RAPHAEL’S ENTOMBMENT
October 30th 2021
“Entombment”, 1507, Raphael, Borghese Gallery, Rome. Christ is being carried to the tomb, which is a dark cave on the left. The figures in the procession fill the middle section on the painting. We can sense their close interaction
DUCCIO’S HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND
October 21st 2021
In today’s gospel we have the story of Bartimaeus, the blind man who was healed by Jesus as he left Jericho. This panel shows a similar miracle from John’s Gospel: the healing of the man born blind (John 9:1-12). It
Zurbarán’s Virgin of Mercy of Las Cuevas
October 9th 2021
“The Virgin of Mercy of Las Cuevas”, Francisco de Zurbarán, c.1644-55, Museo de Belles Artes, Seville. In the Counter Reformation period, sacred figures were often shown as real people in order to foster devotion. How this was done varied
