Chapel in the Countryside – "Capelle an der Mosel" – Carl Schlesinger – Catholic Art – Catholic Gift – Archival Quality Catholic Mom " by Simon Bening or

" by Simon Bening or his students in Bruges

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In this beautiful holy card from around the turn of the last century

I have sandwiched the tiny print between an oval glass bead and a pre-made bezel

We like the figure standing just outside of the wedding

Chapel in the Countryside – "Capelle an der Mosel" – Carl Schlesinger – Catholic Art – Catholic Gift – Archival Quality Catholic Mom " by Simon Bening orThere used to be lots of chapels and wayside shrines like this dreamy one from the wine country of Mosel, Germany. The artist, Carl Schlesinger, made a huge career out of painting gorgeous rustic scenes of peasant and countryside life. Idealzed, yes, but realstic too: this is how women dressed, this is how a candlelit shrine looked in daytime, even the sailboat would look its best with the wind just so and the perfect, late afternoon light making it