The Child Jesus rejected by Dickens
Christ in the House of His Parents is a painting by Sir John Everett Millais that has attracted a lot of negative criticism, the most virulent being that written by Charles Dickens, who accused the artist of having depicted Jesus too obviously as a Jew and Mary as a drunkard. This is the story of an artist who founded the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
- THE RECIPE: HERBED JERSEY ROYAL CRAB CAKES
Simone Martini’s Christ Discovered in the Temple
The Gospels give us very little information about the hidden years of Jesus. Among them is the mystery of the Discovery with the doctors in the temple and his subsequent return home with Mary and Joseph. An episode that Simone Martini painted in an original way.
- THE RECIPE: RICCIARELLI DI SIENA
Tiepolo’s unique depiction of the Holy Family docking in Egypt
Tiepolo's Flight into Egypt, conserved in Lisbon, is very special because it refers to a little shown episode in the life of Jesus, namely the moment when the Holy Family docks on the Egyptian coast. This is the story of the most famous 'ambassador' of 18th-century Italian art in the world.
- THE RECIPE: CHOCOLATE AND WALNUT CAKE
When Caravaggio painted the Flight into Egypt on a tablecloth
“Rest on the Flight into Egypt” is an unusual picture that Caravaggio painted in 1597 on a Flanders cloth, a fabric then used to make tablecloths. It was painted during the Roman period of the artist, who lived a short and troubled life due to his quarrelsome temperament.
Rest during the Flight into Egypt: the Holy Family portrayed by Barocci
The story of the flight into Egypt, caused by Herod, has inspired many artists over the centuries. One painting in particular touches hearts and minds: Federico Barocci's "Rest during the Flight into Egypt", which depicts a serene moment in the life (painful since childhood) of Jesus.
- THE RECIPE: RICOTTA AND CHERRY TART
Giorgione and the Nativity coveted by Isabella d'Este
Giorgione of Treviso is undoubtedly the author of an unusual Nativity, an Adoration of the Shepherds in which for the first time both the adoring shepherds and the Holy Family are off-centre, while half of the painting is occupied by a beautiful landscape.
- RECIPE: TREVISO RADICCHIO RISOTTO
