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  • Rest on the Flight from Egypt

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    Rest on the Flight from Egypt (c.1640) Claude Lorrain. Lorrain is known as one of the first purely landscape painters of Baroque era. Lorrain wasn’t interested in painting things exactly as they exist in front of him, he preferred to improve upon what was naturally possible to create an idyllic scene. Like many Baroque artists,…

  • Even St. Joseph has rough days

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    Merry Christmas from the Baroque Art Accessibility Consortium! In celebration, we will be sharing our favorite Holy Family scenes by French Baroque artists from our recent trip to the Louvre. Bonus: The Holy Family of Francis I (c.1518) by Raphael and Friends. Not Baroque and not French but I do love this depiction of the…