To: xzins
I think John Everett Millais (of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood) had a good interpretation.
To: linda_22003
7 posted on
12/11/2006 6:46:09 AM PST by
xzins
(Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it! Supporting our troops means praying for them to WIN!)
To: linda_22003; xzins
If I am looking at this correctly. Jesus is very clearly portrayed as the YOUNGEST sibling. And this would have eliminated any possibility of the others being children of Mary (though not necessarily Joseph).
17 posted on
12/11/2006 7:12:47 AM PST by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: linda_22003; Dr. Eckleburg
Very nice.
Contrast with Blake's "The Birth of Christ."
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