His 1898 oil painting, “The Annunciation,” now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, was intended for the Paris Salon that year. (The Smithsonian holds a study of the painting.) Tanner had ...

1 Chronicles 21:16: David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between heaven and ... angels appeared in art more often. Ironically, as the church gained power in the empire, official ...

V. The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy ...

Neither fish nor fowl, listless live-action fairytale "An Angel of the Lord" is well made and sporadically clever, but fails to balance celestial life lessons with a pervasive sense of seasonal ...

The angel speaks to her, greeting her warmly with words that alone give sense to all our lives: “The Lord is with you ... has often been depicted in art, but perhaps never more masterfully ...