a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Flagellation of Christ
Artist: Luca Signorelli
 114475    Painting

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This, believed to be Signorelli's earliest surviving work, was commissioned by the one-time "Confraternita dei Raccomandati" fraternity of the Church of Santa Maria del Mercato in Fabriano, Italy. It was intended to be included in processional demonstrations of public flagellation, and was thus requested by the members of the fraternity. The image directly references the biblical passages of John 19:1, when Pilates had sentenced Christ to be crucified, but not before being flogged by Roman soldiers while tied to a post. This work is believed to be one side of a double-sided panel, with the second side presenting The Nursing Madonna (as the fraternity also carried out philanthropic work to help orphaned and abandoned children). At some point between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the two sides were separated. 

this painting is Tempera on panel and is in the Pinacoteca de Brera, Milan, Italy 

The Flight Into Egypt
Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
 1767-80    Painting

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The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him.

This painting is on view at The Met Fifth Avenue. It is an oil on canvas and measures 23 5/8 × 16 1/4 in. (60 × 41.3 cm)