a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

A Christian Casket
 420s-430    Sculpture

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This casket with 4 individual panels of ivory sculpture is in the British Museum  and is an example of how the Roman Christian sculptors followed the Greco-Roman manner but applied the beauty to Christian texts:

“When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood,’ he said. ‘It is your responsibility!’” Matthew 27:24

”Then Pilate handed Jesus over to be crucified, and the soldiers took Him away. Carrying His own cross, He went out to The Place of the Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.”John 19:16-18

Abraham and Hagar
Artist: Jan Mostaert
 c. 1475    Painting

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This work is an Oil on panel.  It measures 94 x 131 cm.  It is on display in the  Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid