a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Mond Crucifixion
Artist: Raphael
 1502    Painting

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Raphael's The Mond Crucifixion, painted between 1502 and 1503, includes an intricately detailed landscape in the background, showing his use of perspective, which distinguishes him from artists of the Trecento. Flanking him are two angels catching his blood in chalices, as well as the figures of the Virgin, Mary Magdalene, Saint Jerome and John the Evangelist. Raphael's signature is inscribed into the foot of Christ's cross.

The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine
Artist: Josefa de Obidos
 1647    Painting

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St. Catherine of Alexandria is pictured in a lavish dress in front of her characteristic broken wheel, kneeling beside the Christ child who sits on the lap of the Virgin Mary, as they engage in a "mystical marriage", symbolizing the betrothal of her pious soul to the Lord. At the top left a man in a red robe observes the scene (possibly the hermit who led Catherine to Christianity). Two child-like angels at the top right also watch the scene, which takes place atop a decorative rug and is framed by two theatrical curtains of stiff drapery At the bottom left, a small dog (symbolizing marital fidelity) sleeps beside a basket.

This work is oil on copper and is in the  National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, Portugal