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Aquinas and More is proud to announce its fine art print collection. These famous pieces of art are printed on heavy artists board and shipped flat. These aren't your typical poster - these prints are high-quality reproductions that will be a treasured addition to your home or parish.

Prints are available in the following sizes (shipping included):

• 11in. x 17in. on photo quality paper
• 13in. x 19in. on photo quality paper
• 20in. x 28in. semi-gloss on heavy artist's board
• 24in. x 30in. matte finish on heavy artist's board

We can also produce some prints in a super-high resolution for that extra clarity. These prints cost $235 (shipping included) Please call if you are interested in ordering a super-high resolution print.

Some proceeds from the sale of these prints goes to support classical art education and renewal.

WARNING! All prints are custom made to order.
We offer a unique service of printing "to order" any one or more of thousands of images. A great many of the images have never been printed before. We will do our best to make such prints as accurate as possible, but we cannot be held responsible for dissatisfaction under these circumstances.

 General Description:

Jesus Washing Peter's Feet was exhibited in the same year that Brown began his masterpiece, Work (1863).  This picture evokes the same message as Work: that of the class system being un-Christian.  Brown took the subject for Jesus Washing Peter's Feet from the Book of St. John; his intention was to portray the shocked reactions of the disciples as wrong, suggesting that they should, like Jesus, believe all people to be equal.  Similarly, in Work, he tried to expose the stupidity of the English class system, ridiculing the upper-class residents for their snobbery toward the laborers - without the laborers' vital work on the sewers the residents could die from cholera.  In the same way that Brown depicted the brawny laborers in Work, the musculature of Jesus' arms indicates a strong, working man.

Adhering to Pre-Raphaelite tradition, Brown used family and friends as models for Jesus Washing Peter's Feet.  F.G. Stephens, Dante Rossetti, William Rossetti, Tom Seddon, William Holman Hunt and Hunt's father posed.  Lizzie Siddal also modeled.

Jesus Washing Peter's Feet was sent to the Royal Academy, but its unfortunate placing in the exhibition (bad lighting and away from the crucial "line") infuriated Brown to such an extent that he stormed out of the Academy abd determined to exhibit - and hang - his works under his own initiative in future.

Hawksley, Lucinda. Essential Pre-Raphaelites, Paragon Publishing, 2002, pg. 62.

Tate Gallery, London, England

St. Peter the Apostle

Patron Of: Against Fenzy, Bakers, Bridge Builders, Butchers, Clock Makers, Fever, Fishermen, Foot Trouble, Frenzy, Long Life, Masons, Net Makers, Papacy, Rome, Ship Builders, Shipwrights, Shoemakers, Stationers, Stone Masons, Watch Makers, Wolves Also known as     Cephas; Prince of the Apostles; Simon Memorial     29 June (feast of Peter and Paul)     22 February (feast of the Chair of Peter, emblematic of the world unity of the Church)     18 November (feast of the dedication of the Basilicas of Peter and Paul) Profile     Fisherman. Brother of Saint Andrew the Apostle who led him to Christ. Apostle. Renamed "Peter" (rock) by Jesus to indicate that Peter would be the rock-like foundation on which the Church would be built. Bishop. Miracle worker. First Pope. Born     as Simon Died     martyred c.64 crucified head downward because he claimed he was not worthy to die in the same manner as Christ Canonized     Pre-Congregation Name Meaning     rock Patronage     against frenzy; bakers; Bath Abbey; Berchtesgaden Abbey; Bremen, Germany; bridge builders; butchers; diocese of Calbayog, Philippines; Chartres, France; clock makers; cobblers; Cologne, Germany; Corbie Abbey; archdiocese of Davao, Philippines; Exeter College Oxford; Dunajská Streda, Slovakia; feet problems; fever; fishermen; foot problems; harvesters; diocese of Jackson, Mississippi; Köpenick, Germany; diocese of Las Vegas, Nevada; Lessines, Belgium; Leuven, Belgium; locksmiths; longevity; diocese of Maralal, Kenya; diocese of Marquette, Michigan; masons; Moissac, France; Naumburg, Germany; net makers; Obermarsberg, Germany; papacy; archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Popes; Poznan Poland; diocese of Providence, Rhode Island; Regensburg, Germany; Rome; Saint Petersburg, Russia; diocese of Scranton, Pennsylvania; ship builders; shipwrights; shoemakers; Sint Pieters Rode, Belgium; stone masons; Toa Baja, Puerto Rico; Umbria, Italy; Universal Church; watch makers; Worms, Germany All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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