Today's readings for the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul provide us with a glimpse into the remarkable lives of two early ...

Cimabue, three panels from an eight panel diptych (1285–90): “The Maesta,” “Christ Mocked,” and “The Flagellation” (photo by Audrey Viger, courtesy the Louvre) ...

Senglea basilica possesses two unusual paintings linked to the Passion of Christ. They are mentioned in a list entitled ‘Quadri che si ritrovarono nella sala’ compiled in 1723 upon the death ...

Let’s take a look at some of the highlights. The Flagellation of Christ (ca. 1280) Cimabue, The Flagellation of Christ (ca. 1280). Photo courtesy of The Frick Collection, 1950.

The “Mocking of Christ” is part of an eight-panel diptych painted by Cimabue around 1280, of which only two other pieces are known: the “Flagellation of Christ”, part of the Frick ...

Cimabue’s pioneering portrayal of transparency, for example, is revealed in the way the Christ child’s leg is now visible through the bottom part of his robes.

In Jerusalem, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land venerate the two stones that, according to Luke’s Gospel, were stained with Jesus’ blood during his passion.

The other stone venerated is the column of the Flagellation, whose base is now preserved in the Chapel of the Apparition (of Jesus to his mother) at the Holy Sepulcher, belonging to the Franciscans.

According to Sister Klara Neldis of Daughters of Virgin Mary Immaculate, an association of Catholic women around the world, this special week is dedicated to remembering the suffering and passion of ...

A 90-year-old's kitchen in France was hiding a gem: 'Christ Mocked' by Cimabue, valued at $26.8 million, now takes pride of place in the Louvre as a celebrated national treasure Nucleus_AI 2609 ...

A section of "Christ Mocked" was painted by Cimabue. The Louvre Museum in Paris has added this "national treasure" to its collection four years after it was discovered during a house clearance.

A third scene, The Flagellation of Christ, is part of the Frick Collection in New York. Cimabue is the pseudonym of the artist Cenni di Pepo, who was born in Florence around the year 1240.