Sanctuary Paintings
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Our Parish is blessed with many pieces of beautiful sacred art that lifts our minds and hearts towards Heaven. Among the most noticeable are the the four sanctuary paintings in which masterpieces are re-created featuring four episodes in the life of Our Blessed Mother: The Annunciation, Rest on the Flight to Egypt, the Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, and the Coronation.
The Annunciation
Artist: Luca Giordano(Italian) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Date: 1672
Location:
Rest on the Flight into Egypt (Riposto durante la fuga in Egitto)
Artist:
Date: 1597
Location:
Finding Jesus in the Temple
Artist: Heinrich Hofmann (German)
Dates: 1881, 1882, and 1884
Locations:, Germany;
The Riverside Church, New York City; Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
The Coronation of the Virgin
Artist: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish)
Date: 1635
Location: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
About the Artist: John Tedeschi
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