The lower sections of Annunciation figures (the Angel Gabriel and the Blessed Virgin Mary) remain in two other panels. Gabriel holds a scroll with some words which are still readable "Ave Maria Gracia ...

Originally the walls of the Abbey would have been whitened and coloured in red lines with rosettes. A fragment of this design was seen in the early 20th century, hidden behind a blocked recess at the ...

The Black Madonna—a revered painting of a dark-skinned Virgin Mary and Child Jesus ... Lourdes, the Virgin’s most famous pilgrimage site, at the foot of the Pyrenees in southwestern France ...

The Met Museum made headlines 20 years ago when it paid an eye-watering sum for a very small painting by Duccio di ...

Both Elizabeth I and Raleigh have been criticised over their links to the slave trade. The artwork of Elizabeth I that has ...

The Mona Lisa is without a doubt Leonardo da Vinci's most famous work ... at the National Gallery in London. This painting depicts the Virgin Mary, the infant Jesus, the infant John the Baptist ...

But the Virgin Mary received faith and joy when the angel Gabriel announced to her the glad tidings that the Spirit of the Lord would come upon her and the power of the Most High would overshadow ...

The liturgical feasts dedicated to the Mother of God and Marian prayer, such as the Rosary, an ‘epitome of the whole Gospel,' express this devotion to the Virgin Mary." 1 1. CCC, 971.

In a blender, mix the passata, spring onions, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce and ice cubes. Blend for two minutes, or until smooth. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with ...

FUJISAWA, Kanagawa Prefecture--A sculptor has almost completed a nearly 10-meter-tall wooden statue of Virgin Mary that he started ... (1882-1961), a lost-wax casting artist and a government ...

A gilded icon of the Virgin and Child has been stolen from a Cambridge college chapel. The icon, thought to be worth £5,000, was taken from the 15th-century chapel of Magdalene College sometime ...