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The Accursed Fig Tree (Le figuier maudit)
Artist: James Tissot
 c. 1886    Painting

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The painting depicts a scene from the Bible where Jesus encounters a fig tree that bears no fruit. Jesus, with his hand raised, appears to be cursing the tree. He is surrounded by a small group of people who appear to be his disciples. The fig tree dominates the right side of the composition, its bare branches stark against the landscape. The overall tone of the painting is somber, reflecting the gravity of the event.

This painting by James Tissot was created between 1886 and 1894 and is currently held by the Brooklyn Museum. The painting measures 0.279 meters in width and 0.213 meters in height.

The Accursed Fig Tree painting is an opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper. It measures 8 3/8 x 11 in. and is housed in The Brooklyn Museum as part of the portfolio The Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

This parable as Jesus warning Christians that they must bear fruits after their conversion worthy of repentance or risk being condemned to Hell. God, in his mercy, repeatedly checks on believers to see if they have borne fruit worthy of their baptism and conversion. If someone who has been baptized and says they are Christian has not borne fruit, they are condemned. This verse was used during the Counter-Reformation to help support the belief of the Church that faith without works is dead.

The Adoration of Magi
Artist: Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
 1566    Painting

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This work is linked to Matthew 2:11.  Its original size was 48″ х 66.5″ inches, and currently it is in Brussels at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts.

Bruegel is considered the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century. His landscapes, with vibrant and often witty scenes of peasant life, are particularly renowned. Since Bruegel signed and dated many of his works, his artistic evolution can be traced from his early landscapes, in which he shows affinity with the Flemish 16th-century landscape tradition, to his last works, which conform to a more Italian stylistic genre. He exerted a strong influence on painting in the Low Countries; the coastal region of Northwestern Europe. Through his sons Jan and Pieter, he became the ancestor of a dynasty of painters that survived into the 18th century.

 

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