In Thanksgiving for His Sacrifice – Based on Beuron Art (Benedictine) Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality – Catholic Gift Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Black Frame Angels are often portrayed brightly

Angels are often portrayed brightly colored creatures of light

they also remember us gratefully and pray for us in return

and he cannot lie

therefore be praised

(sources: britannica

In Thanksgiving for His Sacrifice – Based on Beuron Art (Benedictine) Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality – Catholic Gift Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Black Frame Angels are often portrayed brightlyMary holds the body of her crucified son, in a style lie Michaelangelo's Pieta. The colors of this 19th Century holy card print are muted and grave. It was done by the monks at the Beuron Abbey in Germany, an enormous Benedictine outpost that developed its own art style as a counterpoint to secular art of the time. The composition is aligned with primary shapes, circles and pyramids, to give it a formal calm, almost a Platonic aspect. If you look at