There is a newly discovered and authenticated painting by Leonardo da Vinci, a painting of Jesus Christ entitled “Savior of the World.” It sold at auction Wednesday for $450,312,500–the highest priced painting ever sold at auction–to an un…

In looking for an illustration to go with yesterday’s post Transfigured, I came across a painting on the subject that I ended up using. The artist was Carl Bloch, whom I subsequently learned was a 19th century Danish artist and a Lutheran.…