a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Anointing at Bethany
Artist: Peter Paul Rubens
 1618    Painting

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This oil on canvas was painted in 1618 by Peter Paul Rubens and  his student Anthony Van Dyke.  It is housed in The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

The Apotheosis of Saint Eusebius
Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs
 1757-59    Painting

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Thisfresco depicts Saint Eusebius, a fourth-century Sardinian bishop, at the center of the elongated pictorial space, wearing white and red robes. His left hand is outstretched and held palm-up, and his right hand clutches his chest, as his face looks up toward the bright light shining down from the top of the work, as though he is accepting the glory of God with reverence. He is surrounded by a crowd of putti (some of whom hold the iconographic symbols for Saint Eusebius, a chalice and chain), and angels, one of whom holds the Prologue of St. John's Gospel, and another who holds up a phrase from the creed of Nicene Christianity, "homoousios to Patri" ("consubstantial with the Father"). 

This fresco is in the The church of S. Eusebio, Rome