(Slideshow) St. Joseph, master of the “Art of Dying Well” - Page 2

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Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Death of St. Joseph, 1712

Crespi draws the beholder into a tenebrous, less-defined space, to stand at the foot of Joseph’s deathbed. Although he is breathing his last, he is couched in the comforts of holy angels, the prayers of the Virgin and the blessing of Christ.

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© Giuseppe Maria Crespi | Public Domain

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