a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

Palau de la Música Catalana
 1905-08    Stained Glass

Designed by modernista architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner and completed in 1908, the Palau de la Música Catalana is an extravagant concert hall in Barcelona, Spain. Its crowning jewel is the stained glass skylight designed by Antoni Rigalt in the auditorium, which is intended to resemble a blue sky with a sun in the center. Due to its massive size and translucence, the Palau de la Música Catalana is the only concert hall in Europe that is illuminated by natural light during daytime.

Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver
Artist: Godefridus Schalcken
 1685     Painting

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Around 1680–85 Schalcken painted Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver , in which he adhered closely to the text of Luke 15:8–10: “Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”

This oil on canvas painting measures 39.5 x 49.3 cm and is housed in The Leiden Collection,ew York.