| Title: | Saint Joseph and the Christ Child |
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| Notes: | The fruit held by the infant Jesus is a reminder to the viewer of both the fall of man in Eden as well as the fruitfulness of redemption through the advent of Christianity. |
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| Date: | 1638-1640 |
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| Artist: | Reni, Guido, 1575-1642 |
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| Building: | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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| Object/Function: | Painting |
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| City/Town: | Houston
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| State: | TX
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| Country: | United States
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| Scripture: | Thessalonians I, 2:9-13
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| Person as Subject: | Joseph, the husband of Mary (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | AProp26
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| General Subject: | Fatherhood
Children
Caring
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| Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guido_Reni_-_Saint_Joseph_and_the_Christ_Child_-_Google_Art_Project.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: | Reni, Guido, 1575-1642. Saint Joseph and the Christ Child, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=57764 [retrieved September 8, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guido_Reni_-_Saint_Joseph_and_the_Christ_Child_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 57764
Last Updated: 2020-12-17 20:28:52
Record Created: 2020-07-17 11:21:32 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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