The Bible In Paintings: IT'S A BOY! Part 2

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S WORD

IT’S A BOY!

L U K E
CHAPTER 2

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register.

So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

31
GRIGORY GAGARIN
"Christmas"

32
ANDREY MIRONOV
"Now God Was Born"

33
VLADIMIR BOROVIKOVSKY
"Christmas"

34
GIUSEPPE ANTONIO PETRINI
"The Holy Family"

35
JOSEFA DE ÓBIDOS
"Nativity"

36
NICOLAS POUSSIN
"Nativity"

37
WALTER RANE
"Behold the Lamb of God"

38
BARTOLOMEO MURILLO
"The Nativity"

39
GIOVANNI BATTISTA GAULLI
"St Joseph with Christ Child"

40
GIOTTO
"Birth of Jesus"

41
FRANCESCO DI GIORGIO
"The Nativity"

42
SANDRO BOTTICELLI
"The Mystical Nativity"

43
GERARD DAVID
"Nativity"

44
HANS MEMLING
"Nativity"

45
PETRUS CHRISTUS
"Nativity"

46
GIAMBATTISTA PITTONI
"Nativity"

47
JAMES TISSOT
"The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ"

48
JOSÉ CAMPECHE
"La Natividad"

49
Master of Sigena
"The Nativity"

50
ELEANOR FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE
"The Nativity"

51
FEDERICO BAROCCI
"Nativity"

52
FRA BARTOLOMEO
"The Nativity"

53
TINTORETTO
"The Nativity"

54
MICHELANGELO ANSELMI
"Natività"

55
PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE
"La Nativité"

56
PIETRO BUGIANI
"Natività"

57
GEORGES DE LA TOUR
Source

58
BERNARDO DADDI
"Nativity of Jesus"

59
PAUL GAUGUIN
Source

60
ZANOBI STROZZI
"The Nativity"

→ a n d... f i n a l l y ←

61
RON CHAMBERS
"Mother and Child"

To be continued…

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[Hebrews 11:6]

Keep spinning that record, John!

From this 21st century church-age perspective, I am always gobsmacked at the first-century Jews’ resistance to the Gentiles’ salvation, and at the disciples’ astonishment upon learning of their eligibility. To me it bespeaks the profound ignorance of God: as if He could possibly create billions of humans who were all consigned to damnation.

[InkStone]

You’re so right Dan; they were indeed tough- we’ve become so spoiled.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hey, but we can keyboard all day long, which they probably couldn’t do, so there’s that.

[InkStone]

OK, you’ve got me there...

[Hebrews 11:6]

Just did the ox-and-donkey census—thanks so much for highlighting it, John!—on tomorrow’s thread, and I got 28 / 43 = 65%; which, considering tomorrow’s stone-and-glass formats, is still pretty good.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Speaking of which: is this the day you will translate your tagline for us?

[spankalib]

*grins*

[InkStone]

Only for you will I do this Dan =:^)

“All Life (is) From (the) Surfboard”

The idea was from a silly T-shirt I had which read:

“Omni Vivum Ex Ovo” : “All Life (is) From (the) Egg”

[Hebrews 11:6]

So, then, I could intone:

"Omni Vivum Ex Titleist"

[InkStone]

That’s it Dan! You’ve got the swing indeed!

[SisterK]

so much talent

the faces in #51 are exquisite
#37 would be my top pick
#61 is shocking -in a good way- (it would be fun to observe people’s reactions to it in a public museum or gallery setting)

[SisterK]

#61 is shocking in a beautiful way

[Hebrews 11:6]

It’s like I’m running a smorgasboard: something for everyone.

[SisterK]

you are mighty hospitable and deserve the Free Republic employee of the month award

[Hebrews 11:6]

I assume that comes with a reserved parking space.

[SisterK]

of course!