New! Friar Taking the Eucharist from the Monastery – Carl Friedrich Lessing – Beautiful Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality
New! Friar Taking the Eucharist from the Monastery – Carl Friedrich Lessing – Beautiful Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality
In this “Romantic Landscape with Monastery” as it’s sometimes called, a religious who looks like a Franciscan friar is carrying the Eucharist down the hill from the Monastery. He’s accompanied by an altar boy, and it’s not clear if he is taking it to some recluse, or, we think more likely, he is taking it to the little shrine in the lower left corner of the picture. There is a bench out by that shrine, perhaps for kneeling. For us, this is where the picture gets super romantic and ideal; we love the idea of kneeling before our Lord in that quiet and gorgeous setting.
Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880) was a German painter who was known for his splendid landscapes, often incorporating a Catholic element, such as a chapel or a worshipper. He was part of the Düsseldorf School of painting which was known for its detailed rendering of landscapes. We have some others in our shop from that school, and you might know the painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” which is also from that school.
** IMPORTANT ** There is about an inch-and-a-third of white space around the picture in the 8.5x11 size, so the IMAGE IS SMALLEER THAN THE PAPER! For 11x14, the border is about 1.6 inches, and for 5x7, the border is about .5 inch. This is because the rectangle of the painting has a different ratio than than rectangles of the various paper sizes.
– Acid-free paper
– Archival pigments, rated to last for generations.
– Cardboard backer
– Above story of the art
– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal clear bag.
Thanks for your interest!
Sue & John
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“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.” ~ St. Pope John Paul II
Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.