Everyone can read his personal theology into art, of course. My comment was regarding early Renaisance; I am not a big fan of late and Northern Renaissance; the authentic Renaiissance ended, I believe, with Memling, and what remained was in transition to mannerism. Regarding Protestant influences later on, perhaps.
What makes early Renaissance Catholic is not just the deviotional nature but also the celebration of humanity in its joyful redeemed state. That incarnationalism is wholly foreign to Calvin, but can be mistaken for humanism, especially by secular or Protestant art critics.
This is the joyful face of the Church:
By the way, anyone wondering why the Catohlic Church is "she" needs to look at this or similar painting.
Let me ask y’all this question. Do you believe Jesus Christ is in Heaven as a human being? Is he still in the human body he wore while in his incarnated state on earth?