..and speaking of wonder…
Here we go! 50% have the ox/donk symbolism; even in the great Wallbaum (silver?) at #48 and FRONT & CENTER in Ghirlandaio at #43!
45% have the lamb/trussed lamb symbolism,
and 31% have the ‘flying scroll’.
#’s 4, 5, and 36 have all 3 symbols! (Most of them have two of the symbols)
Domenichino at #46 is magnificent for its ‘movement’. I’ve come to believe these works are meant to be studied, contemplated, and it feels like I could for hours!
The one that ‘got me’ in this batch is Strozzi at #7. Go look at it for a bit. The unsettling element is very prominent, isn’t it? Gloomily foreshadowing a foul death.
The “cross” weave of the basket is prominent too.
a fowl death?
I am the farthest thing from being an artist, but if I were, and if I had Biblical events to illustrate, I hope I would find ways like Strozzi did to enrich my works spiritually for the viewers, so that folks like you, John, are blessed by them.
We can learn a lot from you. I’m looking more carefully now. Thank you.