George Washington owned two pieces of religious art. One is currently up for auction at Alexandria’s Potomack Company: an 18th century pastel rendering of St. John the Evangelist.
In 1947 the Vatican spoke bluntly to modern artists presuming to handle medieval religious themes. In the encyclical Mediator Dei, Pope Pius XII warned that “he wanders from the right path … who ...
"Three hundred years of American painting: the Montclair Art Museum collection," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1989. Montclair Art Museum, unpublished checklist, 1988. Montclair Art Museum, "The ...