Our Lady of Kazan

Our Lady of Kazan

1700's

"My first name ain't Mary, it's Janet--Miss Jackson if you're nasty."

Virgin of Vladimir

Virgin of Vladimir

Detail of an icon

Dear John Kerry,

If you're ever short on Halloween costume ideas, I have a suggestion.

Warm regards

The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

15th Century

Detail of a Book of House, Use of Évreux 

Starring Farrah Fawcett as the King of the Fabulous Feathered Hair!

Madonna Nicopeia

Madonna Nicopeia

Byzantine Icon in St. Mark's Basilica

Venice, Italy

  

Yeah Boyee!!!

Ethiopian Madonna

 

Ethiopian Madonna

By an unknown Ethiopian scribe

1875

Manuscript

  

"Super dee-duper!"

 

 

Marienalter

Marienalter
Detail of an altarpiece, St. Martin Parish, Oberstadion, Germany

Oooo-kayyy, so Mary had Squishy and tucked him into her top.  And then she became...Octomom?!?!?!

Virgin with Child Surrounded By Angels

Virgin with Child Surrounded by Angels
By Quentin Matsys
1509
Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon, France

Introducing the Crystal Gayle of Madonnas.....

Holy Family

Holy Family
Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin

A very Martha Graham sort of holy family.....

Maria with Child, John the Baptist and Saint Clare

Maria with Child, John the Baptist and Saint Clare
By an Anonymous artist from Siena
1520
Oil on panel, 24.4" diameter
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Too sweet: a little gay Bach and Mozart! Baby composers FTW!!

The Nativity

The Nativity
By the studio of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Oil on panel, 29 x 48 cm
The National Trust Collection

The little putto in the front is getting ready to try out to be a Victoria Secret angel, transparent lingerie and all....

Flight to Egypt

Flight to Egypt
By Francoise Brinnon
Detail from a book of hours

For your Halloween pleasure: you've heard of Frankenstein and the bride of Frankenstein? Well here's their baby--Frankensquishy!

The Holy Family

The Holy Family
By an unknown Flemish artist
1601
Oil on copper, 18.2 x 16.6 cm

Okay Squishy, put down the grapes and raise your arm up high. There--you're the perfect statue of liberty!

Nativity

The Nativity
Illumination
The Hague, Holland

Oh man! Who knew baby Jesus was the model for the Oscar Statuette?

Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child
Painting
Pinacoteca de Milan, Milan, Italy

Squishy wants YOU!

Virgin Mary the Hodegetria

Virgin Mary the Hodegetria
12th century
Wall painting
St. Nicholas of the Roof Church, Kakopetria, Cyprus

Check it out: Squishy's making the devil horns! Who knew he was the original Ronnie James Dio?

The Virgin and Child with St Catherine

The Virgin and Child with St Catherine
By Bartolomeo Romenghi the Elder
Early 16th Century
Oil on panel 51.7 cm x 36.6 cm
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

St. Catherine is mesmerized by her child hubby Squishy realizing that someday he'll grow up to be Ludwig van Beethoven!

Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist

Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist
By Piero di Cosimo
c. 1520
Panel, 119 x 87 cm
Collezione Vittorio Cini, Venice

Now Jesus, I want you to hold the Bible and repeat after me "I Squishy J do solemnly swear that, to the best of my abilities, I will someday grow up to look exactly like Richard Simmons. Amen"

And, Saint John, don't think I can't see you there in the corner making a slingshot out of your cross.

Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child
By Antonio da Tradate
Fresco
In the Choir of San Michele, Palagnedra, Centovalli, Switzerland

Hot damn----it's a baby Ben Franklin! I'd sure like to see this on a hundred dollar bill.

Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

From the Book of Kells, Folio 7v

ca. 800

Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland

This picture is said to be the oldest (and possibly the most unflattering) existing image of the Madonna and Child in a Western manuscript. It was created by monks in Ireland.

You may not realize that Barry Gibbs, he of the Bee Gees and the feathered blond hair, was born in Ireland.

Coincidence? I think not.

Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child
From the circle of Marcellus Coffermans
16th Century Flemish
Private Collection

Not only does this painting resemble a scenario in a Woody Allen movie, but Woody himself is apparently posing for Squishy.