a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark
Artist: Jan The Elder Brueghel
 1613    Painting

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The painting is oil on panel and measures height: 54.6 cm (21.4 in); width: 83.8 cm (32.9 in).  It can be seen at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

The Eve of St. Agnes
Artist: Harry Clarke
 1924    Stained Glass

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The Eve of St Agnes window is based on a romantic narrative poem set in the Middle Ages. The poem was written by John Keats in 1819.  Keats based his poem on the folk belief that a girl could see her future husband in a dream if she performed certain rites on the eve of St. Agnes; that is, she would go to bed without any supper, and transfer pins one by one from a pincushion to a sleeve while reciting the Lord’s Prayer.  Then the proposed husband would appear in her dream.

Agnes of Rome (c. 291 – c.  304) is a virgin martyr, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as the Anglican Communion and Lutheran Churches.[2] She is one of several virgin martyrs commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass, and one of many Christians martyred during the reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian.