Tag: Ambrosius Benson
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03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible by Ambrosius Benson, With Footnotes – 135
The Magdalene in this painting is more the elegant grand dame of her day than penitent saint. Her beautiful figure derives from one of the sibyls in Benson’s Deipara Virgo (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp). The design was evidently very popular as Benson used it on several occasions as a single sibyl, or as…
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06 works, Today, September 8th, is The Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos day, her story illustrated #251
The Nativity of the Virgin Mary is celebrated by the Church as a day of universal joy. Within the context of the Old and the New Testaments, Mary was born, having been chosen before the ages by Divine Providence, to bring about the Mystery of the Incarnation of the Word of God. She is revealed…
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