TIME Photo Essay: The Art of Joseph: Joseph's limited profile in Scripture eventually inspired his admirers to greater feats of pious interpretation, resulting in a colorful and varied cavalcade of carpenters. St. Joseph and the Christ Child, early 18th Century. Painted by an unknown artist in Cusco, Peru, this double portrait indicates Joseph's upgrade during the Catholic Counter-reformation. He is pictured as young, and allowed to appear —without Mary!— in parental pose with Jesus. PHOTO BY DENVER ART MUSEUM; THE FRANK BARROWS FREYER COLLECTION
DENVER ART MUSEUM; THE FRANK BARROWS FREYER COLLECTION
The Art of Joseph: Joseph's limited profile in Scripture eventually inspired his admirers to greater feats of pious interpretation, resulting in a colorful and varied cavalcade of carpenters
Just the Two of Them
St. Joseph and the Christ Child, early 18th Century. Painted by an unknown artist in Cusco, Peru, this double portrait indicates Joseph's upgrade during the Catholic Counter-reformation. He is pictured as young, and allowed to appear —without Mary!— in parental pose with Jesus
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FROM THE December 19, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED Tuesday, December 13, 2005

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