“The Departure” – Medieval Catholic Crusaders – Thomas Cole – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality dove I have taken the liberty

I have taken the liberty of restoring some of the faded color while preserving its antique and original look

Mary is to the side

one of only 37 so far

or even the wall of a home shrine

“The Departure” – Medieval Catholic Crusaders – Thomas Cole – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality dove I have taken the libertyThomas 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