Jesus Teaching – 2

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Luke 15:8-10 Parable of the Lost Coin:

Parable of the Lost Drachma FETI (1618-22)

See http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/f/feti/parable.html for the source of the photograph of the above painting and a very brief description.

Parable of the rich man, Luke 16:19-31:

Parable of the Rich Man REMBRANDT (1627)

See http://www.artbible.info/art/large/531.html for an excellent analysis of the painting and its symbolism.

The prodigal son, Luke 15:11-32:

The Prodigal Son Wasting his Patrimony BEHAM (1540)

See http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/b/beham/hans/prodigal.html for the source of the above photograph and an excellent description of the painting and the artist.

Return of the Prodigal Son GUERCINO (1619)

See http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/guercino/0/prodigal.html for the source of the above photograph of the painting and a description.

The Return of the Prodigal Son REMBRANDT (1669)

See http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/r/rembran/painting/biblic3/prodig2.html for the source of the above photograph of the painting and an excellent analysis of it.

The Parable of the Prodigal Son FRANCKEN (1633)

See http://www.lib-art.com/artgallery/27373-the-parable-of-the-prodigal-son-francken-frans-ii.html for the source of the above photograph of the painting.

Matt. 25:1-13 is the account of the parable of the wise and foolish virgins:

Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins FRANCKEN (1616)

See http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/f/francken/hierony2/parable.html for the source of the photograph of the above painting and a description.  I love the lute and virginal in the depiction of this parable of Jesus.

For an excellent expert discussion of a piece of Byzantine art on the same subject, see http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/wise-and-foolish-virgins-sant-quirze-de-pedret.

 

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