a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Archangel Michael
Artist: Pietro Perugino
 1496 - 1500    Painting

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This panel is one of three that come from the lower tier of an altarpiece made for the Duke of Milan.  The Archangel Michael stands triumphant after his cosmic battle with the devil (Revelation 12: 16). A pair of scales, hanging on the tree stump to the left, are a symbol of Michael’s role in the judgement of souls after death, when good and evil deeds were weighed up.

Perugino has signed the painting just below the tree stump: PETRVS PERVSINV(S) / PINXIT.

The Arrest of Christ
Artist: Heinrich Hoffman
 1858    Painting

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The Capture of Christ illustrates a dramatic scene from Matthew 26: 47-57.  Two richly dressed Pharisees lead the procession of armed guards and Jesus Christ.  The haloed Christ, bound at the wrist, is pulled forward toward an unjust judgment and crucifixion.  To the left a remorseful Judas broods, clutching his bag of thirty silver coins for which he had betrayed the Savior.  The walled city of Jerusalem is visible in the background as the first light of dawn appears.