MARY - UNUSUAL PAINTINGS

'Head of Mary' by Jusepe de Ribera

In the painting above, Mary is still, listening, waiting to hear God's Word.

She has already heard it once before, at the Annunciation. But this is a painting of an older, mature Mary, not often shown in Christian art.

There are three major groups of paintings of Mary of Nazareth:

• Mary at the Annunciation where, usually in a serene medieval setting, she listens to God's messenger; these paintings are set in Nazareth
• Mary at the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, or holding the infant Jesus - the Madonna paintings, presumably set in Nazareth
• Mary at Calvary, at the foot of the cross, in Jerusalem 

Some paintings of Mary in Nazareth follow:

 'The Annunciation', James Christensen

'The Annunciation', John Collier

 'The Annunciation', Tanner

'The Annunciation', artist unknown

'The Visitation', Ghirlandaio

'The Visitation', Dennis Creffield

For paintings of the Birth of Jesus - some quirky, some

traditional, see

'The Flight into Egypt', Caravaggio 

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