The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple
Artist: William Holman Hunt
1854-60
Painting
The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple (1854–1860) is a painting by William Holman Hunt portraying the familiar New Testament story of Mary and Joseph finding the young Jesus in the temple in an in-depth discussion with the rabbis.
This work is linked to Luke 2:45-47. Original size: 55.5” х 33.75” inches
The painting is currently аt Birmingham Museums Trust in the United Kingdom.
The son of devout parents, Hunt came to see himself very much as an agent of Christ. His paintings were revered and criticized in equal measure for their purity and the artist’s meticulous attention to detail. His canvases, often characterized by their lighting and color’s vitality, gained praise (and condemnation) for the way Hunt treated bible stories and medieval themes with an unabashed realism.
Unlike other Victorians, he isn’t after creating beauty, observing nature, inventing stories, dramatizing dilemmas. He’s sending a spiritual or ethical call to the viewer’s soul: pay attention, change your life. “All art,” said Hunt, “is a branch of that spirit of appeal from the Divine to man, which has been working ever since our kind knew the difference between good and evil.
The First Plague: Water is Changed into Blood
Artist: James Tissot
1903
Painting
The Plagues of Egypt (Biblical Hebrew: מכות מצרים), in the account of the Book of Exodus, are ten disasters inflicted on biblical Egypt by the God of Israel (Yahweh) in order to convince the Pharaoh to emancipate the enslaved Israelites, each of them confronting Pharaoh and one of his Egyptian gods; they serve as "signs and marvels" given by God to answer Pharaoh's taunt that he does not know Yahweh: "The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD".:
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