Experts have used sophisticated imaging technology to reveal hidden drawings of an angel and Christ beneath a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece. “The Virgin of the Rocks,” located at the National ...

“The angels surround Christ their Lord. They serve him especially in the accomplishment of his saving mission to men.” [CCC 351] A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

Six months after it was discovered that Leonardo da Vinci's "Virgin of the Rocks" painting contained hidden images underneath, a new X-ray scan has revealed a winged angel and the baby Jesus in ...

Experts have uncovered Leonardo da Vinci's initial designs for the angel and the infant Christ in his work The Virgin Of The Rocks. They also found handprints in the paint which could be the artist's.

In the verses preceding our epistle, Peter is summoned by the Roman centurion Cornelius, who “was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say”. ...

(oil, w. 21 x 27.) The Baptism of Christ. Above is the Eternal, in a circle of cherubim and seraphim; an angel on either side: below, John and Christ standing in a stream; Mary Magdalen on one side, ...

Great Works: The Baptism of Christ (1448-1450), Piero della Francesca National Gallery, London. Tom Lubbock. Friday 08 January 2010 01:00 GMT. Comments. ... upstanding trio of angels.

Christ’s baptism in the Jordan was “theophany,” a manifestation of God to the world, because it was the beginning of our Lord’s public ministry. It was also a “theophany” in that the world was granted ...