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This calm scene, for us anyway, when we meditate on it, gives us calm. The friar is praying the rosary. It is early dawn or dusk. The water is utterly placid. For us, the picture has a touch of the sublime, as the Franciscan is alone in what looks like a vast landscape with nothing else in it. 19th Century painters often used sublimity to give the viewer a sense of the nearness of God. Joaquin Ferrer y Pallejà (1846-1946) was a Spanish artist. He made his living painting portraits, landscapes and domestic scenes, including some that were Catholic. His style was realistic but also had romantic elements. This combining of the two sometimes reached a point called “costumbrist," popular in 19th Century Spain and its colonies, although his style shifted over the decades of his long life. Ferrer y Pallejà painted this picture in 1899. He participated in the International Exhibition of Fine Arts held in Barcelona in 1907. (source: www.askart.com)We thought this would be a good picture for a