"I say that the principal goal of Christian images will always be to persuade men to be pious and to lead them to God . . . . . which is indeed the highest end that the painting of sacred images can aspire to." - Francisco Pacheco (1625)

Andrea Pozzo, The Glorification of St. Ignatius (1691), Rome
 

Caravaggio






Artemisia Gentileschi

 

Annibale Carracci

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