Because Faustina was not an artist, her spiritual director Father Sopocko took her to a local Vilnius artist named Eugene Kazimirowski, who painted this Image directly under Faustina’s supervision. Sadly remarking, “Lord, who will paint You as beautiful as you are” (Diary 313), Faustina had the artist change the face at least 10 times. Finally, Our Lord told Faustina that it was good enough - to leave it in the state it’s in. Just recently it was accidentally discovered at a prayer group in Arizona, that the face on this Image perfectly matched the one on the Holy Shroud of Turin. This restored Vilnius Image is the only Image painted under St. Faustina’s direction.
This beautiful Image is a reproduction of the original Vilnius Image of The Divine Mercy, and is the only Image painted under Sister Faustina's direction. Painted by Polish artist Eugene Kazimierowski in 1934, this Image fell into disrepair and was restored in 2003. This is the restored version of this Image.
