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 Bible Art

Ruth and Naomi
Artist: Willem Drost
 1633    Painting

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Ruth and Naomi by Willem Drost (1633-after 1663), from Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Ruth stands on the left, raises her hand and declares her determination to accompany her mother-in-law, Naomi, back to Judah instead of remaining in her native Moabite country.  Source: Ruth 1

Sacrifice of Isaac
Artist: Caravaggio
 1603    Painting

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This oil on canvas painting measures   104 x 135 cm and is housed in the Ufizzi Museum in Florence, Italy.

The painting illustrates the Old Testament passage in which God subjected Abraham to an extraordinary test of obedience by ordering him to sacrifice his only son Isaac. Caravaggio faithfully depicts the crucial moment of this dramatic story, when the old Abraham, at the very moment he is about to immolate Isaac, is blocked by an angel sent by the Lord. “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him! For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me”, says the God's messenger to Abraham (Genesis XXII, v. 12) while pointing with his left hand at a ram to be sacrificed in place of his son.