Appearance of the Virgin to St. James the Greater – Poussin Size:Md: 1500 × 1859 px @ 300ppi | 3.2MB by Carl Bloch

by Carl Bloch

And none of them who were at meat

while the indignant brother watches with the servants

the founder of the Order of Preachers

Courtiers look on from the background

Appearance of the Virgin to St. James the Greater – Poussin Size:Md: 1500 × 1859 px @ 300ppi | 3.2MB by Carl BlochThis artwork, by N. Poussin, depicts the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Saint James, son of Zebedee and apostle of Jesus, during the apostle's mission in Spain. According to tradition, Our Lady, seated on a throne and surrounded by angels, appeared to Saint James in Spain in the year 40 AD, when the Blessed Mother was still living in Jerusalem. Our Lady asked the apostle to build a church in Zaragoza in her honor, giving him a pillar with