Tradition says that Joseph soon died, and that Jesus supported the
family by working at his trade.
_Hunt, Plate 40_, has invented an occasion to emphasize the prophetic
words often applied to Mary, "Is any sorrow like unto my sorrow?"
(Lam. 1:12.) Simeon had said "Yea and a sword shall pierce through
thine own soul," and Mary, "pondering all these things in her heart,"
is startled, at the close of the day, by seeing the shadow of her son
cast upon the wall, like the form of one upon a cross.
[Illustration: Shadow of Death.]
Plate 40. _Shadow of Death._ Holman Hunt. 1827-
_Plockhoerst, Plate 41,_ depicts the parting of Mother and Son,--
another pang for the saintly Mary.
[Illustration: Christ taking leave of his Mother.]
Plate 41. _Christ taking leave of his Mother._ B. Plockhoerst. 1825-
_Plate 42_ is Andrea del Sarto's famous the youthful John the
Baptist, in the days before he came preaching in the of Judea. (Luke
1:80.)
[Illustration: John the Baptist.]
Plate 42. _John the Baptist._ Andrea del Sarto. 1488-1530.
_Titian, Plate 43,_ shows John as he appeared a few years later upon
the banks of Jordan, "his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern
girdle about his loins." (Matt. 3:1-4.) He seems to be saying,
"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world."
(John 1:29.) The river is introduced as a symbol (Luke 3:16), and the
lamb also (John 1:35). Del Sarto seems to have studied this figure
before painting his boy John. Compare the two faces, and the two arms
and hands. Notice the two crosses also.
[Illustration: John the Baptist Preaching.]
Plate 43. _John the Baptist Preaching._ Titian. 1477-1576.