The central image depicts St. Cajetan, an Italian priest who lived from 1480 to 1547. He is best known for having founded the Theatine order, for having initiated the 40 Hours devotion, and for being the patron saint of job-seekers. In 1517, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Cajetan and placed the Christ Child in his arms.
The decorative border of flowering plants and birds is a reference to the Sermon on the Mount, words especically comforting to the unemployed who seek St. Cajetan's intercession:
Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns: and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value than they? ... Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin. But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.... Be not solicitous therefore, saying, what shall we eat: or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things. Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Medium: Drawing, color ink on handmade laid paper with gold and palladium leaf
Dimensions: 5" × 7"
Year: 2014
The original drawing was made on private commission.
Open-edition giclée prints of this drawing are available. You may use the buttons below to pay via PayPal, debit card, or credit card. Be sure to confirm the shipping address.
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Actual size art print: $33
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10" × 14" large print: $66
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200dpi digital download: $7
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