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The Dream of St. Joseph  1665

by Francisco Rizi

In a subject that became popular in Spain during the 17th century, an angel appears to St. Joseph in a dream and explains that Mary has miraculously conceived a child. The luminous angel points to a vision of Mary with the infant Christ in her womb and the dove of the Holy Spirit above her. The veneration of the expectant Virgin as protectress of women in childbirth was pr...
Size: 
66 x 44-3/8 in
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Public Domain, Courtesy of the Indianapolis Museum of Art