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. The Childhood of Christ, c. 1620, Gerrit van Honthorst. Joseph, long a patron of carpenters, was eventually seen as representing all workers. Paintings like this one of him in his shop often made use of a woodworking context to prefigure the nailing of Christ to the Cross at the Crucifixion. PHOTO BY HERMITAGE, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. PHOTO BY BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY
HERMITAGE, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. PHOTO BY BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY
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
The Craftsman
The Childhood of Christ, c. 1620, Gerrit van Honthorst. Joseph, long a patron of carpenters, was eventually seen as representing all workers. Paintings like this one of him in his shop often made use of a woodworking context to prefigure the nailing of Christ to the Cross at the Crucifixion
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FROM THE December 19, 2005 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED Tuesday, December 13, 2005

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