Yellow Gold
Medal Dimensions: 1″ H x 3/4″ W (Large – Appropriate for men; older boys or anybody that prefers to wear a larger medal.)

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Matthew 25:1-2 Jesus said, “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.”

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins,
ca. 1803–5
William Blake
(British, 1757–1827)
Watercolor, brush and gray wash, pen and black ink over graphite
14 1/8 x 13 1/16 in. (36 x 33.2 cm)

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Synagogue Spearing the Lamb of God | Art for A Sunday after All Saints’ Day

Revelation 7:14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one that knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Synagogue Spearing the Lamb of God
UNKNOWN MASTER, English
Synagogue Spearing the Lamb of God
1130-70
Walrus ivory with traces of original polychromy, 58 x 36 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Click here for an explanation of the medievil personification ‘Synagogue’ (Synagoga) in the Wikipedia article ‘Ecclesia and Synagoga’.

Joshua / The Lacemaker| Art for A Proper 25

Exodus 34:9 Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom,

Joshua
QUELLINUS, Artus II
Joshua
after 1650
White marble, height 180 cm
O.-L. Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp
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Psalm 90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands — O prosper the work of our hands!

The Lacemaker
VERMEER, Johannes
The Lacemaker
1669-70
Oil on canvas transferred to panel, 23.9 x 20.5 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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St Paul | Art for A Proper 24

1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul…

St Paul
ZOPPO, Marco
St Paul
c. 1468
Tempera and gilding on panel, 50 x 31 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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The Golden Calf from The Nuremberg Chronicle / The Marriage Feast | Art for A Proper 23

Exodus 32:1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

The Golden Calf
The Golden Calf from The Nuremberg Chronicle
1493
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Matthew 22:14
`Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”
(Matthew’s extended interpretation of the parable. Is this all that is there?)

The_Marriage_Feast
The Marriage Feast
Millais, John Everett
1829-1896
Print, 1864
From “Illustrations to ‘The parables of our Lord'”, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers
1493
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