Ashburnham Pentateuch – Moses receiving the law / The Red Vineyard| Art for A Proper 22

Exodus 20:1 Then God spoke all these words: I am the LORD your God…

Moses receiving the law
Ashburnham Pentateuch – Moses receiving the law
c. 600
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Paris
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Matthew 21:33 Jesus said, “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard…

The Red Vineyard
GOGH, Vincent van
The Red Vineyard
November 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas, 75 x 93 cm
Pushkin Museum, Moscow Click image for more information.
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Moses Drawing Water from the Rock / Ezekiel| Art for A Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7
From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”

Moses Drawing Water from the Rock
ASSERETO, Gioachino
Moses Drawing Water from the Rock
Oil on canvas, 254 x 300 cm
Museo del Prado, MadridClick image for more information.
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Ezekiel 18:1
The word of the LORD came to me:

Ezekiel
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Ezekiel
1510
Fresco, 355 x 380 cm
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard | Art for A Proper 20

Matthew 20:1
Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
1769
Oil on canvas, 51 x 74 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
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Drowning of the Pharaoh’s Host in the Red Sea / Joseph Receives His Father and Brothers in Egypt| Art for A Proper 19

Exodus 14:30–31 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great work that the LORD did against the Egyptians. So the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

Drowning of the Pharaoh's Host in the Red Sea
TIZIANO Vecellio
Drowning of the Pharaoh’s Host in the Red Sea
1515-17
Woodcut in twelve blocks, 12,5 x 221,5 cm
British Museum, London
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Genesis 50:19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid! Am I in the place of God?

Joseph Receives His Father and Brothers in Egypt
BRAY, Salomon de
Joseph Receives His Father and Brothers in Egypt
1655
Oil on canvas, 112 x 88 cm
Private collection
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Copies by the artist’s sons.

Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt
BRAY, Jan de
Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt
1655
Chalk and wash, 288 x 232 mm
Private collectionClick image for more information.
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Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt
BRAY, Joseph de
Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt
1655
Chalk, 236 x 172 mm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

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Passover / The Christ from the Vision of Ezekiel | Art for A Proper 18

Exodus 12:1-14 This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the LORD. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

Passover
PALMA GIOVANE
(b. 1548, Venezia, d. 1628, Venezia)
Passover
1580-81
Oil on canvas, 140 x 235 cm
San Giacomo dall’Orio, VeniceClick image for more information.
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Ezekiel 33:7 You, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

The Christ from the Vision of Ezekiel
ROMANESQUE PAINTER, German
The Christ from the Vision of Ezekiel
c. 1130
Mural painting
Convent Frauenwörth, Frauenchiemsee
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Moses and the Burning Bush / Bust of St Peter| Art for A Proper 17

Exodus 3:2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.

Moses and the Burning Bush
Moses and the Burning Bush
c. 250
Fresco
Dura-Europos
Syria
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Matthew 16:22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.”

Bust of St Peter
CORDIER, Nicolas
Bust of St Peter
1608
Marble
San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Rome
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Moses Tramples on Pharaoh’s Crown / Coat of arms of the Holy See | Art for A Proper 16

Exodus 1:8
Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

Moses Tramples on Pharaoh's Crown
FISCHER, Josef Vinzenz
Moses Tramples on Pharaoh’s Crown
1760
Oil on canvas, 118 x 165 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
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Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Coat of arms of the Holy See
Coat of arms of the Holy See
Wikipedia
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Christ and the Canaanite Woman | Art for A Proper 15

Matthew 15:25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

Christ and the Canaanite Woman
JUAN DE FLANDES
Christ and the Canaanite Woman
c. 1500
Oil on panel, 20 x 15 cm
Palacio Real, MadridClick image for more information.
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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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Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes | Art for A Proper 13

Matthew 14:16 Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”

Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes

Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes
1536
 Drawing, black chalk and white on prepared paper, 217 x 335 mm
 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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