Custos Virginum, Familiarum Columen ! Sancte Joseph, ora pro nobis ! I was commissionned to do this artwork by a lady, who contacted me on Instagram. She was very kind to allow me to post this here for more people to see it. She explained to me, that she and her family received a lot of graces through the intercession of St Joseph, and that now she feels obligated to spread the piety towards The Pillar of Families. Depictions of Joseph in art history, although some magnificent in execution, seemed to me a bit mundane. They were usually just images of an elderly person, draped in cloth and holding a lilly. None of these elements made him really distinct from the depictions of thousands of other saints and prophets. There is probably some wisdom in it. I though it would be fitting though to depict Joseph in a different way, but still grounded in classical iconography. I though of Platytera, which is a typical depiction of Mary, holding her hands up in the orant pose and wearing a big medallion, with Jesus on it. In that image, Mary becomes a canvas, on which revealed to us is the image of Christ. In the same way, in my illustration I tried to make Joseph resemble a processional banner, like the ones that are used on Corpus Christi, with an embroider image of the Holy Mother of God and her child. #illustrationart #papercutout #sacredart #holymary #arssacra #artoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkIdZtj9Oh/?igshid=1l7xe7b67b51w
