Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes – Based on a Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Guardian Angel com/listing/1030346389/marys-month-may-queening-3-sizes-by-joan

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we could not find one that looked like the one in this picture

Media: oil on cedar panel

the tenderness of the subject matter

in how she depicted his flowing hair and intense gaze

Bernadette and Our Lady of Lourdes – Based on a Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Guardian Angel com/listing/1030346389/marys-month-may-queening-3-sizes-by-joanBernadette Soubirous (1844 1879) was a young French peasant girl who in 1858 had visions of a beautiful lady. When asked for her name, she said "I am the Immaculate Conception." This phrase was a matter of arcane theological import at the time about the Virgin Mary, not something a barely educated peasant girl would have known. If you don't know Bernadette's story, it is a wonderful one, and she's a wonderful Saint. This print is based on a holy card