a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

The Resurrected Christ
Artist: Bramantino
 c. 1490    Painting

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This panel depicting The Resurrected Christ was formerly in the collection of the Pusterla della Porta family in Milan, where it is recorded from 1590 until the first quarter of the 20th century. It was acquired for the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection in 1937. This painting is also known as The Risen Christ.  It is mixed media on panel and measures 109 x 73 cm.  It is housed in the  Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. 

The Resurrection
Artist: Piero della Francesca
 1460-65    Painting

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Originally painted on the wall of the civic hall in Piero's hometown of Borgo San Sepolcro, this fresco was hailed a century later by Giorgio Vasari as Piero's best work. It shows four soldiers sleeping in front of the tomb of Christ, as he climbs up onto it after his resurrection. This painting was particularly important to the town, since it is connected to its founding myth. Two pilgrims from the Holy Land supposedly fell asleep by a tree, much like the soldiers in the painting, and upon awakening they found that the stone they had brought back from the tomb of Christ had miraculously risen up into the tree. They decided to found a town at that spot, named Borgo San Sepolcro after the Holy Sepulchre (tomb of Christ). Piero's Christ was eventually incorporated into the town's coat of arms. 

This Fresco is in the  Museo Civico, Sansepolcro, Italy