The Bible In Paintings 10 – GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR JOSEPH

c.2,200 BC - c.95 AD | by the Father, Son & Holy Spirit

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L U K E .. 1
New International Version, emphases added
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MATTHEW, Chapter 1

18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

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by JAMES TISSOT
"The Anxiety of Saint Joseph"

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20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

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by MIKE MOYERS
"The Angel Visits Joseph"

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by FRANCISCO GOYA
"Dream of St. Joseph"

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by FRANCESCO SOLIMENA
"St Joseph's Dream"

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by ACISCLO ANTONIO PALOMINO Y VELASCO
"Saint Joseph's Dream"

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by GORDON DAUGHERTY
"Joseph's Dream"

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by ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS
"The Dream of St. Joseph"

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by GIOVANNI BAGLIONE
"Appearance of the Angel to St Joseph"

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by GERARD SEGHERS
"Dream of St Joseph"

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by RAFFAELLINO DA REGGIO
"The Apparition of the Angel to St Joseph"

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by STEFANO MARIA LEGNANINO
"The Dream of St Joseph"

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by A.N. MIRONOV
"The Dream of St Joseph"

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by ANTONIO DEL CASTILLO Y SAAVEDRA
"The Dream of Saint Joseph"

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by FRANCISCO PACHECO
"Dream of Saint Joseph"

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by FRANCISCO HERRERA the Younger
"The Dream of Saint Joseph"

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by JOSÉ LUZAN
"The Dream of Saint Joseph"

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by GAETANO GANDOLFI
"Joseph's Dream"

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by CHRISTOPH THOMAS SCHEFFLER
"An Angel Appears to Josef in a Dream"

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by ALEXANDER ANDREYEVICH IVANOV
"Dream of Joseph"

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by JAMES TISSOT
"The Vision of Saint Joseph"

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by FRANCISCO RIZI
"Dream of Joseph"

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by GEORGES DE LA TOUR
"The Apparition of the Angel to St. Joseph"

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by ANTONIO CISERI
"Dream of Joseph"

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by PIERRE PARROCEL
"Dream of Joseph"

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by VICENT LÓPEZ PORTAÑA
"Saint Joseph’s Dream"

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by SIMONE CANTARINI
"The Dream of St Joseph"

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by LUCA GIORDANO
"The Dream of Saint Joseph"

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by DANIELE CRESPI, 1625
"Joseph's Dream"

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by ANTONIO CISERI
"The Dream of Saint Joseph"

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by PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE, 1642
"The Dream of Saint Joseph"

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by PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE
"The Dream of Saint Joseph"

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[Vendome]

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Because he seems to be contemplating “Great. There goes my life.”

[Hebrews 11:6]

Another Tissot geniuspiece.

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I like that you opened with Tissot.

That painting is SO real and human. Love it.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Ol’ James really THOUGHT about the Scriptures. I could spend a week searching for another work portraying Joseph’s agony.

[M Kehoe]

Good work.

Thanks.

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[Hebrews 11:6]

Glad you like it. Get ready for Christmas in April!

[spankalib]

Tissot and his angels! Just wow.
All of the paintings are wonderful, showing different 'takes'. My fave is #21 bc of the detail! and showing the babe in the womb. Just beautiful today danny boy - you hit a homer!

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LOL--taking extra-slow home run trot around the bases. No doubt will see a beanball on my next at-bat.

I thought of you when posting the second Tissot, John, because of your comment about his angel the other day. Basically, he used the same angel in both.

Not only did Rizi do a masterful job--I agree fully!--but also whoever photographed it did full justice to it for us. I'd love etabeta's reaction to it, but currently she has computer issues.

[Albion Wilde]

bump for later viewing

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CUL8R

[M Kehoe]

“Get ready for Christmas in April!”

April? October maybe, feast of Tabernacles when many believe the Christ was born?

Heck, I don’t know, I wasn’t there.

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What I mean is, it’s just three more episodes until this series presents Jesus’ birth—this Sunday, in fact. Tomorrow, the Holy Family journeys to Bethlehem....

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Er, make that Monday.

[Maudeen]

Thanks for yet another gallery of paintings.

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Lots more acomin’.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

I like many of these, but I detect a theme: Joseph is portrayed as an earthly, working man, with heavily muscled hands and arms. In contrast, the angels are ethereal, sometimes transparent, very much unsullied and unworldly.

Joseph appears to be sleeping from weariness or possibly worry about Mary. The angel’s message must have put his mind at ease, for he married her in the end, despite the public shame.

This contrasts him with Zecharias, who wanted a sign that the angel was from God. Joseph doesn’t doubt or question, but obeys, to his eternal credit.

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Both Joseph and Mary contrast with him, and with us, for in truth we respond to God’s calls—be they angelic, scriptural or directly of the Spirit—as did Zechariah. God knew how to pick ‘em.