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
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oil sketch for a fresco in naples
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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.
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note the most important and beautiful words here: but if not; proclaiming a fixed and firm faith and absolute obedience
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