Friar with Crows – Beautiful Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality

"Friar with Crows"AnonymousThere is a tranquility to this scene that we find very attractive. The old monk has his hermitage, he has his Bible out, and he is taking a moment to share some food, perhaps his lunch, with a couple of crows. They seem to know the routine. These are his daily companions. Otherwise what he has is very simple. Notice the pipe of running water just below the Bible and the little shrine to the right of his hermitage. He lives a spare life, but one that seems rich and restive to us. The oil on canvas picture has been dated to 1907, but as yet an artist has not been identified. The painting is unsigned. It is skillful though, a nice sample of the golden age of illustration developed in the late Nineteenth Century, where artists learned to feature their subjects in a way that told a story. For us, this is a very comfortable picture, one we enjoy looking at. It gives us a sense of calm, an atmosphere of Godly simplicity. This is a nice decorative piece where the Cat