a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Holy Women at the Tomb
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau
 1890    Painting

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This painting depicts the three Marys, Mary the Mother of James, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Cleophas, at the tomb of the resurrection. The viewer is placed in a prostrated position and looking up first notices the expressions of bewilderment on the central Mary's face before looking past the three women and into the tomb. The tomb is filled with light and the viewer can only catch a glimpse of the "angel of the resurrection" with his arm raised.

This oil on canvas painting The painting now hangs in the collection of the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.

The Immaculate Conception
Artist: Murillo
 1660    Painting

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La Immaculada Concepción was painted by the Spanish Baroque artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. There are several works of art with this title in El Prado Museum; this one is nearly 108 x 75 inches long. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception holds that the Virgin Mary, the pure vessel that would carry Jesus Christ, was conceived without original sin. The Holy Roman Catholic Church teaches that, from her conception, Mary had been given the graces that are usually bestowed through baptism after a child's birth.