Rest on the Way into Egypt – Luc-Olivier Merson – Beautiful Catholic Artwork – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Gold Frame Vintage French Holy Card -

Vintage French Holy Card - Anonymous Artist

The heart is encircled with the crown of thorns and includes fiery flames of Love

either stained lightly or one of the colors in the painting that match your walls

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Rest on the Way into Egypt – Luc-Olivier Merson – Beautiful Catholic Artwork – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):8.5x11 Gold Frame Vintage French Holy Card -The stillness of the desert night is so striking in this picture. The width of it too gives it the "lone and level sands stretching far away" feel. The Holy Family is in Egypt. And Mary resting in the contented arms of the Sphinx! That is a trope occasionally seen in French art of the period, and we're wondering if Merson invented it. The Sphinx, we presume, is smiling because the Light of the World rests next to his formerly dead pagan heart. Luc