Mary and Jesus in the Big Woods – "The Forests Rustle Quietly" – Matthäus Schiestl – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Devotion picture is at root of course

is at root of course the Cross of Christ

James Tissot (1836-1902) was a major French painter with a dreamy

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It's the Hearts of the Holy Family

The daughter of a wealthy Spanish nobleman

Mary and Jesus in the Big Woods – "The Forests Rustle Quietly" – Matthäus Schiestl – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Devotion picture is at root of courseThe title is kind of mysterious. The Forests Rustle Quietly? Is the artist talking about the experience of Mary and Jesus as they walk through the trees? Its a pleasant thought, and theres nothing ominous in it. We think maybe thats part of it, but our mind wanders to the mysterious rustling of the breeze in a forest in generalone of the most enjoyable things we knowand we wonder if Schiestl was also linking Jesus and Mary to us through the rustling