From the collections of The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, the thirty sublime paintings reproduced in this book of postcards portray the life of Christ as related in the New Testament. From Francisco de Zurbaran`s tender Childhood of the Virgin through Anthony van Dyck`s luminous Appearance of Christ to His Disciples, events from the Annunciation through the Resurrection and related scenes and parables are masterfully portrayed. Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens, and twenty-four other renowned painters of the fourteenth through nineteenth centuries are represented in this unparalleled selection.