St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 24

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 24:   The Virgin and child with St Anne Anonymous Flemish 15 th Century Our Advent seri...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 22

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 22:   Theotokos of Smolensk (c. 1500) “Hodgeteria” type icon. Icons of Mary classically fall into a number of distinct types. Yesterday we saw...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 21

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 21:   Virgin Eleusa   c. 1425–50    Angelos Akotantos Icons of this type, showing Mary cheek to cheek with her child are called Virgin Eleusa ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 20

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 20:   The Presentation in the Temple, Rembrandt 1606-1669 When Jesus was 40 days old, Mary and Joseph brought him to the Temple, as religious ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 19

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 19:   The rest on the flight into Egypt:  Gerard David 1460-1523 This picture, inspired by the story in Matthew’s Gospel of the Holy Family’s ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 18

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 18:   The Adoration of the Magi. 1 490-1500, Book of Hours Central France Mary holds Jesus as the magi, pictured as medieval kings, present th...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 17

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 17:   The adoration of the shepherds,  Matthias Stom: c. 1600 – after 1652 ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 16

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 16:   Nativity by Duccio 1308 - 1311   Duccio’s crowded nativity – originally part of an altarpiece in Siena Cathedral – features Mary and ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 12

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 12:   Merode Altarpiece Annunciation:  by Robert Campin 1375-1444 The final annunciation in our series shows Mary at home, in a typical Mediev...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 11

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 11: Cestello Annuncation:  Sandro Botticelli 1445-1510 Yesterday’s annunciation was all about stillness, but this one, by Botticelli, is full of...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 10

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary: Day 10: Like yesterday’s image, there’s no angel to be seen in this painting by Antonello da Messina, but it’s clear that Mary is hearing the call o...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Day 6: Picturing Mary

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Day 6: Picturing Mary:   Who are my mother and my brothers?  by  Rudolf Yelin d. Ä. (1864–1940) This is the only image in this series which doesn’t include Mary,...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Day 4: Picturing Mary

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Day 4: Picturing Mary:   Christ Crucified, by  Antonello da Messina  1430-1479 John’s Gospel records that Mary and John stood at the foot of Jesus’ cross, and that...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Day 3: Picturing Mary

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Day 3: Picturing Mary: The risen Jesus appears to his mother by  Juan de Flandes c.1460-1516   The Bible doesn’t record the risen Jesus appearing to Mary, but peop...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Day 1 : Picturing Mary

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Day 1 : Picturing Mary: Pentecost, by El Greco 1541-1614 It might seem odd to start an Advent series with a picture of Pentecost, but this is the last mention of Ma...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary. Advent reflections on images of Ma...

This Advent at Seal, we are reflecting on images of the Virgin Mary. The introduction is here. St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Picturing Mary. Advent reflections on images of Ma...: The Gospels tell us very little about the mother of Jesus. There are just a handful of stories which feature her. Despite this, she soon bec...