Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Cruel Death

The Death of Jezebel by Coli, G. (1643-81) & Gherardi, F. (1643-1704)

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Disguised Seduction

Judah and Tamar (1644) by the Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680).

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Joseph on the Run

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife (1610) by the Italian Mannerist painter Lodovico Cardi (1559-1613) also known as Cigoli.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Eternal Sin

Daphne Guinness by Markus Klinkoo. The woman with the snake is a popular icon for sin and seduction.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Sweet Rebecca

Rebecca at the Well illustration by the American painter Michael Deas. Rebecca is the symbol of a good caring woman and as the mother of Jacob one of the most important matriarchs of the bible.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Peeping Old Men

Susanna and the Elders by the German painter Lovis Corinth (1858–1925).

Monday, December 23, 2013

Sodom and Gomorrah

Pulp cover by the famous American illustrator Robert A. Maguire. The biblical sins are converted into a great spectacle.