| Title: | The Angel Visiting Joseph in a Dream |
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| Notes: | Fourth Sunday in Advent, Year A: This image depicts the theophany of Joseph, when an angel appears to Joseph in a dream, telling him of the virgin birth. This image reflects the lectionary text from Matthew.
From The Yorck Project. |
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| Date: | 1628-1645 |
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| Artist: | La Tour, Georges du Mesnil de, 1593-1652 |
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| Building: | Musée d'Arts de Nantes
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| Object/Function: | Painting |
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| City/Town: | Nantes
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| Country: | France
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| Scripture: | Matthew 1:18-25
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| Person as Subject: | Joseph, the husband of Mary (Biblical figure)
Angel (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | AAdvt04
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| General Subject: | Angels
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 73B62
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http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46742
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| Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges_de_La_Tour_022.jpg |
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| Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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| Attribution: | La Tour, Georges du Mesnil de, 1593-1652. The Angel Visiting Joseph in a Dream, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=46742 [retrieved April 20, 2021]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georges_de_La_Tour_022.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 46742
Last Updated: 2021-02-25 08:41:25
Record Created: 2006-08-15 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
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Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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