None of Us Faces Judgment Alone: ‘Zurbarán’s Jacob and His Twelve Sons’ at the Frick

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Griffin Oleynick, Sacred Heart UniversityFollow

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Article

Publication Date

3-3-2018

Abstract

Our turning to God during Lent, and our experience of new life at Easter, either happens together, as part of a family of faith, or not at all.

A new exhibition of Spanish paintings by the Golden Age master Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664), “Jacob and His Twelve Sons: Paintings from Auckland Castle,” on view through April 22 at the Frick Collection in New York City, provides a refreshing reminder of this dynamic by bringing us into conversation with our religious ancestors, the Old Testament Patriarchs.

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Griffin Oleynick is an adjunct professor of Catholic Studies at Sacred Heart University.

Published in the print Commonweal April 13, 2018.

Recommended Citation

Oleynick, G. (2018, March 3). None of Us Faces Judgment Alone: ‘Zurbarán’s Jacob and His Twelve Sons’ at the Frick. Commonweal, 23. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/none-us-faces-judgment-alone