“The Return” – Medieval Catholic Crusaders – Thomas Cole – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality Virgen de Guadalupe Teresa of the Andes

Teresa of the Andes

but this picture also expresses the charm and warmth of our dear Saint

some come in trust expecting the birth of a child

we removed the staining and the yellowing of the background

“The Return” – Medieval Catholic Crusaders – Thomas Cole – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality Virgen de Guadalupe Teresa of the AndesThomas Cole painted a pair of pictures in 1837 showing a morning scene and an evening scene. Medieval Crusaders leave with high hopes and shiny, beautiful armor in the morning scene (The Departure) and a few stragglers return weary and wounded in the evening scene (The Return). In the first one, there is a statue of Mary and an old friar blessing them, and the architectural emphasis is the castle. In the evening scene, the same old friar is blessing