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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia St Joseph, 1642, Louvre Georges de La Tour (March 13, 1593, Vic-sur-Seille, Moselle – January 30, 1652, Lunéville) was a painter, who spent most of his working life in the Duchy of Lorraine, which was absorbed into France between in 1641 and 1648, during his lifetime. He painted mostly religious scenes lit by candlelight, and after centuries […]
January 9, 2011
(scrap from National Gallery of Art homepage) According to the tenets of the seventeenth-century Catholic church, Mary Magdalen was an example of the repentant sinner and consequently a symbol of the Sacrament of Penance. According to legend, Mary led a dissolute life until her sister Martha persuaded her to listen to Jesus Christ. She became […]
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January 9, 2011
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