Let’s hear it for our Lady on this the Feast of the Assumption. Here’s a gorgous pic of her being crowned in heaven.
And, let’s hear it for the J Paul Getty museum which has just decided to make a very significant collection of images, including the one above, available under an Open Content Programme. That means that the images are available in high quality for you to do what you like with. They are free at the point of delivery, just like healthcare.
The religious pics are fabulous and are crying out for use in blogs, courses, Lent and Holy Week programmes, Christmas Carol Service brochures and all kinds of things.
The picture above is a Coronation of the Virgin from Willem Vrelant, a Flemish illuminator who produced it sometimes around the 1460s. More about it here.
All hail Our Lady, Queen of Heaven.
All hail J Paul Getty for sharing her with us today.
Superb. Thanks for pointing it out.
Kelvin, thank you noting the generous policy of the Getty museum. I was shocked when I wanted to use an image from the National Gallery in London to be told I would have to pay. I’d understand if my blog was a commercial enterprise that profited me, but I won’t pay for images from museums to use on my wee blog.
And let’s hear it for Our Lady. What a lovely illustration.