a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Descent from Mount Sinai
Artist: Cosimo Roselli
 1481-82    Painting

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The Descent from Mount Sinai is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Cosimo Rosselli and is located in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. It depicts the prophet Moses in the process of receiving and introducing the Ten Commandments.  It measures 350 cm × 572 cm (140 in × 225 in)

 

The Descent from the Cross
Artist: Charles Le Brun
 1680    Painting

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Housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, this Baroque-style painting by prolific French artist Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) shows the moment after Christ's death when he is being taken down from the cross.