a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Holy City
Artist: Louis Comfort Tiffany
 1905    Stained Glass

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The Holy City is one of a series of 11 stained-glass windows Tiffany designed for the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church in 1905. It is thought to be the largest window he ever produced and is composed of 58 panels. This example depicts St. John in exile on the island of Patmos. The ground around him is dark, but the sun can just be seen rising over the water and hills behind him - a new dawn of hope. The glass gets progressively lighter towards the top of the window where a city is depicted in the clouds, a representation of John's vision of new Jerusalem and this is flanked by four angels, showing the divine nature of the prophecy. 

This window is Leaded glass. It is in the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Maryland 

The Holy Family
Artist: Hans von Aachen
 1588-90    Painting

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This work depicts Jesus, the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph with an angel presenting flowers to the family.  Aachen  painted a number of variations on this theme. This particular painting of The Holy Family is in the Hermitage in Russia.

This painting is oil on panel and measures 56.2x42.2 cm.