Tag: leNain
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A Peasant Family
A Peasant Family (c.1640) Antione LeNain. This is an interesting piece in the LeNain oeuvre as it shows a posed family indoors wearing what I’ll call upper-class peasant wear. They have on leather shoes and colorful jackets, and look a little better fed than the typical LeNain peasant painting. Comparing the clothing in the painting…
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Feast of St. Jerome
St.Jerome (c.1642) LeNain Brothers. The Catholic church celebrates September 30th as the feast day of St. Jerome, priest and Doctor of the Church. St. Jerome was a 4th-century priest, theologian, and Doctor of the Church, best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin, known as the Vulgate. Born around 347 in Stridon (in…