#ideologically i dont agree with catholicism but they kinda went off with the aesthetic
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secretmellowart · 10 months ago
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Jean Valjean, inspired by this line from his introduction chapter:
It was, moreover, a firm, energetic, and melancholy profile. This physiognomy was strangely composed; it began by seeming humble, and ended by seeming severe. The eye shone beneath its lashes like a fire beneath brushwood.
(I'm working on a series of stained glass paintings for Jean Valjean's different names/titles/identities; here's a link to the previous painting in the series)
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