11 works, Today, July 31st, is Joseph of Arimathea’s day, his story thru art #212

Henry Zaidan
1 min readJul 31, 2020

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Unknown artist
St. Joseph of Arimathea

I have no further description of this artwork at this time

Joseph of Arimathea was, according to all four canonical gospels, the man who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after his crucifixion. He was a wealthy member of the Jewish Sanhedrin and a secret follower of Christ; which is why he did not join in the Council’s actions against Jesus…

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Henry Zaidan
Henry Zaidan

Written by Henry Zaidan

In my Blog is an Online collection of significant paintings from the 1st century to today; complete with art-history and artist bibliographies.

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