christian art

March 22, 2014
legionofhonormuseum : This tiny panel illustrates a dream had by Saint Dominic, in which the Virgin presents both Dominic and Saint Francis to Christ.

March 19, 2014
Paolo Veronese’s first monographic show in the United Kingdom opens today in London @NationalGallery.

March 13, 2014
Antonio Canova: The Seven Last Works on view @metmuseum through 27 April.

February 1, 2014
Today is the Feast Day of the Purification.

February 1, 2014
Baldassare Franceschini (1611-1689/90) spent most of his painting career near Florence.

January 30, 2014
Florentine artist Franciabigio was born on this day in 1484 in Florence.

January 28, 2014
Of French birth, Valentin de Boulogne was in Rome by 1614 where he came under the sway of Caravaggio and his followers.

January 22, 2014
Through March 30, 2014, four small devotional paintings by Piero della Francesca, never exhibited together before now, will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

January 13, 2014
Today is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2014 it was celebrated on January 12 ).

January 6, 2014
Today is the Feast day of the Epiphany.