THE FOUR EVANGELISTS’ PAGE FROM THE BOOK OF KELLS
February 21st 2025
The Evangelists’ Symbols page from The Book of Kells, f.27v. early 9th Century. The Book of Kells and similar books contain the texts of the four Gospels. Each Gospel is richly embellished with beautiful and intricate decoration and is prefaced
Veronese’s Christ among the doctors in the Temple
February 16th 2025
“Christ among the Doctors in the Temple”, Paolo Veronese c.1560, Prado, Madrid. The 12 year old Jesus is shown teaching in Temple as told in the Gospel of Luke (Lk 2:41-52). Veronese clothes the doctors in beautiful and brightly
BASSANO’S MIRACULOUS HAUL OF FISH
February 8th 2025
“The Miraculous Draught of fishes”, Jacopo Bassano, 1545, National Gallery of Art, Washington. In 1545, Pietro Pizzamano, who was governor of the Italian town of Bassano del Grappa, about 65km from Venice, commissioned this work. What he got

