Requiescat - (The Dog and His Master) christ mounted on a majestic steed

mounted on a majestic steed

The genre painter Carl Böker was a successful artist of the Düsseldorf School of Painting

" stresses the senseless of warfare

A must for every Catholic home

the pupils of Galeazzo Rovelli

Requiescat - (The Dog and His Master) christ mounted on a majestic steed"Requiescat" by Briton Rivire was painted in 1888, is a masterful presentation of noble death and devotion. Requiescat is an extract of the prayer Requiescat in pace or "May he rest in piece." Rivire was one of the foremost Victorian animal painters of his day and was admired for his capacity to render a realistic physique of his subjects while infusing anthropomorphic virtues such as the loyalty portrayed by the hound to his late master. An