Van Meegeren's story is absolutely unique and may be justly considered the most dramatic art scam of the twentieth century.In 1937, Abraham Bredius (who as one of the most authoritative art historians had dedicated a great part of his life to the study of Vermeer) was approached by a lawyer who claimed to be the trust… The depiction of the Eye of Providence on Pontormo’s Supper at Emmaus shows that it started off as a Christian symbol. This question continues to go unanswered by the academic and archaeological world. The work's chiaroscuro, high light-source, realism and freeze-frame composition proved an important precedent for Caravaggio, Velázquez and Francisco de Zurbarán[2]. (markus dehlzeit / Adobe stock). Painted at the height of his fame, it is characteristic of his unique style. This work depicts the moment when the resurrected Christ reveals his identity to two of his disciples at Emmaus. Teotihuacan’s Lost Kings, a television special, took an hour long look at the great city, its inhabitants, and the excavation of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, (also known as the Feathered Serpent Pyramid.) At this motion, the two disciples are instantly aware of whom this traveling man is. The basket of fruit, placed on the edge of the table almost falling over, shows life, resurrection, and rebirth. Within this context, the word ‘providence’ refers to ‘divine guidance’, specifically to that provided by the God of Christianity. One of the changes made by Lossing to Trenchard’s design was to replace the right Eye of Providence with a left one, and this has remained ever since. The Supper at Emmaus. I never leave my house without a pair of sunglasses. The standing groom, forehead smooth and face in darkness, appears oblivious to the event. • [Online]Available at: http://egyptian-gods.org/egyptian-symbols-eye-of-horus/, freemasoninformation.com, 2019. Such amulets continue to be popular even today. The Eye of Providence has also been associated with the Freemasons, and thanks to films, such as the 2004 National Treasure, starring Nicolas Cage, conspiracy theories linking the Freemasons with the founding of the United States have been popularized. In time, the Eye of Providence was adopted by the Freemasons, who drew inspiration from the use of human organs to represent abstract concepts by ancient cultures. Incidentally, the Continental Congress was provided with a design for the Great Seal’s reverse, in case it wanted to impress the back surfaces of wax pendant seals, which it had been using for treaties between 1815 and 1871. This playfulness is characteristic of Caravaggio well aware of his status as “the most famous painter in Rome.” It has also been said that the shadow created by the fruit basket is that of a fish, another symbol of Christ. The Bringer of Souls: The Stork Myth In Ancient Pan-European Beliefs. It is one of the smallest works signed and dated by the artist, in this case on the abandoned scroll in the foreground[1]. Ashkenazi Jews are a Jewish ethnic group who have their earliest ancestors from the indigenous tribes of Israel…at least on one side of the family tree. Two years earlier the artist had taken refuge from the plague there[1]. The man standing has clothes tearing and with holes. [Online]Available at: https://mythologian.net/all-seeing-eye-eye-providence-meaning-origins-symbolism-behind/, Parsons, M. C., 2017. It may also be said that since the points of the compass are placed below the square, it is meant to signify that one is only dealing with the moral and political meanings of the symbol, but not their deeper philosophical and spiritual ones. My interests range from ‘conventional’ to ‘radical’ interpretations of the archaeological/textual/pictorial data set.