Pia Desideria, The soul, tied to a yoke, moving the stone of a mill or oil mill

The soul, tied to a yoke, moving the stone of a mill or oil mill

The soul, tied to a yoke, moving the stone of a mill or oil mill 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

Tomo la pluma para dirigirme a vosotros y, en esta oportunidad, para hablaros de dos grabados ─similares─ y que son originarios del libro Pia Desideria. En ambos se trata del alma, atada a un yugo, moviendo la piedra de un molino o almazara

Angel chained to the world, Pia Desideria

Angel chained to the world

Angel chained to the world 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

On this occasion we enter into this engraving that was made in Antwerp ─Belgium─ in the year 1624. It was entitled: Angel chained to the world

Child with bow and arrow and all-seeing eye of God, Pia Desideria

Child with bow and arrow and all-seeing eye of God

Child with bow and arrow and all-seeing eye of God 850 480 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

It was one of the most pious works known in seventeenth-century Europe. The central theme of these works was always divine love and the human soul, and many authors claim that the artist always liked to represent these virtues in childlike forms, whether associating their engravings with Eros Cupid or with the baby Jesus.

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, Dome of Milan

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle

Saint Bartholomew the Apostle 1134 1019 V.M. Kwen Khan Khu

One of those men whom history now calls Apostles was, precisely, a disciple of the Great Kabir of Galilee who is remembered as Saint Bartholomew the Apostle…