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emilio longoni
italian
1859-1932
alone, 1900
pastel
location unknown

~
song here

antonio mancini
italian
1852-1930
the study, 1875
oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 26 inches
galleria nazionale d'arte moderna e contemporanea
rome
~
romans 11:33
十

addendum

 image addendum to previous post
from january 1, 2025

luca giordano
italian
1634-1705
shadrach, meshach and abednego
oil on canvas
24 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches
sotheby's
master paintings part ii
lot 460
new york
february 6, 2025
~
oil sketch for a fresco in naples
~
daniel 3:16-18 kjv
16 shadrach, meshach, and abednego, answered and said to the king, o nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17 if it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, o king.
18 but if not, be it known unto thee, o king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
~
note the most important and beautiful words here: but if not; proclaiming a fixed and firm faith and absolute obedience
十

all of us

often
 restive and wayward

image one
edvard munch
burnished aquatint
~
image two
photo-mine
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song here
~
isaiah 29:24
and
isaiah 25:8
revelation 21:4
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what we cannot see

...yet by faith...

abbott handerson thayer
american
1849-1921
angel (detail), 1887
oil on canvas
36 1/4 x 28 1/8 inches
smithsonian american art museum

yamamoto masao
japanese
1957-present
kawa=flow #1719, 2024
silver gelatin print, edition of 20
9 1/2 x 6 inches
jackson fine art
:looking a bit like a seraph/seraphim:
~
new
song here
:a song about women with brown eyes and jesus:
⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑
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another instructive and wise pauline epistle verse
colossians 3:2

as well as
psalm 118:8

2 peter 3:17-18

with you

proverbs 9:10

 

théodore géricault
french
1791-1824
study of a lion at rest
pen, pencil and brown ink and wash on paper laid down
3 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches ~so tiny
image from stephen ongpin fine art

~
rembrandt van rijn
dutch
1606-1669
study of a lion at rest, c. 1645-50
pen and brown ink and wash on paper
5 1/2 x 8 inches ~small as well

musée du louvre
:one of many rembrandt works on paper depicting lions:
some others
in the louvre
2 of note in the british museum, london
and another in the leiden collection, new york

~
in the room
'just go ask daniel if our God will bring you out
and he will testify
He shut the lion's mouth'
daniel 6:1-28

'go ask those hebrew boys
if He'll stick by your side
they will identify the fourth man in the fire'
daniel 3:1-30

three hebrew boys
:shadrach, meshach and abednego:
3rd century
fresco
catacombs of priscilla, rome
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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:
~
romans 3:25
hebrews 10:10
~
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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