rejoice & remember

1 john 2:17
1 corinthians 7:31 

josefa de ayala
portuguese

circa 1630-1684
the sacrificial lamb, c. 1670-84
oil on canvas
21 7/8 x 31 inches
the walters art museum
:born in spain; she here was certainly inspired by zurbarán:

~
leonardo da vinci

italian
1452-1519
saint john the baptist, c. 1508-19
oil on wood/panel
∽27 x 22 inches
musée du louvre
:thought to be his final painting:
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romans 3:25
hebrews 10:10
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song
old
beautiful savior
and
new
⭒omemma⭒
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psalm 27:14
psalm 46:10
romans 8:28
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our all availing...

 Immanuel
~for advent~

george hitchcock
american
1850-1913
the annunciation, 1887
oil on canvas
62 1/2 x 80 1/2 inches
signed lower left
the art institute of chicago

:the symbolism of the lily adds a rich and layered reading to the scene:
~
german carol
from the rhineland region
may date back to the 15th century
:praetorius interpretation:
~
found interesting, the similarity in composition to the work below

mikhail nesterov
russian
1862-1942
girls on the bank of the river
kyiv picture gallery national museum
ukraine
~
isaiah 7:14
matthew 1:23
luke 11:28
john 1:4-5
~
glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us
-henry wadsworth longfellow

[1 corinthians 3:16]
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searching out

 
jan toorop
dutch
1858-1928
women at the sea, 1891
oil
14 x 18 inches
rijksmuseum
amsterdam
~
song here
~
john 3:8
hebrews 11 1-3
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wondrously fleeting

 

all above

francesca woodman

american photographer

1958-1981
see previous post
for link to article in the paris review
a very good read
~
below
i really don't know
maybe sally mann but maybe not
saved long ago sadly with no attribution

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ecclesiastes 3:11

unknowable emergencies

francesca stern woodman
american photographer
1958-1981

song here

~
article from the paris review here
an excellent read

~see ellen thesleff omakuva for a striking resemblance~

"fifty million ideas"

as woodman wryly states:

"this is serious"

~

1 corinthians 12:9-11

~   ~ ~~james 1:17~~ ~   ~
and adding

1 corinthians 13:7

because it's always beautiful

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american gothic

above
john james audubon
french american
1785-1851

Coot and Magpye

circa 1802

watercolor and colored pencil on paper
~executed when the artist was only seventeen years old and living in nantes, france~

sotheby's

2021
each estimated 70,000-100,000
a testament to their exceptional quality
[not sure of price realized as i don't have a sotheby's login to view outcomes in their public sales but i'd wager a guess the results for these two lots were robust]

~a friend pointed out that the coot has lobed (not webbed) feet. fascinating, had never heard of lobed feet. well worth a google image search; comically beautiful~

~

below
outsider artist
bill traylor

american

1854-1949

Black Turkey
circa 1939-42
poster paint and pencil on cardboard

these two artists, worlds apart in a myriad of ways, yet their work here a beautiful complement

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under grace

 
edvard munch
norwegian
1863-1944
woman on the beach, 1896
burnished aquatint
-munch's color aquatints are rare and highly sought-
~    ~
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hymn
here is love vast as the ocean
william rees
known also as gwilym hiraethog
welsh
8 november 1802 to 8 november 1883
~ ~    ~    ~
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maurice denis
french
1870-1943
climbing to calvary, 1889
oil on canvas
16 x 12 3/4 inches
musée d'orsay
メnoticed similar in composition to
jesus falling beneath the cross
a nineteenth century engraving by gustave doréメ
~
matthew 6:33

~
romans 3:19-26
romans 5:2-4
romans 6:14
ephesians 3:17-19
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all the days

 
vincent van gogh
les racines, 1882
pencil, chalk, wash and watercolor on paper
20 1/4 x 27 3/4 inches
kröller-müller museum
the netherlands
~
yet
~
ever hold tight
to our blessed assurance
~
...and, lo, i am with you always...
-matthew 28:20
~
deuteronomy 31:8
psalm 25:6
psalm 34:18
isaiah 41:10
mark 9:23-24
2 corinthians 12:9
ephesians 3:20
james 4:8
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redounding faith

 
Sofie Ribbing
swedish
Boys Drawing, 1864
oil on canvas
36 x 31 inches
Gothenburg Museum of Art
~
hymn
Day by Day
Carolina Sandell
swedish
1865
caroline w. sandell berg, better known as carolina or lina sandell, wrote hundreds of hymns affirming her faith; some whilst suffering intense grief.
day by day was written several years after witnessing the drowning death of her beloved father, a Lutheran pastor.
~
Deuteronomy 33:25
Proverbs 19:21
Luke 17: 21
2 Corinthians 4:1-18 (directly 2 Cor. 4:15-18)
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brought to fullness

 
leonardo da vinci
head of Christ, circa 1494
~study for the last supper~
chalk and pencil on paper
15.7 x 12.5 inches
pinacoteca di brera
milan, italy
~
oh the deep deep love of jesus
'...underneath me,
all around me,
is the current
of His love...'
samuel trevor francis
english
1834-1925
~
lamentations 3:40
proverbs 4:23-27
psalm 11:7
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