Meeting of St. Louis, King of France, with Pope Innocent IV – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality Bride gift A lot of the artists

A lot of the artists at that time were classically trained

Peace be with you

He doesn’t ask much

We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper

Meeting of St. Louis, King of France, with Pope Innocent IV – Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality Bride gift A lot of the artistsFirst, it was just the beauty of this painting and the colors of it that held our eye. That blue robe! The pomp of Saint Louis meeting the Pope! But then came the history. Why was such an important meeting held in a crowded place like that? Because it was the year 1248, and Pope Innocent IV was in exile in Lyons, France. He had been chased out of Rome by the emperor Frederick II. It was a tumultuous time. That's what the war ax in the forefront of the