Tag: Jacob Jordaens

20 Works, Today, May 19th. is Jacob Jordaens’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #137

May 24, 2021

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The right side of the huge painting contains the biblical scene of the Tribute Money: apostle Peter on the lake at Capernaum miraculously finds a coin in the mouth of the first fish to bite. The coin allows Jesus and his disciples to pay compulsory tribute money to the temple in Jerusalem. The ferryboat, heavily…
04 Works, Today, June 11th, is Saint Barnabas’s day, his story in Paintings #162

Jun 11, 2020

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Barnabas, a Jew of Cyprus, comes as close as anyone outside the Twelve to being a full-fledged apostle. He was closely associated with Saint Paul — he introduced Paul to Peter and the other apostles — and served as a kind of mediator between the former persecutor and the still suspicious Jewish Christians… Please follow link for full post