Designed by modernista architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner and completed in 1908, the Palau de la Música Catalana is an extravagant concert hall in Barcelona, Spain. Its crowning jewel is the stained glass skylight designed by Antoni Rigalt in the auditorium, which is…
The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (also called the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard or the Parable of the Generous Employer) is a parable of Jesus which appears in chapter 20 of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This oil on panel painting…
Around 1680–85 Schalcken painted Parable of the Lost Piece of Silver , in which he adhered closely to the text of Luke 15:8–10: “Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she…
This oil on panel painting, measuring 45 x 55 cm, depicts the climactic scene of the master confronting the wicked servant. The painting is housed in the National Gallery in Prague. The parable appears in two of the synoptic, canonical gospels of the New Testament: Matthew…
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant appears only in Matthew 18:23-35. The Apostle Peter had asked how many times one should forgive, "Till seven times?" and Jesus answered, "Not seven times but seventy times seven" (Matthew 18:21-22). The context of this passage is Jesus…
Andrei Nikolayevich Mironov ( born 20 April 1975) is a Russian artist. He is known mainly as a portrait painter, though he also works in the genre of religious painting. The scripture reference is Luke 16:1-13 and the subjects are dishonesty, injustice and the treasures…
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