New! God the Father – by Cima da Conegliano – Catholic Artwork – Archival Quality

We really had to stop and do a double-take when we first saw this cool picture because we had never seen a picture of God the Father by himself before. All the time He's portrayed as an old, bearded man in the clouds, but always with a dove and a picture of Jesus, never alone. We plan on making this a holy card soon, with a great prayer on the back to God the Father.

For our friends from outside our church who are looking at this and thinking 'graven image,' don't worry, don't tsk tsk, we do not think this picture is actually God. We don't dance around our living rooms worshiping it. It's just an image to help steer our imaginations a step closer to the real but formless and invisible God the Father who is spirit, not an old bearded man on a cloud. We cannot know God much, because he is so far above us, but we can know him enough to love him, and that's what we hope this picture can help the faithful do. Jonathan Roumie lives in Los Angeles, not ancient Jerusalem, but through his motion picture images, he helps us get closer to the real Jesus.

Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was one of the great masters of painting during the Renaissance. Italian, mostly working in Venice, he painted mostly calm, religious scenes. His real name was Giovanni Battista Cima, and you know you've made it in the art world when history remembers you by your nickname. Conegliano was where he was born. He did this painting in 1515. (source: a reliable-looking Wikipedia article)

– 5x7", 8.5 x 11", 11x14", 13x17", 16x20", 18x24", 24x36"

** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a blank border around the image. Approximately 0.5" wide for 5x7, 1.3" for 8.5x11, 1.6" for 11x14, and 1.75" for 13x17 and 16x20. For the two poster sizes, 18x24 and 24x36, we use 0.5" borders. We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper, and if it did happen to match one size, it would not match the others. Most fine art printers do this because otherwise they’d have to crop the art or warp it to make it fit the paper. The border looks good. It gives the picture a faux matted appearance.

There is almost always a little more border either on the left-right sides, or the top-bottom, depending on whether the ratio of the art is wider or taller than the paper.

We make Archival Quality fine art prints:

– Acid-free paper

– Archival pigments

– Cardboard backer for sizes 11x14 and less.

– Above story of the art

– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal-clear bag.

– Rated to last 200+ years without fading if kept dry and out of the direct sun.

Thanks for your interest!

+JMJ+

Sue & John

Lincoln, Nebraska

“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 any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Catholic Art and Jewelry.