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The painting depicts Saint Joseph, the father of Jesus, being visited while dreaming by either an angel with a message or a young girl after falling asleep while reading a book. [2] [3] According to the New Testament he was actually visited four times with various messages and it is not clear in this case which visit is being portrayed. It is ...
Christ in the House of His Parents (1849–50) is a painting by John Everett Millais depicting the Holy Family in Saint Joseph's carpentry workshop. The painting was extremely controversial when first exhibited, prompting many negative reviews, most notably one written by Charles Dickens.
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Variously dated between 1714 and 1721, Holy Family is possibly the rarest surviving religious subject in Watteau's art, related to either the Gospel of Matthew, or the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew; it depicts the Virgin, the Christ Child, and Saint Joseph amid a landscape, surrounded by putti.
François Leclerc du Tremblay (4 November 1577 – 17 December 1638), also known as Père Joseph, was a French Capuchin friar, confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu. [1] He was the original éminence grise —the French term ("grey eminence") for a powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially.
Sculptures of Saint Joseph (7 P) A. ... Nativity of Jesus in art (4 C, 65 P) Pages in category "Saint Joseph in art" The following 4 pages are in this category, out ...
Édouard Leclerc (French pronunciation: [edwaʁ ləklɛʁ]; born 20 November 1926 in Landerneau – died 17 September 2012 in Saint-Divy, Brittany) was a French businessman and entrepreneur who founded the French supermarket chain E.Leclerc in 1948.
This painting, created ca. 1642, [1] is one of several tenebrist paintings by La Tour. Others include The Education of the Virgin , the Penitent Magdalene , and The Dream of Saint Joseph . In all these works, a single, strong light source is a central element, surrounded by cast shadows.