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| Mattia Preti Marriage at Cana ca. 1655-60 oil on canvas National Gallery, London |
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| Giovanni Battista Trotti (il Molosso) Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes before 1619 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Sebastiano Ricci Christ and the Woman of Samaria ca. 1715-20 oil on canvas Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Ludovico Carracci Christ at the Pool of Bethesda ca. 1580-1600 drawing (study for altarpiece) Musée du Louvre |
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| Marco Marziale Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery ca. 1506 oil on canvas Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht |
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| David Teniers the Elder The Raising of Lazarus ca. 1630-40 oil on panel Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky |
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| Bernardino Campi The Raising of Lazarus 1569 drawing (study for altarpiece) Musée du Louvre |
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| Jean-Baptiste-Henri Deshays The Raising of Lazarus ca. 1763 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Girolamo Macchietti Christ driving Money-Changers from the Temple ca. 1570 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Giandomenico Tiepolo Christ stilling the Waters before 1804 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Giandomenico Tiepolo Christ walking on Water before 1804 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Lodovico Cardi Christ stilling the Storm ca. 1590 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Gian Paolo Panini Christ with Apostles before 1765 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Frei Carlos de Lisboa Risen Christ appears to his Mother 1529 oil on panel Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon |
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| Giovanni Battista della Rovere Triumph of Christ before 1630 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
from The Messiah Reconsidered
What riddle
do we with our few days
make of our messiah –
That there is
no body lighter
than water?
How could he have walked
on the surface
like those words walking
on stilts
across the white page?
– Myra Sklarew (1987)