Bringing Meaning
The premise of the modern world is that new things will save us or lead us where we need to go. And yet what is often missing is old or ancient things that have persisted over time and therefore might educate us on how to persist and endure.
The Art
William Avery Fine Art specialises in paintings from 16th and 17th Century Europe depicting subjects from the Bible.
These paintings have hung in homes for 400 to 500 years. They have – improbably – survived plagues, fires and floods, and brought meaning to their owners over the centuries.
Today we are surrounded by digital images but starved for meaning. With these artworks we can reconnect with the stories they tell, and the meaning those stories hold for us. By hanging one of these paintings in your home, you will carry on the tradition that began with their first owners centuries ago.
The Collection
- All
- The New Testament and the Life of Christ
- The Torah
- The Virgin Mary and the Saints
Christ in the House of Simon the Pharisee
The Conversion of St. Hubert
The Finding of Moses
The Entombment of Christ
Dormition of the Virgin
Christ as Salvator Mundi
Folding Altar with Scenes from the Passion of Christ
Pharaoh’s Army Engulfed by the Red Sea
The Nativity
Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Magi
Presentation in the Temple
Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the Well
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery
The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
The Last Supper
Flagellation of Christ
The Flagellation of Christ (part of a pair)
The Mocking of Christ
Entombment of Christ (part of a pair)
Landscape with the Rest on the Flight to Egypt
The Deposition from the Cross
