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George Henry Grenville Manton (1855-1932) was a British painter whose most famous works today are his Catholic paintings of faith

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Christ in the Desert,“Man of Sorrows" – William Dyce – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):16x20 unframed 1616 -1686Christ is in the desert, praying and contemplating. He is a man of sorrows. The tone of this somber as the deserted place. The painting is a sermon unto itself, and the beauty as we consider it gives us a place to go to be with our Lord in his trials. William Dyce (1806 1864), a Scottish painter, places Christ in the Scottish Highlands, perhaps to give the viewers something they could more easily identify with. Dyce was one of the early members of the