Sunday, May 3, 2009

Annunciation

Annunciation
by Jakob Mertens
c. 1660
Oil on canvas
St. Mary Church (Kosciól Mariacki), Cracow

Never, never in all my squishy Jesus viewing, have I ever seen a depiction of God's birth canal.


Check it out: God's on top holding a cross while baby Jesus squeezes out between two thigh-clouds. Below that Jesus, who's now holding a cross, air swims his way towards Mary. Mary receives news from angel Gabriel that she's been knocked up by God.



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